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Crossing Drupal

Published on September 8, 2010. 5 Comments

There has been a lot of buzz floating around the web regarding the content management system called Drupal.  Over the next couple of weeks I am going to investigate this growing platform from the perspective of a FileMaker developer.  Drupal is not a Filemaker replacement, but there are definite use cases where Drupal is an ideal content management choice. Instead of my regular posts about filemaker techniques, I will explore how Drupal is similar and different from my platform of choice.  With a nod to a good movie about exploring other cultures (Crossing Delancey) I am calling this series Crossing Drupal.

In this first installment I would like to simply lay out some simple terms, so we can all speak the same language.  A rosetta stone if you will.
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Published in FileMaker, IT Solutions Consulting, Tips and tricks and Training by Jerry Salem. Tags: Tags: , , , , .

7/28 Design Critique Meeting Recap

Published on July 29, 2009. 3 Comments

Well, our first attempt to stream our meetings was a resounding success-slash-FAIL.  We had about 16 actual-real-life people in the room and a consistent remote viewership of about a dozen people (and about 20 all told over the course of the evening), with lots of chat feedback from the remote audience.  All of that was great.  But when I went to save the recording: FAIL.  Too embarrassing to go into detail (let’s just say I thought that CANCEL button meant, er, something else).  Better luck next time, I suppose, though I’m disappointed.

We’ll be trying a few things differently next go round. Aside from not breaking things, we’ll look into better views of the presentations themselves, rather than a shot of a darkened room with blobs moving around.  Options include picture-in-picture or two simultaneous streams, or dumping the “room view” altogether when the presentation is heavily projection-driven.

In any case:  the meeting itself was very informative and dynamic, with lots of participation from the in-person audience.

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Published in Design Critique Sessions, FileMaker, Meeting Recaps and Meetings by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , , , , , .