DrupalCamp Nashville Farewell
I'm in the hotel lobby waiting for the cab to take me to the airport for my 7:30am flight back home to Indy! I took an early flight to get home as fast as possible. I can't stand being away from my family.
This year was the inaugural DrupalCamp event for Nashville. Jaimie Meredith and his crew did a stellar job at pulling it off! From the awesome venue choice of Vanderbilt University to the excellent catered burritos for lunch and I can't forget the 2 WONDERFUL meals I had at South Street restaurant. Mmmm. Mmmm. I don't know why we can't have pork like this in Indianapolis, and if we do, some one better tell me where! :-)
[ok, now I'm at the terminal gate finishing this post!]
This is a quick post to get my Drupal-Intro slides up as I had promised my attendees I would do. These slides are from the 1st of 5 sessions I did.
I'll have to do a 2nd blog post about DrupalCamp Nashville later. suffice to say, I a blown away at how well these camps are run. I have been to camps on both coasts, the Midwest, and the South. I love running into the attendees who are just trying to figure out what Drupal is. There was no shortage of that at this camp. There were people from Vanderbilt University, local businesses and quite a few people who were out of work in another technology field and were there hoping to gain some marketable skills.
Alrighty... Plane boarding!!!
Please Vote for my DrupalCon San Francisco sessions
At the time of this post, voting closes in about 60 hours!
Doug Vann and Brandon Morrison have submitted a total of 6 sesions for this years DrupalCon.
Please visit the links and vote for:
Doug Vann has four proposals:
This years DrupalCon is featuring a much needed Beginner Track. Learn the basics, the terminology, and build a quick and easy Blog Site by attending: Beginning Drupal
After that it's a natural progression to learn what you need to know about CCK in: CCK Demystified
Keep the progress flowing with a DOUBLE DOSE of VIEWS. Doug Vann is teaming up with Rain Breaw to deliverViews Demystified ONE and Views Demystified TWO
Taking a breathe from the beginner track, you can jump in the deep end and spend some time getting familiar with the Linux Command Line! Get off of FTP and your web hosts chintzy control panel and do things quicker and more easily by attending: Linux Commands for Drupalers
Brandon Morrison will be presenting two
Flash developers wanting to bring their skills to Drupal can attend: Tips and Tricks to Incorporate Flash with Drupal
Developers wanting to add value to their projects by giving their clients a better UI should attend: Painting Legos - Creating Project Specific UI's on Top of Prebuilt Modules That Won't Make Your Clients Scream
You can catch Sonny Cohen at our table in the exhibition hall and get one of our swanky DuoConsulting stickers!
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What happened in 2009 stays in 2009
OK, the title is a bit foreboding. "What happened in 2009 stays in 2009"
I have to say that 2009 ROCKED!
When I look back at my old blogpost that reflects on 2008 I realize quickly that it keeps getting better and better. We end the year with TYLER at age 13, Chloe at 11, Avery at 10, and Alexa at 9!
Tyler as a teenager is SO different from the preteen guy we used to know. With God's blessings it will only get better though. :-) He played Mr. Salt in the Belfrey JR Production of "Willy Wonka." He wore a suit WAY too big for him and acted snobby and rich. IT WAS A RIOT!
Chloe continues to excel in the Indianapolis Children's Choir. This year she sang in the Choir that backed up the Butler University orchestra for the Butler Ballet production of Nutcracker.
Avery got brace$ and i$ being a very good boy about the frequent vi$it$ and tightening of the expander. The deci$ion for brace$ wa$ made becau$e he didn't have enough room for the adult teeth coming in.
Alexa continues to grow and grow. She continues to enjoy dance lessons and is considering joining the Indianapolis Children's Choir next year. Her youthful zeal keeps the whole house young! Her love for animals has her wanting to be a vet.
The whole family has been pretty healthy this year. We had a few casts on wrists/hands. Tyler got a multi-tool for Christmas and within 30hours had 5 stitches in one finger. :-) He's fine though now.
For Christmas we all went to Great Wolf Lodge in Cincinnati OH. We absolutely wore ourselves out on the many water slides and pools. Mom and dad REALLY enjoyed the hot-tub!
When the snow comes to stay, we look VERY forward to using our PARK-PASS to visit Ft. Ben Park. They have a lovely sledding hill that can handle a lot of traffic.
Employment:
I started the year off at SlingShotSEO. We learned a great deal from each other for 5 months.
Then I returned to independent work and completed a large project with www.BrazenCareerist.com
After that I accepted a full time position with Duo Consulting inc. In Chicago. I work remotely from home and I travel to Chicago about every other week for a few days. We just launched a giant site for a 4 office law firm. It was my 1st project with DUO and the client is very pleased. I also do a lot of training at Duo; both for internal and for the community. My position is equal parts development and marketing/biz-dev. 2010 will be a blast with DUO!
Training:
This year I delivered Drupal presentations all over the country:
DrupalCamps::: in Madison WI, LosAngeles CA, Atlanta GA, Chicago IL.
The CMS Expo::: in Evanston IL
The Ohio Linux Fest::: in Columbus OH.
Do It With Drupal::: in New Orleans
This year I also delivered 6 online training sessions to recipients including University IT staff, private individuals, corporate IT staff.
For next year I'm expecting to revisit the events of 2009 AND add the SouthEast LinuxFest and DrupalCamps in Orlando FL and Nashville TN, and DrupalCon in San Francisco CA.
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
Family
Mrs. Vann [aka Michelle] continues to homeschool our 4 children. We all crackup everytime she has to explain that she "doesn't work" yet we all know that raising the 4 Vann kids is more than a full time job. Oh yah... She takes pretty good care of Mr. Vann as well. THAT's her 2nd fulltime job! She totally supports my travels and shares in my excitement over the fact that I have a career that is in high-demand AND that I actually love! What a blessing she is!Tyler as a teenager is SO different from the preteen guy we used to know. With God's blessings it will only get better though. :-) He played Mr. Salt in the Belfrey JR Production of "Willy Wonka." He wore a suit WAY too big for him and acted snobby and rich. IT WAS A RIOT!
Chloe continues to excel in the Indianapolis Children's Choir. This year she sang in the Choir that backed up the Butler University orchestra for the Butler Ballet production of Nutcracker.
Avery got brace$ and i$ being a very good boy about the frequent vi$it$ and tightening of the expander. The deci$ion for brace$ wa$ made becau$e he didn't have enough room for the adult teeth coming in.
Alexa continues to grow and grow. She continues to enjoy dance lessons and is considering joining the Indianapolis Children's Choir next year. Her youthful zeal keeps the whole house young! Her love for animals has her wanting to be a vet.
The whole family has been pretty healthy this year. We had a few casts on wrists/hands. Tyler got a multi-tool for Christmas and within 30hours had 5 stitches in one finger. :-) He's fine though now.
For Christmas we all went to Great Wolf Lodge in Cincinnati OH. We absolutely wore ourselves out on the many water slides and pools. Mom and dad REALLY enjoyed the hot-tub!
When the snow comes to stay, we look VERY forward to using our PARK-PASS to visit Ft. Ben Park. They have a lovely sledding hill that can handle a lot of traffic.
Church
We continue to fellowship at Horizon Christian Fellowship North. With all my travels I haven't been involved in any of the ministries. I haven't played electric guitar in a worship band in over 3 years. It's been about 2 years since I ran a sound board. I pray that 2010 sees me more involved even though it will likely be in new ways.Work
What can I say? besides.... DRUPAL DRUPAL DRUPAL DRUPAL DRUPAL!!!Employment:
I started the year off at SlingShotSEO. We learned a great deal from each other for 5 months.
Then I returned to independent work and completed a large project with www.BrazenCareerist.com
After that I accepted a full time position with Duo Consulting inc. In Chicago. I work remotely from home and I travel to Chicago about every other week for a few days. We just launched a giant site for a 4 office law firm. It was my 1st project with DUO and the client is very pleased. I also do a lot of training at Duo; both for internal and for the community. My position is equal parts development and marketing/biz-dev. 2010 will be a blast with DUO!
Training:
This year I delivered Drupal presentations all over the country:
DrupalCamps::: in Madison WI, LosAngeles CA, Atlanta GA, Chicago IL.
The CMS Expo::: in Evanston IL
The Ohio Linux Fest::: in Columbus OH.
Do It With Drupal::: in New Orleans
This year I also delivered 6 online training sessions to recipients including University IT staff, private individuals, corporate IT staff.
For next year I'm expecting to revisit the events of 2009 AND add the SouthEast LinuxFest and DrupalCamps in Orlando FL and Nashville TN, and DrupalCon in San Francisco CA.
New Year's Prayer
Lord, I am SO thankful for 2009 being so good to my whole family. I could never count all the blessings of career, family, friends, health etc. I pray for the continued health of my family and for the success of my employer, and safety in my travels. Amen.SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
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