I was just asked if komodo can track and list 'todo' comments left in code.

Apparently it can - with the help of an extension.

http://community.activestate.com/node/1396

I don't know how I lived without this feature before.

andre

Earlier this week Dries Buytaert wrote about CMIS a proposed standard to enable interoperability among content management systems. And in that article he said he wants to "push harder" for Atom as a default output format for Drupal so that Drupal be CMIS compatible in the future.

At Drupalcon Szeged Peter Wolanin (Dries colleague from Acquia) presented a talk "Page serving and rendering (XHTML/XML/JSON, etc.) - now and Drupal 7" in which he talked about the different ways Drupal may go about rendering output in formats other than (X)HTML.

Its been about 24 hours since Mark Boulton bravely posted some preliminary thoughts and sketches of a new Drupal wordmark. 60+ comments have been left on that post (and counting). Some of what has been said is useful to the discourse, others... perhaps not so much. I think the conversation can be boiled down to:

• This is a work in progress
• The initial concept is too 'Bauhausy' (i.e. people aren't crazy about the Bauhaus like word forms)
• This will not be a design by committee process - the Designer will have the final word
• Other options will be explored based on the feedback
• Maybe it was too early to solicit feedback on the design

Luckily there is more to this redesign than just a wordmark

Just the other day I wrote about the rebranding of Drupal. In that post I had guessed that there is a good chance that Drupal would be getting a new 'logo'. It turns out it will be a new 'wordmark'.

Over at markboultondesign.com, Mark has posted some sketches and thoughts on the process he's taking to come up with the new wordmark.

The post has only been up for a few hours, but there are already over a dozen comments. Everyone is going to have an opinion about the design, but Mark points out that ultimately the wordmark will have to be viewed in the context of the overall redesign of drupal.org. Perhaps people should reserve judgment until the entire rebranding is complete.

Bah - but even I can't resist commenting. I can’t help but feeling the sketch looks “dated”. That’s simply my initial gut reaction to the digital sketch - and I’m not sure why my gut is telling me that... but that's the first word that came to my mind.

For me, one of the many memorable moments from Drupalcon Szeged was something that Mark Boulton said about what the Drupal community does with the Druplicon.

For those of you that don't know, Mark Boulton Design was chosen by the Drupal Association for the re-desing and re-branding of Drupal.org.

During a session at the conference that introduced Mark Boulton Design to the Drupal community Mark talked about "Brand" being much more than just a logo. A Brand is about consistency. A Brand is a reflection of the attitude and ideals and the essence of a company / group / product. (I am paraphrasing).

Before Drupalcon has even started Drupalers from all across the world have closed three bars in Szeged.

Those that arrived early in Szeged were invited to participate in pre-Drupalcon festivities by meeting up at the Grand Cafe in Szeged.

The result - the cafe ran out of beer. Yes, they literally drank all the beer in the kegs at the cafe.

Next stop - the cafe around the corner. "last call 11:00pm" - sorry Drupalers not done yet.

Next stop - the cafe/movie house next door... The party isn't over yet... but it is time for me to sleep.

A very fun start to the Drupalcon experience.

andre

While searching through google images for other interesting projects people have done with Druplicon in anticipation of the Crafty Drupal BOF session at Drupalcon Szeged, I came across a post made about my Drupalicon Druplicon Munny Tutorial. In the post, the author accidentally attributes the creation of Drupal to Be Circle.

http://community.livejournal.com/addmyartjournal/tag/icon

"Today's tutorial is brought to you by Be Circle, the company that created Drupal (a blogging software).
They did a tutorial showing how to turn a Munny (from Kid Robot) into a Drupalicon."

Well gosh... However much I'd like that to be true, it simply isn't the case. Be Circle is a huge cheerleader of Drupal. Be Circle certainly encourages anyone that will listen to adopt Drupal as their CMS platform. Be Circle tries to give back to the local Toronto Drupal Community (and in turn the community as a whole). But, Be Circle cannot take credit for "Creating" Drupal.

I dropped by the Drupalcon site today to catch up on the latest and greatest news coming out of Hungary.

Today is June 30th and therefore the last day to get your 'early early bird' registration price of 80 Euros. After today the price goes up to 120 Euros. Don't hesitate register today!

The four conference tracks have also been announced "Drupal core, contributions and trends", "Showcases, user experience and design", "Code development", and "Growing Drupal". So if you want to know whats going on in the world of Drupal; are interested in making beautiful Drupal sites; want to improve your coding practices; or are interested in building your own Drupal business - there will be something for you. Also, don't forget that half the fun of Drupalcon is the 'un-conference' portion of the conference. Drop in on a "Birds of a Feather" (BOF) session and meet and share with people with similar interests - or huddle with some of your fellow coders and develop the 'next great thing'.

10 Weeks to Drupalcon Szeged - and registration is now open.

A while back I mentioned I was excited about going to my second Drupalcon of the year (Second and a half if you count Drupal Camp Toronto 2008). The time has finally come to get registering.

Registration for this event is a little bit different that Drupalcons in the past.
1) Registering early means getting a discount. The later you wait to register the more it will cost you. If you register before July, the event itself only costs 80 Euros.
2) During registration you can book your accommodations. Accommodations range in price from 36 Euros/night to about 150 Euros/night. But most fall between 70-90 +/-.

I just finished registering, and the event and accommodations together are less than what most major North American conference fees alone cost. No matter how you look at it, Drupalcon is an amazing value.

andre

Its that time of year once again. Time for the Third Annual Toronto Drupal Camp.

The event will be held at the Bissell Building on the campus of the University of Toronto on May 23rd and May 24th 2008. (More information at http://2008.drupalcamptoronto.org)

For the 3rd consecutive year, the Toronto Drupal community is coming together for the most conference like un-conference of the season. We expect there to be 150 attendees for the event, with people coming from across Canada and near-by US states.

One of the highlights of this year's event is a talk by jQuery mastermind and javascript guru John Resig. Drupal Camp is being held just after the Mesh Conference being held in Toronto. John has been kind enough to stick around after the Mesh event (where he will also be speaking) to support the local Drupal community.

Be Circle is once again proud to sponsor this event. Officially, the event is presented by the Toronto Drupal Users Group with the support of the Drupal Association. However, this event is entirely organized by volunteers and Drupal enthusiasts from around the Greater Toronto Area.