Talking to Web Services

Web services are a treasure trove of tools, content and data. I'll be exploring how we can use Drupal's frameworks to tap into these services. From strategy and selecting the right approach, to triggering, encoding and sending HTTP messages, I'll walk through how you might go about writing a custom integration that puts your Drupal build into a conversation with the outside world. I'll follow up with real world examples I've built to interact with NASA's ECHO service and Twitter.

Contrib First

Most of us create modules or themes as part of our daily jobs but only a fraction of them get released. This talk discusses an adjustment to how we think about creating modules/themes that make it so almost every module is released for just a small investment in time. Think of the benefits for you, your company and the community if you could increase your contributions by even one percent.

Best Practices for Running a Drupal-based Business (Panel)

Purpose of Session: 
This discussion is centered on building a successful Drupal agency.  Ron Huber of Achieve Internet is moderator, along with panelists who are agency owners such as Ben Finklea of Volacci and Dave Terry of Mediacurrent, plus other well respected and experienced Drupal agency executives.

Description: 
Covers critical subject matter topics in areas like sales, recruiting, accounting, human resources, and how to effectively market your services. Addresses questions:

Shootout at the WYSIWYG Corral - Drupal

Purpose of Session:
Select the best editor, available through the WYSIWYG Module, for common content entry tasks in Drupal.

Description:
CKeditor and TinyMCE emerged as the leading contenders following initial evaluation of a batch of nine candidates. During this session, we asked for other suggested criteria from the attendees in order to declare a final winner. The list of suggested criteria included:

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