Next week’s my third DrupalCon, and I’m speaking in two different time slots. If you’re coming to San Francisco, say hi! (either here or there is fine.) But here’s my tips for surviving the twice-yearly Drupal gathering.
1) Write on your badge. If you’re doing new cool things, put it on there! If you’re hiring, and I think a few people might be, put that on there too.
2) Perform the Ceremonial DeBadging as you’re leaving the venue. While it’s funny to be branded with this weird blue alien that stares at people, don’t let that out in public.
3) Look at the schedule, see what you want to go to.. and then spend the rest of the time in the Hallway track. That’s where you’ll learn the most, from meeting with people.
4) See if you can’t brush up on actual names instead of drupal.org usernames. I haven’t seen the badge designs yet, but usually, first names are on top and are most visible. (Crell is actually Larry, etc.)
5) Go with the flow. Drupal’s moving and changing, and this is one of the points in the year where we get to talk about where we’re going, where we’ve been, and what cool things we want to see happen.
Who’s Larry?
Who’s Crell?