What a difference a year makes. A year ago, we had people interested in project management, but not a whole lot of people actually doing it in Drupal. This morning, we had the Project Manager Birds of a Feather session in a room that ended up being standing room only. Sure, there were a few [...]
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5 Ways to Win at DrupalCon
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, [...]
Networking 101
So if you’re following along and go, ‘zOMG, Amye, there is no way that I know 30 – 60- 90 people to pester’, let me be the first to congratulate you. You’re about to embark on a journey of figuring out exactly how many people you actually know. If you’re on Twitter, think about how [...]
DCPDX ftw.
DrupalCamp Portland kicked off last Friday night at NedSpace Old Town with a great turnout, and we had a great weekend of discussions about web development with Drupal. Saturday was sessions all day, with highlights include: Josh Konig talking about Drupal in the Cloud, Sam Boyer talking about Panels, Damien Tournoud talking about Drupal 7, [...]
In retrospect, this may have been a ‘Mistake We Wanted to Make’
One year ago this week, I took a leap and started working professionally in web development. One year ago this week, I became a Drupal project manager. (And lord, did I have no idea of what I was getting into.) In retrospect, this is one of the best choices I think I’ve made. It has [...]
It’s almost here.
Open Source Bridge 1.0 opens tomorrow, I’m watching the tweets come in from the airport about the people that are arriving, and I have to admit, I’m kindof in shock. It’s finally here. I’ll be chilling as the sponsor contact of the team around, so if you see me around the Oregon Convention Center in [...]
Spinning up.
After much discussion, harassment and the discovery of time on my hands, there’s actually a real blog at msamye.com. This is the ‘about me’ part. This is the personal website of Amye Scavarda, a ridiculous web citizen. I’m currently based out of Portland, OR involved in the open source community. Things that are near and [...]