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When disaster strikes, strike it back
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 15:44

I knew the moment my laptop didn't wake from sleep mode something was amiss. Having retired to my office safe haven for the evening I just wanted to wrap up a few items, log my time and call it a night - the basic end to any Drupal developer's day. My Macbook, however, had other plans.

It was the quintessential nightmare for those of use who live on our computers, a dream we often visualize as worse-case situations but often do nothing to lessen the pain of actualities: a complete computer crash with limited hope of a reboot. But despite the Macabre vibe usually surrounding such thoughts, it's something that doesn't always have to be the ultimate disaster. 

Got Netbeans???
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 13:08

Well, it seems I now have the nickname of Bob “Netbeans” The Intern, since I was gullible enough to mention in my Florida Local Groups - Brevard blog that I had downloaded Netbeans IDE 7.1!  John Learned was quick to inquire as to my use of Netbeans IDE 7.1 in a Drupal dev environment.  Ahhhhhhhh, I’m learning the hard way not to expose my naivety so publicly!  More on that, later!  Okay, it’s been three weeks as a Mediacurrent Intern, and here’s the latest of my trials & tribulations.  Since my previous blog recounting my first week as

Ramping up the experience of a Drupal intern
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 21:49

As you saw in Monday's post from Bob the Intern, Mediacurrent has brought in an intern for the next eight weeks to help him get up to speed on working with Drupal. One of Mediacurrent's challenges was simply assimilating someone with no "real-world" Drupal experience to our daily workflow. The obstacles included:

My First Week as a Drupal Intern
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 14:03

After completing 10 weeks (70 hrs) of very intense classroom training in Mike Anello's Drupal Career Starter Program (DCSP), and many more hours of research inside Drupal.org and Planet Drupal, I’ve started my adventure into the actual working environment of Drupal.  I wish to share my first week’s experience as an Intern at Mediacurrent with the Drupal Community and my recently graduated classmates.

Drupal Coworking Friday: An Update (January)
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 13:30

After posting my thoughts about having a Drupal Coworking Friday, I'm pleased to announce that ten cities have listed themselves as participating in the first ever Drupal Coworking Friday!

Read the first post in this series for more information if you aren't sure what Drupal Coworking Friday is.

There is still plenty of time left for you to figure out if you will be attending one of the events near you. Please see the map as well as stop by the Drupal Coworking Group for a listing of events and for more information.

Jay's Top 50 Drupal 7 Modules
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 09:03

Introduction to Jay’s List


As we enter the 2011 Holiday season, who doesn’t love a freshly updated Drupal 7 contributed modules list?

These modules are great stocking-stuffers for every Drupaller on your list!

In all seriousness, as I mentioned in my last top modules list, the sheer number of Drupal modules (in the thousands) can be very intimidating. For the new developer how do they decide which modules to use? Google search can help you find a module for a specific use case, but it doesn’t help you find the most common modules that seasoned developers use on every site.

Drupal on the Bayou Recap
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 15:14

Drupal on the Bayou has come to a close, and it was a fun couple of days. This was the smallest Drupal event I've been to, but every dynamic has its advantages. Maybe it's my own personal perception, but I felt as if the small size made everyone much more approachable. Everything was a bit more relaxed and informal, but that made it feel that much more cozy.

I met some great folks from the New Orleans area and elsewhere and learned quite a lot. Here's my recap:

An Inside Look at the Omega Theme
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 12:32
Omega - Responsive HTML5 Base Theme
http://drupal.org/project/omega

The Mobile First Approach

When people say "mobile first" in referring to web design & theming, it's not just a mentality or something people say in a "the way it ought to be" sort of sense. They literally mean, designing the mobile theme first, then adding on CSS for tablets, desktop, and wide desktop themes. In a technical sense, it means that the global.css that contains the basic design elements of the site is loaded no matter what device you are using to view the website. Then, CSS3 Media queries determine what the size of the window is and additional stylesheets will be tacked on; either "narrow", "normal" , or "wide" - depending on the width of the device.  

Drupal Coworking Friday: We do not have to work alone
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 15:28

Don't you just hate it when you have to go back to the isolation of Drupal work when the latest Meetup, Camp or DrupalCon is over? Are you a freelancer, telecommuter, or remote Drupaler and just want more Drupal people in your life? Sometimes you just want to bounce ideas off of like-minded individuals. We understand, we are the exact same way!

Mediacurrent is starting a pilot program called Drupal Coworking Friday. The program, in a nutshell, is to get Drupal Professionals together in a local space at the same date and time each month for some coworking.

About Drupal Coworking Friday:

Mediacurrent Debates: Breadcrumbs
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 14:04

In an Open Source Content Management System like Drupal, the wide range of contributed modules often leads to multiple solutions and approaches being available to build a feature for a site. With this flexibility, rarely is there a single "best" solution to a given problem. In this series, the Mediacurrent team will cover some of the common features that our clients often request, and what tools we like to select for the job.

For our second edition of this series, we'll discuss breadcrumbs. This seemingly innocent little trail of text links intended to demonstrate "you are here" for any particular page of a site. Clients often want to put their unique stamp on precisely how breadcrumbs should behave, and many times this quickly heads down a dangerous custom path. How do we stay out of the woods with breadcrumbs? Mediacurrent debates:

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