Bayou Blog
Thanks to All!
Thanks to all who attended the very fun and informative Drupal on the Bayou!
Thanks especially to our awesome session presenters! I learned a ton... thanks!
New Orleans was great, the food was tasty, and the drinks flowed freely.
And of course, thanks to our great sponsors... you know who you are!
See you all at the next event... and possibly Denver!
-C
8 Reasons to Attend the Drupal on the Bayou Summit
1. Fantastic Group and Student Discounts
We are offering FREE registration for students and teachers--a $125 value. This is a terrific opportunity to network, gain insight on the Drupal community, and attend over 20 sessions presented by industry experts. Students and teachers who want to learn more about the Open Source program called Drupal can do it with Drupal for FREE. Using the special promo code: DRUPALOTBSTUDENT
We haven’t forgotten about you are a members of a group. Members of Drupal or other technology related groups also qualify for our special group rate of $50. Simply register online and use the promo code: DRUPALGROUP2011
2. Git Hub Drink Up at the Howlin Wolf
After a full day of Drupalizin’, it’s time to have some fun in The Big Easy. Be there for the fun, the food and the awesome door prizes. We are doing a drawing for a one year Drupalizeme membership, a $50 AMEX Gift Card, and a football signed by the entire 2009-2010 Dallas Cowboys team. Git Hub is sponsoring our evening event at the Howlin Wolf, Thursday, December 8th, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Afterwards, you will laugh out loud at Comedy Gumbeaux.
The Howlin’ Wolf has a long history as one of New Orleans’ finest locally owned and operated venues. Named after the legendary bluesman Chester Burnett, New Orleans was introduced to the Howlin’ Wolf in 1988, when it opened up in Fat City. After outgrowing its’ space in a cotton warehouse, the venue relocated to what was previously the New Orleans Music Hall, in the Warehouse District. http://www.thehowlinwolf.com/
3. BOF: Birds of a Drupal Feather, Flocking Together
This freestyle networking session is a great opportunity to connect with your fellow Drupal lovers, brainstorm new ideas, share your latest projects and talk about all things Drupal.
The main focus of events like Drupal on the Bayou is to not only educate but to build the Drupal community. This is your chance to connect with our speakers, sponsors, and other attendees to answer your questions and learn strategies for success sites using Drupal.
It's a time for connecting people who are looking for work with those who are hiring and about connecting businesses with potential clients. It's about connecting you with the people, resources and information you need to create powerful Drupal websites.
After all isn’t that why you are part of the Drupal Community?
http://www.drupalonthebayou.com/content/bof-networking-session
4. Two Days of Intensive Drupal Training by LevelTen http://www.drupalonthebayou.com/sponsor/levelten-interactive
Drupal in a Day: An overview and not an in-depth course, it is perfect for people who are on the fence about using Drupal or who are looking for a hands-on introduction. Those who are looking for an in-depth Drupal site-building training should additionally purchase the Drupal for Site Builders course. http://www.leveltendesign.com/training/workshop/drupal-site-building
5. Case Study: Chef John Besh Drupal Web Presence
By Eric Schmidt, evanSchidit Design
Case Study: Chef John Besh Drupal Web Presence
A discussion with the Developer (Eric Schmidt) and Designer (Tom Varisco) for the Besh Restaurant Group Drupal websites. The case study will review the process involved in choosing Drupal, design challenges, user interface logic, real world usage of managing content and supporting Drupal.
6. Building Beautiful Forms in Drupal 7 -
Workshop: Chris Shattuck, Build A Module
Build a Module.com
Forms aren't just for harvesting information, they're opportunities to build serious karma with your audience and set the right atmosphere on your site. The 2-hou workshop will cover in detail how to implement several common form enhancements like in-field labels, conditional input display and on-focus style changes, among others.
7. Beignets at Café Du Monde
No visit to New Orleans is complete without a stop at Café Du Monde. Start with the traditional café au lait (made with ground chicory root) and beignets, the unofficial doughnuts of New Orleans.
8 It in New Orleans in December - no other explanation is needed.
For the full schedule: http://www.drupalonthebayou.com/program/session-schedule
What to be a part of the Drupal on the Bayou experience? It takes many hands to make this event a success. Join the organizer of Drupal on the Bayou and be a volunteer. Contact us at info@drupalonthebayou.com for more information about volunteer opportunities.
Head to New Orleans For Drupal and All That Jazz!
While you are in New Orleans for the Drupal on ths Bayou Summit, spend an evening enjoying some of the fantastic music.
New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
From the tribal dances and chants of West Indian slaves of African descent with their with stirring rhythms to the Jazz Age in Storyville, where early improvisational masters like King Oliver, his protégé Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton (the first to set jazz compositions on paper) played, New Orleans has been the place to find great Jazz.
Since the pleasure-loving French founded the city on the Delta in 1718, music and dance have been the heart and soul of New Orleans. The music of Jazz, Blues, Zydeco and every more fills the streets and will keep your toes tappin’.
Today, a new Jazz generation has emerged under the tutelage of patriarch Ellis Marsalis. His sons – Wynton and Branford, and his one-time student Harry Connick, Jr., are some of the young musicians who have taken Jazz in new directions while rediscovering old standards.
As you walk down Bourbon Street or almost any of the other streets in the French Quarter, you will hear the sounds of New Orleans pouring out of cafes, nightclubs and music halls. Stop in and enjoy the sounds of New Orleans at popular Jazz clubs like these:
Jazz Clubs
The Funky Pirate: The Bourbon Street hangout of Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters, this bawdy blues club is open until the wee, small hours of the night.
727 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70116
www.tropicalisle.com
Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Club: Grammy Award-winning Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse is one of the best jazz clubs in New Orleans, serving up great Jazz music and your favorite cocktails and appetizers in the luxurious lobby level of the Royal Sonesta Hotel.
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130
www.sonesta.com
Krazy Korner: This Bourbon Street nightclub features live music nightly.
640 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70112
www.krazykorner.com
Preservation Hall: Opened in 1961 to preserve traditional New Orleans jazz, this is the place and its famous Preservation Hall Jazz Band keeps the music alive. The music begins nightly at 8 p.m. with a line usually forming outside a half-hour before.
726 St. Peter St., New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 523-8939, (888) 946-5299
www.preservationhall.coml
Snug Harbor Jazz Club: Featuring Ellis Marsalis on stage most Fridays and Charmaine Neville singing on Mondays, Snug Harbor is the city's premier jazz club with live music seven nights a week.
626 Frenchmen St., New Orleans, LA 70116
www.snugjazz.com
For a list of more Jazz and other music venues, visit: www.neworleanscvb.com
Reserve your room at Harrah’s New Orleans by November 12th to get the special Summit rate rate of $139 per night, which includes free high speed Internet access for all Drupal on the Bayou attendees. To get the discounted rate call 1-800-HARRAHS (1-800-427-7247) and use the group code: S12NEOS.
Register now for Drupal on the Bayou Summit to get in on the fun!
Drupal on the Bayou Special Hotel Rate
Hurry up and register for the Drupal on the Bayou Summit to be held December 8-9, 2011 in New Orleans, LA. This Drupal Summit will take place at the AAA Four Diamond Award-Winning Harrah's Hotel, located right in the heart of New Orleans. The 26-story hotel has 450 luxurious rooms and suites, providing you with a fantastic night’s rest in rooms featuring deluxe beds with Simmons® Beautyrest® pillow-top mattress, high-definition flat screen televisions and wireless internet.
Drupal All Day – Party All Night
Harrah's lies at the foot of Canal Street, just across the street from the French Quarter and the Mississippi River. It fills an entire city block, bounded by the Central Business District, the historic Warehouse Arts District and Convention Center Boulevard. So, after enjoying a day of informative sessions at Drupal on the Bayou and networking with your fellow Drupal-lovers, you can head out for a night of fun in The Big Easy.
Reserve your room at Harrah’s New Orleans by November 12th to get the special Summit rate of $139 per night, which includes free high speed Internet access for all Drupal on the Bayou attendees. To get the discounted rate call 1-800-HARRAHS (1-800-427-7247)and use the group code: S12NEOS.
Register now for Drupal on the Bayou Summit to get in on the fun!
Welcome to New Orleans, The Big Easy
New Orleans, Louisiana –Like a spicy jambalaya, in this little corner of the American South, the flavors of European traditions blend together with Caribbean influences to create a city brimming with charm and colorful local flavor—and the food is legendary. Add the French and Spanish street names, the Creole architecture in a carnival of tropical colors and you have New Orleans, The Big Easy.
The magic of New Orleans is irresistible. Come to the Drupal on the Bayou Summit and enjoy this celebrated and historic city – including the French Quarter, Central Business District, Warehouse and Arts District, Magazine Street, and the beautiful St. Charles Avenue, lined with shady oaks, stately homes and historic mansions. It is a place like no other, a sensory overload with an authentic spirit and an easy-going way of life that makes you feel right at home.
A City Made for Music
The eclectic mix of African, Caribbean and European cultures gave birth to Jazz, the only truly unique American art form. Visit Preservation Jazz Hall in the French Quarter for an evening full of great Jazz. Music of all kinds has found a home in New Orleans. Dixieland, with its hard-driving rhythms and its upbeat ragtime-like style is alive and well at venues like Maison Bourbon Jazz Club. No visit to New Orleans is complete without a taste of the traditional Zydeco music of the Cajun and Creoles. With a decidedly French flair, Zydeco mixes some of the West Indian and European influences of Jazz to make a soulful and joyous music that makes you want get on your feet and dance.
Nothing Says New Orleans Like The Food
Home to celebrity chefs Emeril Lagasse, John Besh and Paul Prudhomme, New Orleans is a foodie’s paradise with a wide array of fabulous four-star restaurants. But you don’t have to dine at an expensive restaurant to get a true taste of New Orleans. Jambalaya, Muffulettas, Po’Boys, Gumbo and Crawfish Etoufee are just of few the local favorites for real New Orleans’ cuisine. Of course, you can’t forget to try a cup of café au lait at Café Du Monde , in Jackson Square, along with a plate of their world-famous beignets.
Drupal on the Bayou will feed your mind with the latest developments in web design, but New Orleans will feed your soul with fabulous music and food.
Drupal on the Bayou... she approaches!
Welcome, all, to Drupal on the Bayou... a Drupal Summit in New Orleans!
As with many of you, I'm new to Drupal. And I'm sure many of you can understand that putting this site together has been an interesting and ever-changing challenge. One that continues even now. Hence the... quirks you may find here. Think of them as educational opportunities!
Along the way I've begun to grasp the ridiculous flexibility and power that Drupal holds, and my concept of of how to best approach the concepts and the actual implementation is constantly evolving... but only rarely do I still cry myself to sleep at night, so that's something.
Right now, I think I like Drupal. A lot. And I know I have a hell of a lot more to learn about it before I have any semblance of using it properly.
So please bear with me, sign up, and attend Drupal in the Bayou! Come see me and tell me what's wrong with this site... oh, how I love the feedback.
Also, we need Session Submissions!
Seriously, think of a good idea... whether you want to present it or attend a session about it... and let us know. Voting to come, once I figure it out. Thanks!
And finally... It's a Drupal Summit held in NEW ORLEANS. At a CASINO, for Buytaert's sake! Drupal all day, Pai Gow all night... good lord, does it get any better? That amounts to perhaps the greatest Thursday EVER.
So sign up already. It'll rock. Now I am back to work.
