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On a bright and sunny day in new york city, I get the great news that I passed my NYC TLC taxi test. check out http://taxiNYC.tv for more information.

my flickr feed has been a bit constipated until now. here are a few picts that i finally uploaded...

my dear Drupalistas,

every day the sun peaks up just a tad bit earlier for you to code. the birds sing in delightful syntax. the temperatures rise giving you another excuse to keep the air conditioner on and to stay inside. these are just a few good reasons, to break out of your shell and once again join fellow drupalistas at Polytechnic University for DRUPALCAMP NYC 3

when :: saturday and sunday, july 14 - 15, 2007

what is drupalcamp?
modeled in the *camp unconference structure, drupalcamp is a no-holds-bars discussion, workshop/code-a-thon involving the open source content management system Drupal. at drupalcamp you ask the questions and the experts provide the answers. at drupalcamp you discover your solutions to your most pressing problems. like previous drupalcamps, there will be a number of break out rooms...

- Beginners Room: Several advanced Drupal Ninja's will take shifts in this room covering the basics of Drupal and its various systems.
- Sessions 1: Room available for user generated sessions - throughout the day we will cover intermediate concepts of Drupal and Howtos - Propose a session, anyone can teach!
- Sessions 2: Room available for user generated sessions - throughout the day we will cover intermediate concepts of Drupal and Howtos - Propose a session, anyone can teach!
- Advanced Room: This is where the ninjas hang out. they might write a module for drupal or hold a patch marathon. sometimes you can walk in and find them drunk on the drupal and Redbull.

where is drupalcamp?
Polytechnic University Brooklyn Campus - Building A
Six Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Subway Map

what can you talk about at drupalcamp?
you can talk about anything related to drupal. from business practices to code, all is welcome. if you have a topic to discuss, a problem to pose or a session to present, check out the sessions / schedule page on the wiki and then register to attend. (pwd c4mp)

how do i register?
it's super simple! unlike most conferences, this conference is FREE, as in beer. just visit the register page and add your name to the list. please be mindful that there is a limitation to 100 attendants and the organizers take every name to heart. if you can not make it or you are passively thinking attending, please make that known. (pwd c4mp)

on a personal note, this is the first drupalcamp i will not participate as an organizer. while it does make me sad, it's been wonderful to see the new york city drupal community mature from a rag-tag group of disparate coders to a cohesive structure. many kudos to jacob redding for the monthly meetups, hans-christoph steiner for being a tireless soul in coordinating access at poly, good luck to the ingenious michael mandiberg.

Technorati Tags: Drupal, drupalcamp, IDMI

"It's impossible to go through life with blinders on in New York City," says Economopoulos. "You have to figure out how to live with millions of other people. That's what coworking is about."

when elliot winard transplanted himself to nyc, not only did he find a new city, but a new community of like minded folk. if you've been wondering what's it like to cowork, read this great article by Kiera Butler in the New York Post (archived pdf article).

Technorati Tags: brooklyn coworking, coworking, freelancers union, jelly nyc

to bask in the glory of like mindedness is one thing... to bask in the glory of an unconference is similar to making a space voyage. you never know what's going to be on the other side, but without a doubt, the relationships you build are life altering. for the past two years, the Drupal / Civicspace community have gathered around the Personal Democracy Forum to build these relationships.

after two years of bragging and ragging on the closed structure of PdF, last fall the editors of PdF agreed to do an unconference! on Saturday, May 19 at Pace, participants of PdF will gather to talk about how politics and technology are changing each other. as we are smack dab in the middle of a presidential campaign, i can promise you some very interesting conversations.

PdF unConference
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Pace University, Student Union, New York, NY
Start Time: 10:00 AM

pdf conference page
pdf unconference wiki

i'm sure some of you may wonder why this is not a *camp (barcamp or drupalcamp)... why didn't we call it PDFcamp. for one thing we are charging a nominal fee $35, which includes morning mimosas and rental of pace. there is a long standing community rule, that *camps are free or next to free.

second, i'm sure you're wondering why we didn't find sponsors to cover the additional cost. to be honest, we tried... or shall i say, i push for that to be the case. in the end, the editors of PdF felt that having people pay a little bit provides a control variable that entices people to attend. throughout all of my attempts, i've only seen an attrition rate of 1/3.

in this exploration of the unknown, i'm ecstatic to see what cross party relationships are forged.

also, after spending the past two years of advocating a non-profit / campaign staffer rate. Google and PdF are sponsoring free registration! Deadline is May 7th, but don't delay these are COVETED SPOTS!!!

Technorati Tags: barcamp, drupal, open government, personal democracy forum

excuse me for not being as prolific in writing on this half of my existence. as i'm a few months away from leaving NYC, i'm spending more time on the luck of seven.

as my world turns one more rotation, i've been contemplating the world though the basic lens of cause and effect.

the past few months have seen unprecedented announcements promoting corporate environmentalism or the popularization of environmentalism capitalism. sadly, these all come with a cost. just like the (red) campaign seem to bring AIDS activism into the act of consumerism. on earth day, PC World featured another disturbing statement of reality.

"Most large enterprise companies have strict rules for IT procurement and deployment, but only vague guidelines for hardware retirement and disposal, [Bob Houghton] said. Many of those companies are glad to make grand statements about upholding their environmental responsibility.... Generating revenue from the process can change the whole equation."

WELL thank goodness things are profitable for hardware recyclers. my good friends at greenpeace have been articulating a similar statement within their ToxicTech campaign.

extrapolating this argument a few steps out... what would happen to profitability when governments forced recycling? would the recyclers become the new barons of the world or worse? would we this be part of a more regimented, regulated society?

tomorrow, my good friends at the change you want to see will host author / filmmaker Heather Rogers and Freegan activist Adam Weissman for a feast of a conversation. we will masticate on the the history and politics of household garbage, and yes, it will be a catered event!

Wednesday, April 25, 7:30pm
84 Havemeyer Street, store front
at Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
917-202-5479 or 646-221-7845
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org

Technorati Tags: (red) campaign, freegan, greenpeace, heather rogers, not an alternative

my friends and i have slapped together a little podcamp nyc panel. tomorrow, we'll be in the village from 3 - 3:45. be prepared, the room only holds 35 people!!!

Hail to the YouMyWikiTube Chief - Political Participation within the context of Social Media

"Some where between YouTube and the future president of the free-world lies the dynamic political personalites of Nancy Scola (MyDD & Hearing Progressive Voices), Matt Browner Hamlin (Huffington Post & The Right's Field), Phillip Anderson (The Albany Project & Film maker), Fred Gooltz (Advomatic.com & Drinking Liberally) & Noel Hidalgo (Personal Democracy Forum & Noneck.org). The five will speak briefly on the impact of social media in the modern political debate and then debate the future of engagement, empowerment and emedia."

Technorati Tags: barcamp, democrats, future of cities, new york city, personal demoracy forum, podcamp nyc, podcamp