Talking Drupal

This week we talk about the role of the Digital Project Manager with Matt O'Bryant. www.talkingdrupal.com/286 Topics What is a Digital Project Manager What value does a DPM bring DPM vs PMs DPM skills Do you need a DPM Personal experience and advice Resources Fundraiser for Ben from Lullabot The flow state? Oomph Inc. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Shane Thomas -  www.CodeKarate.com @smthomas3 Guests Matt O’Bryant  @matthew_obryant  www.linkedin.com/in/mobryant  

Today we have key members of the Decoupled Menus Initiative joining us. www.talkingdrupal.com/285 Topics What is the Decoupled Initiative all about? What are the problems being solved? Why is this initiative so Important? What are the key changes being made? How did the initiative get started? What is the current project status? Resources Cloud Nothings EP Subscription on Bandcamp Once project Ideas issue queue Contentful Decoupled Menus Initiative Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Brian Perry - @bricomedy   Brianperry.dev Guests Baddy Sonja Breidert  @baddysonja  www.1xinternet.de Gabriel Sullice  @gabesullice  www.sullice.com/ Liam Hockley  @xdegathenerd  liamhockley.me  

Today our guest host, Brian Perry, is also our guest. We are talking about an Iterative Approach To Decoupling Your Existing Drupal Site With Gatsby. The approach he is taking at Bounteous. www.talkingdrupal.com/284 Topics Stephen - Happy to be alive Brian - Raycast and Midcamp Nic - Conjuring universe John - Exercise ball and Drupal Providence What is “Iterative Approach To Decoupling” What are the factors that weigh into this approach? What are the benefits? Team skills Configuring a site to serve a subset of decoupled pages Workflow changes How to get started Resources Drupal Providence - Video Raycast Midcamp Conjuring universe Configuring gatsby-source-drupal to only Import Referenced Images Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Brian Perry - @bricomedy   Brianperry.dev    

Today we have the pleasure of talking with Tugboat CEO Matt Westgate. www.talkingdrupal.com/283 Topics Brian - Gatsby and Bowsers Fury Stephen - John's presentation John - Mailhog Nic - Clients in TX and OR Matt - Aruba Wifi What is Tugboat Origin story Pricing tiers SimplyTest.me FEDRamp Employee owned business Feature roadmap Where did the name come from Resources John’s session on Config Split MailHog Helpful Links https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog https://docs.lando.dev/config/mailhog.html#supported-versions https://www.drupaleasy.com/blogs/ultimike/2018/01/testing-local-drupal-site-emails-lando-and-mailhog Aruba instant on Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Drupal Contrib Drupal Providence Linux for Everyone Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Brian Perry - @bricomedy   Brianperry.dev Guest Matt Westgate  @mettamatt  www.tugboat.qa    

In this episode we talk with Mike Anello about starting a Drupal Career and his training to jump start it. www.talkingdrupal.com/282 Topics Stephen - new guest hosts for Talking Drupal Brian - snow and new website Nic - Networking not working John - Apple, new tech and card Mike - Grand Canyon Careers for new Drupal developers Does experience matter What is Drupal Careers Online Course content Student success Resources A Mini Case Study: How to Rescue an Abandoned/Neglected Drupal Module Drupal Career Online Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Brian Perry - @bricomedy   Brianperry.dev Guest Mike Anello  @ultimike  www.DrupalEasy.com  

Today we are learning about the Olivero Theme, the future replacement for Bartik, with Mike Herchel. www.talkingdrupal.com/281 Topics What is Olivero Origin of the name Project priorities Claro and Olivero Accessibility Customization How to help Resources The Raspberry Pi makes a great USB webcam for $100 Olivero Accessible Navigation with Drupal Core’s Menu System Provide a starterkit theme in core Florida Drupal Camp Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Mike Herchel  @mikeherchel  herchel.com  

We are still living through a pandemic and much of the world has been quarantined for almost a year. In addition to battling covid-19, many of us are dealing with results of long term isolation. Today we talk about dealing with isolation as developers with JD Flynn. www.talkingdrupal.com/280 Topics John - Event Organizers Working Group Nic - SNOWWWW JD - Doing a podcast Disclaimer, we are not doctors, this is not medical advice, it's a converstation JD's history Community awareness What is isolation The signs Approaching others Resources Drupal Event Organizers Working Group Psychology Today Open sourcing mental illness It's ok not to be ok Ed Finkler Talk Space JDDoesDev Youtube Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest JD Flynn  @JDDoesDev  jamesdflynn.com

Today we have the pleasure of talking with Adam Bergstein, the project lead for SimplyTest.me. www.talkingdrupal.com/279 Topics Stephen - Review: Pi 400 running Ubuntu 20.10 Nic - Woodworking, T-Shirts John - Snow - Green Gatorade Adam - Progressinve Migrations, Trillium What is SimplyTest.me Service history Key features Usage statistics Limitations Fanancial support Backend architecture Technology partners Resources Review: Raspberry Pi 400 and Ubuntu Linux 20.10 Trillium SimplyTest.me Tugboat Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Adam Bergstein  @n3rdstein  www.nerdstein.net

This is a unique episode. We record our first quarterly content planning meeting. www.talkingdrupal.com/278 Topics Content Categories: Drupal news (weekly) Drupal Association (quarterly) Modules/Core/Initiatives/Problem Solving (monthly) Front/End Design (bi-monthly) Community / Business (Quarterly) Backend Coding (experimental - try) Non-Drupal specific web dev topics (monthly) Developer's Life (quarterly) Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

As our regular listeners know, we are Lando users and today we have the inventor, Mike Pirog, joining us to discuss where Lando is and where it’s going. www.talkingdrupal.com/277 Topics John - Sonos Stephen - Pi400 Nic - Woodworking Mike - Owl sighting What is Lando Who is using Lando Roadmap and release schedule Docker and Mac ARM version of Lando Acquia support How is Lando developed Supporting Lando Resources Tandem Lando Lando Sponsorship Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Mike Pirog  @pirogcommamike  lando.dev

Today we talk with Chad Hester about his advice for becoming a successful contractor. He has hired and worked with contractors throughout his career and now is one. This topic is close to us at Talking Drupal. www.talkingdrupal.com/276 Topics Stephen - Among Us Nic  - Basement Chad - Making drinks John - Chess Benefits and Challengess of being a contractor Exploring the idea Structuring your business Finding clients Marketting Contracts and rates Running a business Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Chad Hester  @chadkhester  www.chadkhester.com/  

This year has been so memorable, today we do a year in review. www.talkingdrupal.com/275 Topics John - Snow Nic - Shirt Stephen - 5G Covid-19 Drupal Technology At home favorites Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Today we take a look at the Recurring Events module with maintainer Owen Bush. www.talkingdrupal.com/274 Topics Nic - Winter Stephen - MySQL Percona 5.7 Update Owen - Volcaloid John - Wemo switch What is the Recurring Events module Use-cases Key Functionality Sub-modules Roadmap to RC1 Experience as maintainer Resources Vovaloid Recurring Events O.J.B Sound Cloud Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Owen Bush  www.obush.co.uk  

Looking forward to your upcoming projects in 2021, will it support multiple languages? Today we discuss things to keep in mind as you are planning your translation project. www.talkingdrupal.com/273 Topics Languages Translation Translation Tips Prototyping Challenges Things to Avoid Useful Modules Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #223, August 2019, Tim Lehnen, from the Drupal Association, joined us to talk about Drupal git Org moving to GitLab. A year and a half later Tim joins again to talk about project status and recent advancements. www.talkingdrupal.com/272 Topics Nic - Facemasks John - Everything Stephen - Teachers Tim - Shout out What is the Gitlab project? GitLab project status What is next? Biggest obstacles Next steps Resources Documentation Blog overview w/ demo vid Examples merge requests - Core, Contrib All Drupal merge request activity so far Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Tim Lehnen  @TimLehnen  www.drupal.org/u/hestenet  

This week we talk about an underutilized resource - Drupal User Groups www.talkingdrupal.com/271 Topics Nic - Index Stephen - NAS John - I got a tree Stories Meetups Beefits First experience How to find Resources DrupalCon Europe will only sustain if you show up for it 1Password on Linux NEDCamp Gear Drupal Community Events Drupal on Meetup SFDUG Boston Drupal User Group Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

We are fresh off of NEDCamp 2020, and today we reflect on it. www.talkingdrupal.com/270 Topics Stephen - Home Automation John - Website Nic - WSnow Blower Rick - Music production NEDCamp  history Camp format 2020 Team BoFs Technology How did it go Resources Flowte - Rick Hood on Sound Cloud NEDCamp Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Rick Hood  @rickhood  www.commonmedia.com

We have a VERY special guest today to talk about the considerations when automating your home. Thank you for joining us today, Nic Laflin. Nic mentioned home automation on many of his updates over the past few years, today we dig in a little more. www.talkingdrupal.com/269 Topics John - Drupal Swag Nic - Docker Image Prune Stephen - Glasses Major considerations Hubs Protocols Monitoring, control and automation Things to monitor Things to control Things to automate Resources Samsung Smart things Homeseer Hubitat Home Assistant Zigbee Zwave Nic's Home Automation Blog Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #67, circa 2014, we talked about the tools we use. Time to revisit this. www.talkingdrupal.com/268 Topics Operating Systems and Hardware Linux System 76 Mac Book Pro IDEs/Text Editors VS Code Vim Neo Vim (Stephen's preferred version ) Terminals Alacritty iTerm Terminal Browsers Firefox Firefox Facebook Container Local Development Lando Docker Issue Tracking Jira Wrike Trello Screenshots and Copy Paste Flycut CopyQ Flameshot Todo List Notecards Reminders Notepad Note Taking Standard Notes Paper GoodNotes Apps/Gedit - GNOME Wiki! Two Factor Authy Imprivata Entrust Duo Module Google Authenticator Password Management Bitwarden 1Password Enrichment Content Rich Roll Drive to Work Jono Bacon Newsletter Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Today we talk with the founder of Nubay a non-profit that is empowering other non-profits with Drupal. There is a narrative that Drupal 8 is for enterprise customers. Nubay is an example of how enterprise functionality benefits websites of all sizes. www.talkingdrupal.com/267 Topics Stephen - CSPAN John - Soap Nic - Ring Fit Dave - Hoel in one What is Nubay and history What does non-profit mean for Nubay Services the Nubay provides Volunteers Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Dave Tarrant   https://www.nubay.org