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A couple of years ago I read an article in USA Today about the daily closing of newspapers. I remember being perplexed when the author said of newspaper readers "they'll have to figure out how to keep up.... without a 170-year-old staple of daily life: a local newspaper".   It seemed obvious to me the readers had already "figured" out how to keep up and it was the 170-year-old newspaper that had not.

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Thank you to this year's exhibitors at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. I enjoyed meeting and talking to a variety of companies and want to acknowledge the representative at Bundle. As I walked up and down the rows of exhibitors I noticed a woman at a very empty booth. In spite of that I saw folks talking to her and became curious why the booth was empty.

Web 2.0 Expo is scheduled for March 28-31, 2011 at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA. This premier event is one of the most important conferences for professionals who are defining the next generation Internet.

Looking forward to the upcoming Joomla! Day West at Ebay in San Jose.

Just got back from my first WordCamp and was inspired by my experience.

I have been dreading this theme review for months. Let me explain. As a fan of the amazing and powerful CMS program Drupal®, I believe that ALL theme solutions are important. For Drupal to continue to develop into a world class publishing tool for EVERYONE, it should be easily made into an attractive publication.

It is obvious to those who know me that I have a mild addiction to themes.

Over the last year I've posted a couple of articles comparing Drupal, Joomla, and Moodle. One of my criticisms of Joomla has been the lack of CCK and the ability to create and define content types. If you've worked with Joomla you know that the program provides one content type called "Articles".

One day while searching for a Drupal® theme solution I stumbled upon the Drupal® themes at Template Monster. I was so excited at the thought of a quick and attractive theme, I immediately downloaded the free Drupal® theme.

Thanks again to the volunteers who worked hard to create another great Drupal Camp. If you have questions about Drupal Modules in response to this slide show, don't hesitate to ask.

Module Madness is my way of getting Drupal users involved in some exciting modules that add tremendous value to Drupal core. At Drupal Camp I will demonstrate and discuss 10 modules, followed by user demonstrations of their favorite "must have" modules.

Here are my favs:
1. Admin Menu
2. CAPTCHA
3. CCK and Date and Link
4. Events
5. FAQs
6. Image and Image Assist
7. Pathauto

I am often asked "What is a blog? How is it different than a Web page?"

Blog, blogs, blogging, and bloggers.
Finding a definition of a blog is easy. Defining it in a way that is understandable, is not easy.
1) Blog = Web Log
2) Articles or information = A collect of writings that are typically in chronological order.
3) Think = printing press + radio station + television station + store + freedom of speech + millions of readers

Web pages and Web sites

If you are considering a new Web site and are looking for a way to make your site interactive and media rich, you may have heard of Drupal, Joomla, and Moodle. These are a few of the open source programs that can help you create and manage your Web site at an affordable price.

I spent the day in Building 43 at GooglePlex in Mountain View for the 2nd annual Joomla Day in the Bay Area. The fine folks with the Bay Area Joomla user's group put together an energetic unconference that helped users, administrators, and developers better understand how to use the open source software, Joomla.

I am excited to announce that I've been invited to speak at Drupal Camp LA 2008. This is the second annual DrupalCampLA and last year's event was fantastic. If you are a Drupal developer, designer, or end user this event is for you.

If you've never been to a DrupalCamp here are a couple of pointers: