Lightning talks

Drupal for Startups: SXSW Seen Through VR -linklab

Drupal Dev Day NYCUpdateWe're very excited that that Drupal Dev Day NYC will take place on Sunday April 19th at John Jay College (where Drupalcamp 10 was held.) This will be the 15th Drupalcamp organized by the NYC community. Co-organizers Joe B. & Matt D. will give an update and let everyone know how things are shaping up!

Sign up for a 5 minute lightning talk on GDO

Main Presentations

Storage Back-ends: GlusterFS or S3? -HansGutknecht

Views You Can Use: Context Filters and Aggregation -

netw3rker

Anyone who has been using Drupal more than just a little bit knows thatViewsis one of the most important tools you got in the Drupal tool box, and Views in included in Drupal 8 core. For our April meeting,Acquia dev Chris Porter (netw3rker) will give an overview of using context filters (called arguments in earlier versions) and aggregation for mastery of Drupal views. If you've ever tried to use aggregation you both how powerful it is, and how tricky it can be to understand. Don't miss this.

Crowdster Fundraising Platform - John & Paul Murcott

Crowdster is a B2B SaaS Event Engagement platform that combines Peer to Peer communication tools with Event Management features (selling tickets, raising money, raising awareness). The company started in the nonprofit space (clients include Autism Speaks, Save the Children, American Heart Association) and has expanded into sports, transportation and corporate clients (clients include Major League Baseball, DIRECTV and Hampton Jitney Bus Line).

Crowdster has a Services group that does design and web development projects that are often integrated with their P2P platform. The team has a lot of experience with Drupal and CMS tools in general. The founder of the company, John Murcott, previously started an enterprise web content management company called FatWire Software which was acquired by Oracle.

Break Out Sessions

Breakout sessions take place in the "other room" and are more informal, covering any number of topics.

7:00pm - 8:20pm - New to Drupal

7:00pm - 8:20pm - Open Breakout Session Slot (sign up on GDO)

New 2 Drupal BOF table
New to Drupal? Bring your questions and problems for expert help. If you are new to Drupal and the talks don't apply to you some of us will take a group and talk with you about your issues.

Important:please RSVP on groups.drupal.org/NYC