It’s almost time for Do It With Drupal!

I’m excited to be heading to New Orleans on December 8, 2009 for three solid days of Drupal learning from the good  folks at Lullabot. This is training by the people who wrote the applications and the books, rock stars like Earl Miles (views and panels), Ryan Szerma (ubercart), and a keynote by Dries Buytaert (the founder of Drupal.)

I’m most looking forward to the case studies of Drupal sites like the New York State Senate and MTV.co.uk, to learn how the experts built their sites with Drupal and any challenges they encountered. Second on my list is the fantasy site builds, where the pros will clone popular sites like Etsy and Craig’s List using Drupal. Hey Lullabot, why do the fantasy builds have to run concurrent with the site dissections? Bummer, but hopefully I’ll catch what I miss on the post-conference videos.

Others on my list of must-attend sessions are the Geolocation and Event Management master classes, since these functions are on the features wish list of a site that I’m currently developing.

The bonus is the conference location in New Orleans. I haven’t been back since Katrina so destroyed the city, so I look forward to visiting one of our country’s most unique cities again. I can always use a good Zydeco fix. Laissez les bons temps roulez!