Talking Drupal
Talking Drupal is a weekly chat about web design and development by a group a guys with one thing in common, we love Drupal. With hosts Stephen Cross, John Picozzi and Nic Laflin.

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

Direct download: TalkingDrupal279.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:37pm EDT

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

Direct download: TalkingDrupal278.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:53pm EDT

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

Direct download: TalkingDrupal277.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:05pm EDT

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/

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal276.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

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

Direct download: TalkingDrupal275.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:38am EDT

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

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal274.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:19am EDT

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

Direct download: TalkingDrupal273.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:10pm EDT