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 are talking with Preston So about Voice Content and Usability in Drupal, as well as his book from A Book Apart Voice Content and Usability.

www.talkingdrupal.com/304

Topics

  • AmyJune Word Camp Santa Clarita
  • John Elisha Otis 1853 Elevator pitch
  • Nic Trumpet Vine (again)
  • Preston Decoupled Days and just finished Gatsby: The Definitive Guide
  • Voice Content and it's impact on usability
  • First interest in the topic
  • Learn about accessibility beyond content layout
  • Designing a voice interface
  • Voice system learning
  • WCAG 3.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines success criteria
  • Lessons from Voice content
  • Bad voice content and it's impact
  • How it applies to Drupal
  • Preston's new book

Resources

Guests

Preston So - https://preston.so/ @prestonso

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi

AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick

Direct download: TalkingDrupal304_libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:07am EDT

Today we are talking about multitasking between projects.

www.talkingdrupal.com/303

Topics

  • John - Timezone issue
  • Fatima - Gaming chair
  • Nic - Kint arrow
  • What do we mean by multitasking
  • Not task switching
  • Kinds of projects
    • Camp organizing
    • Mentoring
    • Podcasting
    • Open source project maintenance
    • Sewing
    • Lego building
  • Processes used to manage
    • One per night
    • Blocking time for each project
    • Workflows weekly planning - daily wrap up
  • Helpful tools
    • Trello
    • Apple Reminders
    • Google Docs
    • Calendar
    • Fantastical
    • Calendly
    • Slack
    • Email
    • Todoist
    • Notion
    • Guestimer
    • Hocus Focus
  • Manager vs Maker
  • Additional apps
    • Rescue Time
    • Timing

Resources

Guests

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi

Fatima Sarah Khalid - @sugaroverflow

Direct download: TalkingDrupal303_libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:20pm EDT

Today we are talking with members of the Drupal Community Working Group about who they are, what they do, and what they are currently working on.

www.talkingdrupal.com/302

Topics

  • Donna Bungard - New at FFW trying to get acquainted.
  • Jordana Fung - On vacation in FL
  • Alex Burrows - Volunteer constable searching for missing person
  • Mike Anello - Building a house and staying with parents
  • Fatima Sarah Khalid - Mechanical Keyboard
  • John Picozzi - Fire tablets for the kids
  • Nic Laflin - New harddrive
  • Founding of Community Working Group (CWG)
  • Conflict Resolution Team
  • Community Health Team
  • Number of members
  • Typical meeting
  • Greatest successes
  • Becoming a member
  • Current projects

Resources

Guests

Mike Anello - drupaleasy.com @ultimike

Donna Bungard - @dbungard

Alex Burrows - @aburrows

Jordana Fung - @jordana_f

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi

Fatima Sarah Khalid - @sugaroverflow

Direct download: TalkingDrupal302_libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:13am EDT

Today we are talking with Jason Pamental about his most recent project Quahog, the new website platform for the State of Rhode Island.

www.talkingdrupal.com/301

Topics

  • John
    • Security Alert RSS Feed
  • Jason
    • Launched 10 Sites and visiting family
  • Nic
    • Suprise Birthday party
  • What is Quahog?
  • Technology powering the platform
    • Site Factory
    • Drupal 9
    • Pattern Lab
  • Other technology options
  • Length of planning to first launch
  • Number of sites on platform
  • End goal
  • Pattern Lab
  • Pros of Site Factory

Resources

Guests

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Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Jason Pamental - rwt.io @jpamental

Direct download: TalkingDrupal301_libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:57pm EDT