Everybody had a great time at the Drupal 7 release party in NYC sponsored by GVS, Treehouse, Thinkdrop. I gave my raffle ticket to the bartender, oops, a free drink!

a few more photos in my gallery

and a gallery by Forest Mars

a gallery posted by sponsor Treehouse Agency

and a Group Pool gallery on Flickr

The Drupal tribes of the NYC metro area gathered in Brooklyn  for DrupalCampNYC 7. Developers, themers, publishers, and newbies participated in the "un"conference. Topics for the sessions were collaboratively proposed and scheduled. An informal and electric atmosphere pervaded, as people traded knowledge, and asked and answered questions.

Drupal Camp 7 Presentations Wiki    ||||    DrupalCampNYC 7 Google Wave

Drupal Camp NYC 7 sessions I attended included InstallFest, performance tuning and caching, debugging and patches, Drush, Services, and Open Atrium. There was also an attempt at a Drupal Kata for Features but I was the only participant who prepared the pre-installs - I think a larger attendance would be necessary to produce the critical mass of people interested AND prepared. I was interested in the group learning exercise as a possible training tool if I join Acquia (I've had two interviews, waiting for the next for what could be a dream job) - I offered to help Bram with future Kata experiments.

Jacob looked dandy in his Drupal Association uniform.

Thomas organized and kept it all loose.

Peter guided newcomers at InstallFest.

Bagels were provided for breakfast, and pizza (including meat-free) for lunch.

Even at lunch the information kept flowing with mini "lightning" talks. One that got my notice was a description of Poverty's Demise, a charitable organization for children that proposes passing 100% of donations to recipients by leveraging the savings of open source, sponsorship and advertising. If you are planning to get me a present, give it to Poverty's Demise, sounds like a good cause to me!

Lunch break concluded with a raffle of some donated books and vouchers for House of Brews (site of the monthly DrupalNYC meetup).

Free beer was provided by Zivtech at Floyd afterwards. Alex brought in yummy hummus, baba ganoush, roasted eggplant, stuffed grape leaves and pitas from the famous Atlantic Ave neighborhood. I spoke with Nat (who presented the Drush session) about both of us having been tour guides and how that helps us in classroom settings.

robbiethegeek posted 143 photos from DrupalCampNYC 7 on Flickr

Slava, the founder of IndieGoGo (and a genuinely nice guy), presented a discussion about film funding, promotion, and distribution. Panelists included Noah Harlan (401st Blow), Christopher Roberts (The Believer, Up With Me), Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified) and Scott Kirsner (Cinematech, Variety) as moderator. Other IWNY media panels focussed on short-form comedy web tv, this one discussed 'traditional" film.

I know three indie films in production, I am definitely telling them about IndieGoGo!