Acquia

It seems like I blinked a minute or two ago, and I was on a plane returning from an amazing conference in New Orleans. While it doesn't seem possible, my calendar doesn't lie. Today does appear to be January 5th.

Over the last few days, Robert Douglass and the team from Acquia were kind enough to publish a podcast we did down in New Orleans at Do It With Drupal. We talked about Drupal in Education, and Drupal for Education, and, well, Drupal. As always, it was a pleasure to catch up with Robert. On a personal level, he is one of the nicest people on the planet. The fact that he is also an amazing developer is icing on the cake.

Over the next few weeks, we'll be tieing up some loose ends. Look for a partner product to The Commons, information about the upcoming DrupalEd 6 release, more tutorials on setting up portfolios, and some aggregation and distribution goodness. We're also polishing some curriculum for online training on setting up and administering Drupal sites. In short, we're all pretty excited about what 2009 holds in store.

Over the last couple weeks, there have been some large shifts in the world of Drupal development.

The first of these occurred last week, when Raincity Studios acquired Bryght. For the three non-geeks reading this blog, Raincity is a Vancouver, cA based design shop, and Bryght was the first Drupal company out there. While I have yet to meet the Raincity folks, I know several of the Bryght guys, and they do amazing work, both for their clients and within the Drupal community. This partnership promises some great things for advancing Drupal development, and Drupal design.