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// talks, events & community · 2011 onward

Speaking & community

Conference talks, DrupalCons attended, community recognition and the events I've helped organise and teach — across a decade and a half of Drupal.

Recognition

Open Source Splash Award

For DruxtJS — the framework that makes decoupled Drupal feel native to Nuxt developers.

DrupalCon Singapore
2024
awarded · not attended

Talks

6 conference & community talks
Online community meetup2024

Moving to a sustainable web

Community meetup talk on web sustainability — building and operating websites with a lower carbon footprint. 22 February 2024.

SustainabilityWebCommunity
Sydney Drupal Meetup2020

Druxt.js

Introduction to DruxtJS — the Fully Decoupled Drupal Framework that maps Drupal's JSON:API into reactive Vue/Nuxt components. Presented at the Sydney Drupal Meetup in September 2020.

DruxtDrupalVue.jsNuxt
DrupalGov 2020 (virtual)2020

Druxt.js: Nuxt.js in the front, Drupal in the back.

How DruxtJS bridges Drupal and Nuxt.js for fully decoupled site architectures, preserving Drupal display modes and JSON:API semantics while delivering a modern Vue.js frontend. Presented at the virtual DrupalGov on 4–5 November 2020 in the Front-end Development track.

DruxtDrupalVue.jsNuxtDecoupled
DrupalGov Canberra2016

Wysiwyg Fields

Wysiwyg Field Callback Formatter (WFCF) — embedding field-rendered content directly into the Wysiwyg editor, presented at DrupalGov Canberra on 8 February 2016.

DrupalWysiwyg FieldsWFCF
DrupalSouth Wellington2014

Features 101

Site building with the Features module — capturing Drupal configuration into version-controlled code for repeatable deploys and team workflows.

DrupalFeaturesSite Building
Drupal Downunder (Melbourne)2012

Custom Formatters

Creating custom field formatters without writing a custom module — the pluggable-editor architecture of the Custom Formatters module. Presented at Drupal Downunder in Melbourne, January 2012.

DrupalCustom Formatters

DrupalCons attended

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// 11 events, 2011–2021 · member since 2006

2021
Europe
2020
Barcelona
2020
Global
2017
Vienna
2016
New Orleans
2015
Barcelona
2014
Amsterdam
2013
Portland
2012
Sydney
2012
Denver
2011
London

Organising & training

11 events
2017
DrupalCamp Melbourne
Camp organisation (with Vladimir Roudakovov)
Jan 2017
Drupal Global Training Days Melbourne
Community training day (DrupalGTD)
Aug 2015
Acquia Training — Canberra
govCMS training · delivery partner
Jul 2015
Acquia Training — Adelaide
DECD 3-day Drupal training · delivery partner
Jun 2015
Acquia Training — Melbourne
Drupal 7 in a Day · delivery partner
2014
DrupalCamp Melbourne
Camp organisation
2013
Drupal Downunder 2013
Website build for the follow-on Melbourne event
Sep 2012 – Feb 2013
DrupalCon Sydney 2013
Local organising team
2012
Drupal Global Training Days Melbourne
DrupalMel community learning day
2011 – present
Drupal Melbourne meetup
Ongoing mentoring & community involvement
Jan 2011 – Apr 2012
Drupal Downunder
Conference planning, website, presenter selection