A few months ago I had the privilege of speaking at DrupalCamp Atlanta.  The talk I gave covered the CMS selection process across multiple languages with Open and Closed source Content Management Systems.  While at first glance it might appear an easy choice to go to your usual CMS, it might not always be the right choice.

Have you ever wanted to give money or services to a charity but you just didn't have the time or the cash to be able to do that?  Well, now you and I have no excuses since CommuniCause has now launched and all you have to do is either enter the information on the website or tweet a special hashtag.

CommuniCause is "a campaign that gives America the opportunity to vote online for their favorite 501c3 non profit to win a $25,000 social media makeover" which I think is a great idea since most charities I know are struggling just to keep things going and barely have any type of web presence.  By winning this type of contest it allows a charity to get into an arena they possibly never would have been able to enter and really get their name and message out there.

I need your suggestions of charities since I don't know which charity I should nominate/vote for (I hardly know of any charities).  Could you, my readers suggest charities in the comments as well as vote on CommuniCause?  Once I choose the charity, I'll add the CommuniCause banner to this site so everybody can see it.

I'll be leaving for a few days to attend this years US Drupalcon with both the Mindcomet crew and DrupalEasy crew!

If you happen to see me and you follow my blog, twitter or podcast say "hi" (I'll be the guy wearing some type of funny hat with glasses and a soul patch). 

So you want to create a DrupalCamp by where you live eh?  Great, running a camp isn't actually as hard or crazy as you might think.  Here are my lessons learned from my experience in co-running the first Florida Drupal Camp for the Florida Drupal Group (I get a nickel every time I mention Florida or Drupal).

Congratulations to the Mindcomet team for launching two great new sites, Loch Haven a Florida Hospital site and Healthy Tuna, a site about education and cooking all things tuna  (Healthy Tuna is a sister site of About Seafood).

I would like to introduce you to the most fun you can legally have with a fruitcake this season.  This is a fun little game we put together at MindComet and I hope you enjoy it.

Congratulations to the MindComet team on launching it's latest Drupal site http://www.disneychildrens.com/ !!

At this months Florida Drupal meetings a lot of questions came up about how we create websites. Now these questions weren't really about the technical aspects of creating the site, they were more about the planning and the high level steps we take.

Join me at MindComet's Headquarters in Altamonte Springs for the Florida Drupal Group's monthly meetup on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 1 to 3 PM.