Lullabot Podcasts

Join Kyle Hofmeyer, Joe Shindelar, Blake Hall, and Greg Dunlap to talk about the somewhat mysterious concept of entities, which was introduced to Drupal in Drupal 7. We explain what entities are, why we have them, and what the future may hold for them in Drupal 8.

Jeff Eaton and Jason Scott discuss digital preservation, the historical importance of the web, and the utility of large hard drives.

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with Denise Jacobs about overcoming your inner critic and other secrets to unlocking your creativity.

In this episode, we have Greg Dunlap (heyrocker) join Addi to talk about being a Drupal 8 initiative lead, not from the perspective of the software, but as someone who needs to pay rent. We talk about Greg's efforts to raise funding for his work as the Drupal 8 Configuration Management Initiative (CMI) lead, why he needed to go knocking on doors, and what that means going forward. What is money's role in a sustainable future for Drupal core development?

In this episode, the Drupalize.Me team — Addi, Joe, Kyle, and Emma — talk about our team's plan for learning and teaching Drupal 8. Drupal 8 probably won't be released until the end of 2013 or 2014, but there is a lot to learn with some of the big changes coming.

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with The Submarines male lead John Dragonetti about song writing, film scoring, simplicity, and the importance of panic in the creative process.

Mentioned in this episode:

• iPhone Commercial
• The Submarines
• ToneTiger.com

Release Date: April 8, 2013 - 3:32pm Album: The Creative Process Length: 46:59 minutes (24.19 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 71Kbps (vbr)

In this episode, Kyle Hofmeyer is joined by Joe Shindelar, Blake Hall, Jerad Bitner, and Brock Boland to discuss git, different workflows, and working in teams.

Git is often touted as among other things being extremely flexible. It's a big selling point for the software. You're not throwing all your eggs in one basket and assuming that there is one singular workflow to rule them all. This flexibility can also be a challenge though. In this podcast we'll talk about the various ways that we at Lullabot use Git when working with teams of people. Both small and large. And the organizational tricks we've learned along the way to help make sure our projects continue moving forward and don't get to messy.

Some of the things discussed include designating someone as a branch manager, working in feature/task branches to keep your code organized and easy to review, and using pull requests. Spoiler alert! We end up boiling it all down to this. There is no one perfect way, but whatever way you decided to organize your team make sure you document it and that everyone on the team knows what you decided.

Podcast notes

Introduction to Git series

Release Date: April 5, 2013 - 10:00am Album: Lullabot Podcast Length: 42:35 minutes (24.85 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 81Kbps (vbr)

Jeff Eaton and Jared Ponchot discuss the parallels between design systems and content models, the challenges of responsive design, and the importance of content hierarchy for designers.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Converge Southeast
• Artifact Conference
• DrupalCon Portland

Release Date: April 2, 2013 - 9:00am Album: Insert Content Here Length: 32:51 minutes (12.74 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 54Kbps (vbr)

In this episode, Addison Berry is joined by Kyle Hofmeyer, Dave Burns, Jerad Bitner, and Sean Lange to discuss the deceptively simple question "What is a Drupal Site Builder?" This is a term that is bandied about quite a bit, but we wanted to try to zero in on what exactly a site builder does. We end up talking about several different roles that are often used around site-building, like themer, front-end developer, developer, and they relate to each other. In the process, Dave and Sean end up creating some new words too. What is a globulator?

Podcast notes

Introduction to Git series
Drupal.org D7 upgrade getting restarted
DrupalCon Portland training is open
Plan, Build, Launch: Real-world Drupal
Drupal Performance and Scalability with the Dream Team
Get Involved with Core sprint and workshop

Release Date: March 22, 2013 - 10:21am Album: Lullabot Podcast Length: 39:31 minutes (22.86 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 80Kbps (vbr)

Jeff Eaton and Daniel Jacobson discuss the history of NPR's COPE approach to content management, his work at Netflix, and the future of APIs for content-focused businesses. (Now with extra bonus anecdote!)

Mentioned in this episode:

• Daniel Jacobson: 7 Ways to Improve Your API
• NPR API Reference
• Create Once, Publish Everywhere
• Netflix Tech Blog

Release Date: March 15, 2013 - 5:00pm Album: Insert Content Here Length: 37:54 minutes (13.58 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 50Kbps (vbr)

In this episode, Addison Berry is joined by Holly Ross, the Executive Director of the Drupal Association (DA). We talk about who Holly is, where she's come from, and here role in the DA. There is some timely discussion about transparency and communication for the DA and the community, and how Holly looks to address these concerns.

Podcast notes

Module Monday videos
Drupal Global Sprint Weekend, March 9-10

Holly's DA blog

Contact Holly
Email: holly@association.drupal.org
Twitter: @drupalhross

Release Date: March 8, 2013 - 10:00am Album: Lullabot Podcast Length: 41:48 minutes (24.1 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 80Kbps (vbr)

In this week's episode Addison Berry is joined by Lullabots Joe Shindelar, Andrew Berry, and Ben Chavet to talk about automating server set up with tools like Puppet and Jenkins. Building a Drupal site is only part of the equation to a complete project, and setting up the servers you will need, and making sure that you can reproduce the site set up consistently is hugely important. It becomes even more important as your projects and teams grow in size. We cover the basics of what the goal is, and what tools we use at Lullabot, and why we use them. This is a great overview of the topic for people who keep hearing these terms thrown around, and would like to understand more of what it's all about.

Podcast notes

• New videos out on Views Bulk Operations and Entity Views Attachment
• Lullabot is looking for a Sales Representative
• DrupalCamp London Introduction to Drupal workshop, March 1
• Drupal Sprint Weekend, March 9-10

Release Date: February 22, 2013 - 10:00am Album: Lullabot Podcast Length: 38:50 minutes (22.4 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 80Kbps (vbr)

Jeff Eaton and Relly Annett-Baker discuss the difference that carefully crafted microcopy can make to users; explore the challenge of bringing writers, designers, and developers together; and plan for future hijinks.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Relly Annett-Baker
• Arse Over Tit: The Art of Making Stuff Backwards
• CERN and the LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
• Yours vs. Mine
• Gov.UK
• Content 2013
• Future of Web Design 2013
• Player 2
• F*** Yeah, Karen McGrane

Release Date: February 17, 2013 - 4:00pm Album: Insert Content Here Length: 41:37 minutes (16.33 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 54Kbps (vbr)

In this special episode Addison Berry and Jeff Eaton give a report of DrupalCon Sydney, from Australia. The audio is not at our normal quality, but we wanted to drop a quick line out about Sydney while we're here. We chat about the two keynotes that we had, our favorite sessions, and how amazing it is to have a DrupalCon literally by the beach.

News:
Lullabot is hiring a Sales Representative
Drop.coop podcast

Videos for sessions we mentioned:
Dries' keynote
Senator Kate Lundy's keynote
Symfony Components: A Travel Guide
Content strategy and the QUT web redevelopment project
Content Strategists and Developers: We need each other!

Jeff Eaton's session: Building for a Post-Mobile World

Release Date: February 8, 2013 - 4:37pm Album: Lullabot Podcast Length: 38:25 minutes (22.27 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 81Kbps (vbr)

Jeff Eaton and Drupal initiative lead Greg Dunlap discuss the history of digital transformation at the Seattle Times, the difficulties of cross-site content sharing, and the importance of cross-discipline communication.

Release Date: February 1, 2013 - 2:30pm Album: Insert Content Here Length: 39:20 minutes (16.37 MB) Format: mono 44kHz 58Kbps (vbr)