<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Talk will most likely start at 5:15ish as I was told there is a class in there beforehand.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, interesting essay from Tim O'Reilly:</div><div>Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal (went live Saturday)</div><div><a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whitehouse-switch-drupal-opensource.html">http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whitehouse-switch-drupal-opensource.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jeannie</div><div>====</div>Great news for anyone interested in Web publishing and Drupal:<br><br>Drupal project founder and Acquia CTO/co-founder Dries Buytaert will be speaking at MIT's Stata Center next<br>Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5pm. Reception and networking to follow at 6pm.<br><br>Dries will talk about Drupal 7, where Drupal is headed, open source development, and more.<br><br>There's no need to register and this event is open to all!<br><br>From Dries: <a href="http://buytaert.net/speaking-at-mit">http://buytaert.net/speaking-at-mit</a><br>About Dries: <a href="http://buytaert.net/resume">http://buytaert.net/resume</a><br><br>Location:<br>MIT Stata Center, Building 32-123 (Kirsch)<br><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=32&Buildings=go">http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=32&Buildings=go</a><br><br>------<br>Dries Buytaert is the original creator and project lead for the Drupal open source web publishing and collaboration platform. Buytaert serves as president of the Drupal Association, a non-profit organization formed to help Drupal flourish. He is also co-founder and chief technology officer of Acquia, a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for Drupal. Dries is also a co-founder of Mollom, a web service that helps you identify content quality and, more importantly, helps you stop website spam. A native of Belgium, Buytaert holds a PhD in computer science and engineering from Ghent University and a Licentiate Computer Science (MsC) from the University of Antwerp. In 2008, Buytaert was elected Young Entrepreneurs of Tech by BusinessWeek as well as MIT TR 35 Young Innovator.</body></html>