[WebPub] REMINDER: Today- Drupal Founder Dries Buytaert; Whitehouse and Open Source

[Jeannie Finks]

Talk will most likely start at 5:15ish as I was told there is a class  
in there beforehand.

Also, interesting essay from Tim O'Reilly:
Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal (went live Saturday)
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whitehouse-switch-drupal-opensource.html

Jeannie
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Great news for anyone interested in Web publishing and Drupal:

Drupal project founder and Acquia CTO/co-founder Dries Buytaert will  
be speaking at MIT's Stata Center next
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5pm. Reception and networking to follow at  
6pm.

Dries will talk about Drupal 7, where Drupal is headed, open source  
development, and more.

There's no need to register and this event is open to all!

 From Dries: http://buytaert.net/speaking-at-mit
About Dries: http://buytaert.net/resume

Location:
MIT Stata Center, Building 32-123 (Kirsch)
http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=32&Buildings=go

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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.
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