Drupalcon Barcelona: Researching code contributions, Mental health and SVG
Winding the calendar back to 2008 and Szeged, Hungary I doubted I would see it: 'depression', 'anxiety' and other mental health - related concepts writ-large in a Drupalcon presentation. And not just any presentation, but a community keynote.
Drupalcon Barcelona 2015 Mike Bell 24 Sept keynote |
Mental Health and Open Source
Mike's a key personality within the NW (UK) Drupal User Group also helping to make local Drupalcamps a reality.As a sign of several things:
- 2008 is a long time ago;
- Drupalcon has travelled far and wide around Europe;
- I've still no new website;
- Drupal itself has evolved from 4.7 to Dries Buytaert's announcement in his keynote that Drupal 8 release candidate will follow on October 7;
David Rozas (left) |
Of course there were many other sessions and another keynote of particular interest as Mike shared the community keynote session with David Rozas:
Talk is silver, code is gold? Contribution beyond source code in Drupal
Computer science is about as academic as you can get, but how refreshing to find research methodologies, methods, data... and mental health sharing a keynote session. It was brilliant to see open source - Drupal embracing research, seeking an evidence base not just for what makes the machines tick but the contributors too.Drupalcon David Corbacho Román |
For quite a few years I've followed the rise, waning and what seems a rebirth for SVG.