Just Like LEGOs: Connecting Your Dev Workflow to the Internet of Things
At MidCamp in Chicago this year, I presented Connecting Your Development Workflow to the Internet of Things. My goal in this session was to inspire attendees to think beyond their typical toolkits when working with web technologies. You can view the whole presentation here.
How Weill Cornell Medical College Built a Dream Distribution with Pantheon
At Weill Cornell Medical College, Dan Dickinson manages a 12-person Web Communications team that designs and develops organizational websites for medical education, research, and patient care. Read how his team is rescuing 100+ websites from design anarchy—by setting out to build the best Drupal distribution in higher education.
DIAGNOSIS? AN ADVANCED CASE OF DIGITAL SPRAWL
1. 100+ static websites running on various platforms.
Duran Goodyear on DrupalCon and Pantheon Heroes
As Spring rolls forward, it is that time of year again for DrupalCon, which is in Seattle, WA this year. I got the chance to sit down with the longtime Pantheon Hero, Duran Goodyear, founder of Alphex Information Solutions. He shared his thoughts about the event, the community, and Pantheon. Watch the full video and read highlights below.
April Site Picks: Sustainability
Earth Day was last week, which is always a good time to evaluate how we interact with our planet. The team at Pantheon try to do our part daily. We either bike, walk, or take public transit to get to & from work. We shop at our local farmer's markets. Maybe we will brew our own beer? That is why this month we are looking at organizations that focus on advancing sustainability, raising awareness of energy issues, and prompting a more balanced ecosystem.
How Our Community is Helping Others During COVID-19
From sewing face masks for senior homes, to offering free courses on happiness and perspective, many people in the Pantheon community are busy spreading positivity.
Pantheon Heroes: Community-Leaders in Open Source Contributions
I have been with Pantheon for just over two years now, but it didn’t take me long to see that Pantheon’s users are passionate, knowledgeable and always willing to give back to open source. They are actively engaged with the greater Drupal & WordPress communities. They do this in the form of conference talks, blog posts, documentation, training, working code examples, answering questions in online communities & much more.
Pantheon Hero Spotlight: Steve Lavigne, Director of Technology
Could a single line of dialogue in a blockbuster movie change the course of your entire life?
For Steve Lavigne, Director of Technology for OPIN Software, it was seven words in the original Jurassic Park.
During the scene in which velociraptors circled the humans in a building with an inactive security system, young Lex, the adolescent hacker, took one look at the defunct security system and yelled:
“It’s a UNIX system! I know this!”
Pantheon Hero Spotlight: Sandy Edwards, COO of Data Driven Labs
Who is training the next generation of coders and web developers?
Some kids are learning to code in school. That’s great. But it’s not a part of the core curriculum yet. Kids need to know coding and developing, but more than that, they need to enjoy doing both. They need to see how these skills are relevant to their lives, right now and in the future.