My internal knowledge share on DrupalCon Chicago 2011.

1. DrupalCon Chicago 2011
Chris Hales

2. DrupalCon Chicago 2011
Visit the Chicago 2011 site to look up sessions and watch the
video recordings.
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/

3. DrupalCon Chicago 2011
Visit the Chicago 2011 site to look up sessions and watch the
video recordings.
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/
Or find them directly on Archive.org
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Drupalcon%20Chicago%202011

4. What was the Buzz?
What did I hear a lot about at DrupalCon Chicago 2011?
Drupal 8
Drupal 8
Drupal 8...
Dries opened up the D8 dev branch just after his keynote
speech. You can watch the keynote and find more info on his
blog.
http://www.archive.org/details/keynote_dries
http://buytaert.net/starting-to-work-on-drupal-8

5. Drupal 8
Tablets

6. Drupal 8
Tablets
Smart Phones

7. Drupal 8
8 Steps to Drupal 8:
1. Create better separation between framework and product
2. Grow Drupal by making it a better product
3. Select two strategic co-maintainers
4. Distributions could help, if we do them right
5. Experiment with distributed revision control systems
6. Backport small changes to stable releases
7. Continue to streamline the patch review process
8. Aim for a shorter release cycle
http://buytaert.net/8-steps-for-drupal-8

8. Competition
2010 showed us Drupal vertical niches.

9. Competition
2010 showed us Drupal vertical niches.
2011 shows some competition with the big boys.

10. Competition
2010 showed us Drupal vertical niches.
2011 shows some competition with the big boys.
Pantheon
Vs
Acquia DevCloud
Vs
BlackMesh

11. Competition
2010 showed us Drupal vertical niches.
2011 shows some competition with the big boys.
Pantheon
Vs VPS.NET
Acquia DevCloud Vs
Vs Rackspace
BlackMesh

12. Competition
2010 showed us Drupal vertical niches.
2011 shows some competition with the big boys.
Pantheon
Vs VPS.NET
Acquia DevCloud Vs
Vs Rackspace
BlackMesh
DrupalMill.com Vs Drupal.org

13. Competition
2010 showed us Drupal vertical niches.
2011 shows some competition with the big boys.
Pantheon
Vs VPS.NET
Acquia DevCloud Vs
Vs Rackspace
BlackMesh
DrupalMill.com Vs Drupal.org
Drupal Distro Watch

14. What's Coming?
Drupal Apps
http://bmannconsulting.com/2971/drupal/buying-ponies-drupal-app-store
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/will-there-be-a-drupal-app-store-
drupalcon-010468.php
http://www.lullabot.com/podcasts/podcast-91-concept-drupal-app-store
and lots more...