Tom, Conchita and I at The User Advocate Group have been getting very intrigued by the possibilities we envision using the Drupal web application framework. We are happy to announce that The User Advocate Group is a Platinum Sponsor of DrupalCamp Toronto 2008 which takes place at the end of this week.
There will be many great sessions presented over the two day meet and I'm looking forward to learning lots of very useful stuff and meeting more of the folks in this vital community.
I'm also looking forward to doing a presentation myself entitled "Drupal Usability : Looking at the Drupal UI from a Subject Oriented Perspective". Here's an excerpt from my session description:
Subject Oriented Design is a much needed and logical follow up to Object Oriented Design - but what is it and how can it help with improving the usability of Drupal's administration interface? To begin to answer these questions I'm proposing a session with these goals:
" To explore some of the meaning and importance of subject oriented design.
" To encourage Drupal designers and developers to look at their work from a subject oriented perspective.
" To share some practical hints as to how to go about this. (Given that it's an endless journey we can only take a few steps in one session.)
" To loosen some of the right bolts in the Drupal UX paradigm while still keeping the architectural pivot points in tact.
" To help me, as a usability expert and Drupal newcomer, understand more about what matters to you, as developers, designers and users of Drupal.
" To establish that Salsa dancing is the best benchmark around for evaluating user experiences.
In case you're curious, I am dead serious about the Salsa dancing thing but I don't expect there'll be much time for any practical work in this session.
So all this lays out a rich area to explore for upcoming posts: Drupal, Subject Oriented Design, and Salsa. Looking forward to it.