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ThinkShout turns 1-year old today!
June 24th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
Happy birthday, ThinkShout.com!!! 2600+ project hours, 12+ happy contractors, and 16 client websites launched! Not a bad first year. This year will be even better: More modules will be released - as well as a Drupal distribution for river groups.
Three Modules Released - 2010 Q1 in Review
April 7th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
As part of ThinkShout's participation in the Portland 10 Service Company Sprint, we've been talking a lot about our goals as a company for the next 12 months. We also decided to take some time this week for a couple of deep breaths, a few beers, and some reflection on all that we've accomplished in the first quarter of 2010.
Here are a few of the highlights:
3 Drupal...
Community organization goals for the NTC
April 6th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
Tomorrow I'll be headed to Atlanta for this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference. I'm looking forward to connecting with other NPO tech nerds. If you're attending as well, connect with me on Twitter.
Specifically, I'm excited to talk with both nonprofit decision-makers as well as other developers about how we can work together to build out common Drupal tools for grassroots...
Evaluating Drupal vendors and project proposals
March 29th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
I often get asked to present on social media trends at nonprofit conferences - particularly in the river conservation community. These days, "tweating" is a household word, and many NPO technology decision-makers reach out to me to ask about the importance of integrating social media tools into the development of their websites.
To be honest, I usually sidestep the question. Don't get me wrong, there's definitely a place for...
The brutal truth
March 19th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
This week I had the rare, but gut-wrenching experience of a lynchpin service provider flaking on a client project at a critical point on our development cycle. This isn't one of those typical experiences that development shops blog about - but it does happen from time to time. And in choosing a software provider, I think that it's something that you should ask about, because how a company handles this situation speaks volumes about their...
20 hrs of travel for 34 hrs in DC - It was worth it.
March 16th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
Last night I got back from a whirlwind trip to DC to meet with two of our current clients, as well as two new potential partners. From the time I hit the ground at National to the time I got back on the plane, I literally spent 34 hours in DC - and it was well worth it.
There's a tempting trend in web technologies to virtualize more and more aspects of the development process. More and more small organizations are considering offshore...
It's conference season again
March 8th, 2010 | Sean Larkin
Well, it's that time of the year again, conference season! Things are busy here at ThinkShout, but there are just too many good opportunities for us to connect with other social entrepreneurs, technologists, and community activists to stay home. So, I've purchased my tickets and will see you at the following conferences:
- NTEN's Non-profit Technology Conference - April 8-10 in...
TextMate and Drupal
November 3rd, 2009 | Sean Larkin
This summer I joined the dark side...I moved away from using an Ubuntu laptop to a MacBook. More recently, I switched code editors from Komodo Edit to TextMate.
As a Drupal developer, I can't recommend TextMate enough. The Drupal PHP bundle for Textmate is great. Auto-completion of Drupal hooks saves me considerable time.
I also just started using the "It's All...
ThinkShout has a new world headquarters
August 18th, 2009 | Sean Larkin
We're proud to announce that we have new digs in a cool new sustainable industries incubator in the heart of downtown Portland, called the Dekum Beehive. Currently, we're pretty busy moving in, but we did take some time this morning to take some pictures of the new space. Check us out on Flickr and stay tuned to hear more about our rooftop office warming party in two...
6 Drupal Modules to Improve Administration/Editorial Usability
July 21st, 2009 | Andrea Burton
Yesterday I built out a quick Drupal site for a fairly non-technical client. He manages a busy team and doesn't have the time for me to train his staff on the intricacies of Drupal content administration. The project also has a shoestring budget, so I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Below are a few Drupal modules and tricks that I used to cut down on Drupal admin interface clutter, and more importantly, to make the site ...
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