By kbahey on

Drupaller Noel Hidalgo is traveling the world in seven months and documenting Open Source, Drupal, freedom, and many other aspects of his experience in his Luck of Seven web site.

In Antwerp, he met with Drupal founder, Dries Buytaert, and interviewed him.

The interview is now up on the Luck of Seven web site.

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Here is Noel's post on his Luck of Seven web site.

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scroogie’s picture

scroogie commented

Cool travel and also nice interview. Especially liked the fact that its more personal than technical. And now i finally know how to pronounce Dries Buytaert! :D

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Wilcox commented

I have submitted it to digg. Go there and digg this interview! http://digg.com/videos/people/Interview_with_Dries_Buytaert_Lead_Drupal_...

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JohnForsythe commented

Dugg :)

This is a great interview.

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VValdo commented

Dries-

Assuming it's cool w/Linus, would it be possible to put the "Linus' advice on running a big project" email online? I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in hearing what he had to say and how it affected you (since you say you re-read it)

W

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Shai commented

Dries,

I would also love to see it -- would love to hear more about your understanding of the relationship between "leadership" and building communities.

Of course I'd also totally respect your privacy and if looking toward that document would be less helpful if it were public... then do keep it private.

Shai

http://content2zero.com

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dtabach commented

Yes, it would be great to know some or all of the Linus' advices.

Durval Tabach

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dries commented

I'll think about it! ;-)

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GoofyX commented

OK, I've learned a few things from this interview:

1) The name of Dries is pronounced "dris" and not "dries" like in dry. :-)

2) Drupal is pronounced with the accent going on Dru and not in pal like in Nepal for example.

OK, after feeling a lot better now that I know these two important things, here's a quote from Dries in the interview:

The important thing about Drupal is the community and not the software itself.

That says it all.
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... Morpheus: What is "real"? How do you define "real"? If you 're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain...

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... Morpheus: What is "real"? How do you define "real"? If you 're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain...

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rainer_f commented

Didn't knew - and had never guess - that this wonderful drupal software were invented in old Europe!
Great

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sepeck commented

I draw your attention to the first link of the handbook.
History, mission and community

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Dugg! Excellent interview, great to see where the project came from in more detail.

I had the pleasure of meeting 'Noneck' Noel when he was in London just over a month ago - we had fun at the moo.com party. Please do visit http://luckofseven.com/ and support his journey if you can - he still needs a few more $$$ to complete his trip, and as you've seen, it's been worth it so far!

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Bendo commented

Thank you man for your work!
Great interview, good video !

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Anderl commented

Thank you very much for that impressing video.
I am quite new to the drupal-community and the powerful CMS of Drupal, so the video was quite interesting to me.
Greetings from Germany.