OUTDATED: Presentations and articles
- Intranet Journal. Drupal: Powerful and Free, But Some Assembly Required - "What Drupal does provide is an extensible framework, especially beneficial for use on larger intranets, which will allow you to expand and improve your intranet over time. The screens for adding new articles are simple, and the administrator of the system is given the ability to veto content submitted by contributing authors. If you have the time and expertise, it's well worth getting to grips with the nitty-gritty of Drupal if you'd like to fully customize it's operation." [ read more ]
- The Fuzzy Group: performance of open source portal software - "I have been a small part of the Open Source community since 1996 and I've been a regular Unix user since 1986. These technologies, which grew up on the Internet, offer compelling benefits for most organizations. A recent experience with an Open Source portal application, Drupal, pointed out to me just how good the performance of Open Source applications can be ? when it is done correctly." [ read more ]
- Teledynamics Communications: community plumbing for the web - "Drupal is, as it claims, Community Plumbing, an infrastructure, a framework for building websites which serve a community of interest, but it's also more than this. Drupal has the latent ability to transform the web from a glut of brochures to a dynamic ecology of knowledge, a community record as much as it is a community forum." [ read more ]
- K-logging: supporting KM with web logs - "There are many robust web log tools that are inexpensive or even free. Popular software includes MovableType, Radio Userland, any of the variations of Slashcode, and my favorite, Drupal. They allow individuals to publish content to a web site easily, and some packages even allow for categorization of entries. Most packages also permit authors to publish an XML feed of content. These low-cost tools help knowledge workers with two core concerns of KM: knowledge creation and knowledge sharing."
- Linux-Magazine, Issue 55: June 2005 and Linux-Magazin Sonderheft 2/2005: Web Edition (German) - "Drupal - the PHP-based Drupal framework makes it easy for everyday users to design and build dynamic websites".