Drupal
- Drupal contributions
As a member of the Drupal.org Redesign Team, I have participated in several sprints held in Europe and North America to implement the new Drupal brand. I am also a member of the Drupal.org Documentation Team. I maintain more than a dozen modules, two themes, and contribute patches and functionality to several more.
Sprints
- Drupal documentation sprint: Toronto (March, 2009)
- Drupal.org redesign sprint: Paris (February, 2009)
- Drupal.org redesign sprint: San Francisco (April, 2009)
- Drupal.org redesign sprint: Boston (June, 2009)
- Drupal.org redesign sprint: Dallas (August, 2009)
- Drupal.org redesign sprint: Paris (September, 2009)
- Drupal.org redesign sprint: Copenhagen (August, 2010)
Events
I have helped organize the following Drupal events:
- DrupalCamp Austin 2009
- DrupalCamp Austin 2010
- Austin Drupal Bash at SXSW 2011
- DrupalCamp Austin 2011
- Austin Drupal Bash at SXSW 2012
- Drupal Day Austin 2012
I have chaired the following DrupalCon tracks:
- DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010: Providing Professional Drupal Services track co-chair
- DrupalCon Chicago 2011: Design/UX track chair
- DrupalCon Denver 2012: Mobile global track chair
- DrupalCon Munich 2012: Frontend global track chair
I am currently the DrupalCon global chair for all Design, UX, and Mobile tracks.
I have spoken at the following DrupalCons and DrupalCamps:
- DrupalCon Paris 2009
- DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
- DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010
- DrupalCon Chicago 2011
- DrupalCon London 2011
- DrupalCon Denver 2012
- DrupalCamp Copenhagen 2009
- DrupalCamp Finland 2009
- DrupalCamp Stockholm 2009
- Drupal Design Camp Boston 2009
- DrupalCamp Dallas 2009
- DrupalCamp Austin 2009
- Do It with Drupal 2009
- Drupal Design Camp Boston 2010
- DrupalCamp Austin 2010
- Southwest Drupal Summit 2011
- Drupal Design Camp Los Angeles 2011
- DrupalCamp Stockholm 2011
- Dallas Drupal Days 2011
- DrupalCamp Los Angeles 2011
- BADCamp 2011
- Drupal Day Austin 2012
I also attended the following:
- DrupalCon Boston 2008
- DrupalCon Szeged 2008
- DrupalCon DC 2009
- DrupalCon Paris 2009
- DrupalCon Munich 2012
- SandCamp 2011
- Drupal Design Camp Boston 2011
- SchipulCon 2011
I have provided training at the following events:
- BADCamp 2011 (Responsive web design in Drupal)
- DrupalCamp Austin 2011 (Responsive web design in Drupal)
- DrupalCon Denver 2012 (Responsive web design in Drupal)
- DrupalCon Munich 2012 (Responsive Websites: Design and Build for All Devices)
- Roles in working with Drupal
- Designer, Themer, Front-end developer, Developer, Information architect
- I contributed Drupal patches
- I contributed Drupal modules
- I contributed Drupal themes
- I contributed to Drupal issue queues
- I contributed Drupal documentation
- I reviewed Project applications
- I help in the Drupal support forums
- I provide Drupal-related services
- I give support on IRC
- I will attend DrupalCon Portland 2013
- I attended DrupalCon Munich 2012
- I will attend DrupalCon Prague 2013
- I attended DrupalCon Szeged, Hungary 2008
- I attended DrupalCon Paris 2009
- I attended DrupalCon DC 2009
- I attended DrupalCon Boston 2008
- I attended DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
- I attended DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010
- I attended DrupalCon London 2011
- I attended DrupalCon Chicago 2011
- I attended DrupalCon Denver 2012
Personal information
- Full name
- Todd Ross Nienkerk
- First or given name
- Todd
- Last name or surname
- Nienkerk
- Languages spoken
- English; German
- My website
- http://fourkitchens.com
- Gender
- male
- Country
- United States
- IRC nick
- toddross
- LinkedIn profile
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/toddross
- Facebook page
- http://www.facebook.com/toddnienkerk
- Twitter url
- http://twitter.com/toddross
- Google profile URL
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/118234259842680928302
- Bio
Todd Ross Nienkerk is a Partner, Co-Founder, and Digital Strategist at Four Kitchens.
Todd has been involved in the web design and publishing industries since 1996. Since that time, he has designed and built countless websites and written for, edited, and managed several online and print publications. Although Todd's interests focus primarily on visual design and user experience, his strong background in development allows him to contribute to virtually any creative or technical task. As an active member of the Drupal community, Todd regularly speaks at Drupal events and participates in code sprints all over the world. (In the last four years, he has spoken at 25 conferences and attended five code sprints in seven countries.) Todd is a member of the Drupal Documentation Team and has chaired tracks for DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010, DrupalCon Chicago 2011, DrupalCon Denver 2012, and DrupalCon Munich 2012. He is currently serving as the DrupalCon global chair for all design, user experience, mobile, and theming tracks. As a member of the Drupal.org Redesign Team, Todd helped spearhead the effort to redesign Drupal.org and communicate a fresher, more effective Drupal brand. Todd is also a Certified Scrum Product Owner.
Work
- Job title
- Partner, Co-Founder, and Digital Strategist
- Current company or organization
- Industries worked in
- Writing, Editing, Publishing, Design, Web design, Web development
- Companies worked for
- Four Kitchens, That Other Paper, University of Texas at Austin
History
- Documentation
- Over 10 edits
- Member for
- 6 years 27 weeks
Projects
- Read More Link (Drupal 6 and earlier) (42 commits)
- Block Class (36 commits)
- About This Node (23 commits)
- Permalink (15 commits)
- Author Taxonomy (13 commits)
- Nirvana (8 commits)
- Nirvana Fluid (7 commits)
- Attachment Links (6 commits)
- Recent Comments (4 commits)
- Read More Link (4 commits)
- RobotsTxt (4 commits)
- User Terms (4 commits)
- Mass Change (3 commits)
- Buzzworthy (2 commits)
- Pressflow Buzzworthy (2 commits)
- Pressflow Recent Comments (2 commits)
- Drupal.org customizations (2 commits)
- NineSixty (960 Grid System) (2 commits)
- Dex: Contact Information Manager (2 commits)
- Camaxtli (1 commit)
- Text list formatter (1 commit)
- Drupal.org cross-site customizations (1 commit)
- Tracker 2 (1 commit)
- Feed Path Publisher (1 commit)
- Total: 186 commits
Todd Nienkerk is an individual member of the Drupal Association, which fosters and supports the Drupal software project, the community and its growth.
Four Kitchens is an Organization Member of the Drupal Association. We’re supporting the Drupal.org infrastructure and other large community initiatives.