Sudo Make me a DrupalCon

"Sudo make me a DrupalCon." If it were only that simple.

Around our house, "Sudo, make me a sandwich" will always evoke a smile. Unless you know Linux, you don't get it. As Noam Cohen wrote "Analyzing this joke is like dissecting a frog, it can be done, but the frog dies."

"Sudo" is a 'nix command that gives you godlike powers to do anything on the machine you're on. So, around our house, "Sudo do the dishes" commands the respect and demands the attention of the recipient to, hopefully, do the dishes immediately. (Personally, I prefer it when my wife says "Sudo give me a kiss.")

In my last DrupalCon Denver post, I was honest about the problems and disagreements among the team and community about the large, strategic decisions in putting on DrupalCon. Of course, this is to be expected among a diverse group of Drupalistas, especially among a group that is as passionate as the Denver team is to put on the best Drupalcon ever. Yet, I'm afraid that my last post might have been, well, depressing.

Now that we're looking in our rear view mirror at those controversies, the DrupalCon Denver track chairs are deep into evaluating and selecting sessions. We are having substantive discussions in IRC and on Skype about the current and future state of technologies, businesses, and Drupal. This is the fun stuff!

But it is also difficult. We received between 500 and 600 session proposals for 91 slots (not including the 13 slots for core conversations). The importance, relevance and significance of the presentation proposals were amazing, making the track chairs' jobs even more difficult. If I remember correctly, Drupalcon Denver has more session slots than any previous DrupalCon.

As the person who is overseeing content, the process of putting on DrupalCon Denver is going well. Not easy, but well. Not as easy as "Sudo make me a DrupalCon", but through the dedicated work of the DrupalCon Team, it looks like DrupalCon Denver will be absolutely awesome.

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