You probably saw all of these articles already but ... in case you missed any ... get comfy, pour a beverage and do some reading about Open Source CMSs in the news:

Drupal and The Future of News

Tech writer Kurt Cagle from Open Source Pixels {cribbed article bio: managing editor of XML.com, lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is beginning to wonder what happened to summer - Ed note: Ditto on the summer ;-)} offers a wide-ranging narrative about his experiences with Drupal, (including a name-check of Bryght/Raincity Studios) in his June 1, 2008 article. Well worth a read for his interesting historical and technical perspectives.

The four Vancouver PHP workshops on PHP, MySQL, Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, etc (#1 (tomorrow June 28), #2, #3 and #4) are from 6:30p.m. to 8p.m at Free Geek. This is a change from previous times posted! Have fun and can't wait to see what people develop based on the skills they learn at these great free workshops organized by PHP maven Audrey Foo.

I'm here in Seattle for a one-day free and open source technology conference called Penguin Day that is taking place as an adjunct to the Non-Profit Technology Conference. From the website...

Penguin Day Seattle will:

• build new and enhanced relationships between key constituencies in the open source and nonprofit communities in Seattle;
• empower non-profit users and support providers to better communicate their needs and serve as active partners in the development and maturation of open source technology for nonprofits;
• challenge developers to provide flexible and appropriate open source solutions for nonprofit mission-critical applications;
• serve as a venue for learning and information sharing about development processes and nonprofit software needs;
• and result in increased energy and passion to fuel ongoing collaboration.

Today is a loose open-space format for learning about FOSS tools and technologies that are useful to non-profits and other mission-based organizations and businesses. Bryght (and Drupal) have some of the best tools on the internets for these types of projects and applications, and we are committed to helping these types of organizations take advantage of the power of the free and open source tools available to them.

I'm here in Seattle for a one-day free and open source technology conference called Penguin Day that is taking place as an adjunct to the Non-Profit Technology Conference. From the website...

Penguin Day Seattle will:

• build new and enhanced relationships between key constituencies in the open source and nonprofit communities in Seattle;
• empower non-profit users and support providers to better communicate their needs and serve as active partners in the development and maturation of open source technology for nonprofits;
• challenge developers to provide flexible and appropriate open source solutions for nonprofit mission-critical applications;
• serve as a venue for learning and information sharing about development processes and nonprofit software needs;
• and result in increased energy and passion to fuel ongoing collaboration.

Today is a loose open-space format for learning about FOSS tools and technologies that are useful to non-profits and other mission-based organizations and businesses. Bryght (and Drupal) have some of the best tools on the internets for these types of projects and applications, and we are committed to helping these types of organizations take advantage of the power of the free and open source tools available to them.