In a few short weeks, I have taken in BarCamp Vancouver, Drupal Camp LA, Digital Identity World, Drupal Camp Victoria and Drupal Camp Seattle.

Taking a lunch break at Drupal Camp Victoria, DaveO of Raincity Studios banters with some lunching Drupalists and visits the classrooms at North Studio. He also meets dcvic08 ringleader Gord Christmas plus chats with Sarah Davies who is using Drupal to effectuate social change with the Seattle ACLU. Filmed by Dale McGladdery.

As Raincity Studios’ newly anointed Project Manager, my first line of work was to be formally christened to “Drupalism”. So coming from one very novice Drupaler who was literally two weeks fresh to the Drupal world, Drupal camp Victoria was to sum it up - intoxicating. Not only was it Drupal hour every hour, but also (and hats off to those brilliant folks who decided to host the event on the same weekend as Beerfest) happy hour seemingly the entire two days through.

Our hosts at North Studio truly created a welcoming space to learn and meet friends. Having very little Drupal knowledge of my own to impart and reeling from the Drupal stimulus around, I was delighted to find other like-minded individuals who shared in my complete and utter confusion. A day into it though, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I was beginning to learn and how many pieces of the puzzle seemed to jig saw its way together into a pretty picture of Drupal goodness, thanks to all the generous individuals who volunteered their time to put on tutorials and answer questions.

Here's some community building funtimes - not much technical geekery here but some fun banter and a sense of how the extended Drupal tribe roll.

Checking in from the BC ferry en route to Victoria, Dave O of Raincity Studios chats with some of the crew on the Vancouver geek bus heading to Drupal Camp Victoria hosted by North Studio.

The Drupalists discuss which interests they are pursuing, their experience level and desired participation in the event. Along with cameraman Dale McGladdery, Dave discusses the excellent timing of the Drupal Camp coinciding with the Great Canadian Beer Fest and offer shout-outs to the sponsors of Drupal Camp Vancouver.

Recently I have delved a little more into understanding more about topics related to distributed search and identity. It was an eye opener to a whole new world of acronyms. To try to resolve the issue of lack of awareness and information, I have signed up for 3 events in 2 weeks

• Drupal Camp Victoria, where I will be attending/organizing a BOF on identity, to discuss, listen and understand with other interested parties. As well, trying to do my part, by giving a talk on setting up local development environments
• Digital Identity conference in Los Angeles, where I managed to register as a "blogger".
• Drupal Camp LA since I will be down in Los Angeles, might as well.