Last weekend I had the pleasure of presenting a talk on jQuery in Drupal at Drupal Camp Vancouver and I felt it would be worthwhile to follow it up with a blog post where I could re-iterate and elaborate on some of the most important points, as I feel this is an area where there's a lot of confusion in the Drupal world.

Hi Folks,
thanks for coming out to DrupalCamp Vancouver this past Friday and Saturday. It was great to see such a big turnout. I should give big thanks to Ariane, Dale, and Raincity's own DaveO for organizing this event.

Steve, Hubert and I spent a number of hours on top of our regularly full schedule to prepare a slightly extended version of the theming talk we gave a few months ago to the Vancouver user group.

Following Robert Douglass' lead, I figured I would jot down a few things I'd like to focus on for the next few days while in Minneapolis. No doubt this list will get thrown out the window tomorrow when we actually down together, but here is my attempt, posted from the YVR airport departure lounge at 9:00AM.

Distributed search and oauth

• Research and compare distributed search modules
• Document use cases for distributed search
Tags:
• Drupal
• Search
• sprint

As you likely know, Raincity Studios is on board along with other notable Drupal agencies for Drupal Camp Vancouver. The date is set, the space is secured, registration is open and now is the time to rally speakers for peer-taught presentations on all things Drupal from basics to heavy-guru stuff.

While you are expected to be competent and prepared, new presenters are welcome to share their knowledge in this forum.

Please note that non-technical presentations are encouraged (i.e. Decidedly non-technical presentations on how Drupal can benefit a business, non-profit association or community or How open source and community contribution fits into a business plan).

Submission deadline is May 1st!
At which time, the esteemed committee will peruse the entries and create the schedule.

Dale - one of the "tugboats" for the event - posted Calling all Drupal Speakers over at DrupalCampVancouver.org with all salient details - so here's his blurb for extra encouragement and convenience:

Would you like to share your knowledge and experience and raise your community karma points? Jump on board and present a session at Drupal Camp Vancouver 2008!

We're looking for speakers on all things Drupal--the list below shows some examples of what we're looking for. If you have a great presentation that isn't on the list please don't hesitate to submit.

To submit a talk, head over to the talk submission form!

Please plan sessions to accommodate a group of approx. 30-40 people, and last between 45-90 mins. (If there is a special topic you think would benefit from an extended session slot, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate!)

In case you missed it, here's the talk submission form. Topics after the break.