Advantage Labs

On my way to Drupal.org to check on some updates to modules, I ran into the latest report on Drupal usability. The report, in video and PDF forms, is the result of some testing done at the University of Baltimore. It seems to confirm and complement the usability study done here at the University of Minnesota.

Check out http://drupal.org/usability-test-university-baltimore-community-solution... for the full story.

In the course of developing and conducting workshops, training sessions and user group meetings, I've often tripped up on how to explain Drupal concepts due to the sometimes confusing terminology involved. Node anyone? What's a page, anyway? I'm a Taxonomy, no I'm a Category, wait I'm a Vocabulary, no, yes, I'm Taxonomy.

Maybe it's just because I've been in the dark due to the too-long MN winter, but only recently have I awakened to a flurry of activity around social media in the Twin Cities.

Just last week there was a lively Lullabot sponsored Drupal meetup last week closely followed by a reportedly rousing Minnebar un-conference.