Stepping Down from NWDUG

As of the 6th February I’ve stepped down from NWDUG it’s something that I’ve been thinking about for a while now and I now have other things that need my focus. Phil Norton is a great person to work with and I hope that whoever steps up to help will have as much fun as I have over the past few years. So whats next? Well I intend to ramp up my involvement with Code Club Manchester, it’s something that I believe in strongly and think I can make a great start with it....

February 9, 2014 · 1 min · Mike Bell

Drupal Sprints Manchester 26th October

I’m proud to announce Drupal Sprints Manchester (UK). Last year at Drupal Camp NW I spoke with various other northern Drupalers and decided that we should get together and attempt to emulate Drupal Sprints London. The format is simple, Drupal developers / themers / builders get to together and work on Drupal core and contrib. My aim is to provide a space where people can get together and get stuck in working on Drupal and giving back to the community in the form of code, all that’s required is a laptop with an development stack and your brain....

September 27, 2013 · 1 min · Mike Bell

Reveal.js and Zen Coding

For those that don’t know me I hate HTML and CSS odd considering the profession I’m in. I love when I see people do cool presentations and I really like to know how they’ve done it. Maybe I’m just a closet themer waiting to get out? Nah. After watching Andrew MacPherson at nwdug this week I was really impressed with Reavel.js so figured I’d give it a go for my presentation next week at Drupal Yorkshire....

August 9, 2013 · 2 min · Mike Bell