JoomlaDayHouston-250x250-05About a week ago, I went to speak at Joomla Day Houston. This was the first Joomla Day in Houston and about 100 people turned out, many from Texas but many definitely from farther (I might have won the prize for farthest traveled!).

A few useful resources from this event you might like:

What’s on your menu(s)? by Robbie Adair

Robbie was one of the conference organizers. I saw her presentation about this topic at Joomla Day Boston in March and thought her explanation was not only easy to understand but gave me some new perspectives on Joomla menus (you know, even though I’ve been using them for fiveish years).

45 in 45 (The Best Joomla Extensions) by Rod Martin

Rod talked about the best free and paid Joomla Extensions he and his knowledgeable Twitter followers have used to develop websites. (He even added a slide based on feedback of other Joomla developers in the room- so really there is more like 58 extensions).



Contracts with Mike Carson (link to the paid course for $99- totally worth it)

Mike gave his talk about writing contracts… and I cringed. I was guilty of at least three terrible things… and the fact that nothing bad has happened in a business deal yet to me I see more as luck than my skillz. Seriously worth ponying up $99 for as it will save you at least that, both personal sanity-wise and money-wise.

Besides a great group of presenters, there was also a fair representative of women there:

The women of Joomla Day Houston (not all of us but a good representation)!

The women of Joomla Day Houston (not all of us but a good representation)!

Dianne Henning (and others but notably her) have really gone out of their way to make women feel welcome in the community… not in a ‘here’s some pink in our logo’ kind of way but in a real ‘here’s how you can contribute’ kind of way. It was great to get to know her better over the weekend. I am continually impressed by the quality of people this software seems to attract.

After Houston, I decided to take a couple days and go see a friend I haven’t seen in a long, long time. Carrie and I studied abroad together and haven’t seen each other in 11 years (!). I drove to Austin and we picked up right where we left off.

Overall a great trip that was a combination of nerdiness and fun. Can’t wait to get back to Texas!



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