Jeff Robbins from Lullabot recently interviewed Drupal developer Earl "MerlinofChaos" Miles for an audio podcast. Earl Miles is the lead developer for some of the more popular contributed modules found at Drupal.org. The podcast focuses on his Drupal module work which includes Views, Panels, and Node Queue. Jeff Robbins also managed to ask some non-Drupal questions in the 88 minute recording that I found just as fascinating. Personally, I always enjoy opportunities to get to know more about the developers behind the software I'm using.

For the record, I'm not much of a podcast listener but I found myself listening to the entire recording this afternoon. Both Jeff and Earl have a good sense of humor that keeps you wanting for more. It also helps that both speakers have a genuine interest in Drupal and software development. So while you're reading some very fine articles here at CMS Report, I'd encourage you to also encourage you to start up the Lullabot podcast.

This is so cool. I'm not talking about using Drupal to build a podcast site (though that is cool too). I think what is even more cool is cool whenever someone gives you a nice what-to-use list if you would like to build something similar to what they have already built. Given the numerous contributed modules that you can select for Drupal, tips such as these are very helpful. Thanks Matt.

Innovating Tomorrow: Building a Podcast Site in 20 Hours -

Drupal makes building websites easy. I was reminded just how much this is true when Bob and I recently built the website for the Super Average Podcast. From the start of the design to the finished product being ready to launch we spent about a total of 20 man hours. And, while we sometimes complain about some of the ways we have to bend over backwards when theming a drupal site (this is greatly improved in the next drupal release), spending only 20 hours to create this site definitely says something. Let's take a look at some of the modules we used that made this so easy.

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"Robert Douglass, Angie Byron, and Jeff Robbins take a look at the outcome of the various Drupal Summer of Code projects."

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