[drupal-docs] New book about Drupal?

[Andrew Hoppin]

How about a book that compiles autobiographies from the communities 
that Drupal supports?   Ultimately my greatest interest is what is 
happens in the world as a result of this platform and the ecology that 
surrounds the platform.    How it is going to change the world?   So 
you'd have one essay from/about/written by the Spread Firefox 
community... One from/by/about the DeanSpace community... One 
from/by/about the Linux Journal community, etc.

On Aug 9, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Jeremy Epstein wrote:

> Liza - I admit that my main role in the Drupal community has always
> been a development one, so it's hard for me to see things from an
> end-user's perspective. Maybe that's why it's a good thing someone
> else is writing this book.
>
> But despite my bias, I still think that developers, as the people most
> intimate with Drupal, are the ones that are most hungry for a new and
> solid informational source, such as a book. I didn't say that the
> entire book should be written in geek-speak. But certainly a
> reasonable portion of it should be. I would be very disappointed if
> the first published Drupal book was of little or no value to me as a
> developer.
>
> There are many books about the 'cultural revolution' of blogging, and
> about 'web 2.0' (*snickers* when's 2.1 coming out?), and I'm sure that
> many more will be written in the next 12 months. There are no books
> about Drupal. Let's stick to Drupal, and people can read about the
> wider phenomenon elsewhere (if they're so inclined). Don't mistake
> what I'm saying for narrow-minded code-junkie-speak. Even
> non-technical end-users, such as bloggers and artists, will be
> disappointed if they buy a book about Drupal, and half the book isn't
> about Drupal at all, but about the 'cultural revolution' of which it's
> a part.
>
> On 8/10/05, Liza Sabater <blogdiva at culturekitchen.com> wrote:
>> If you think Drupal is just for developers you have no understanding 
>> of
>> the cultural revolution that blogging has wrought. That revolution was
>> a metaphor in net art 10 years ago. What we are seeing here in
>> conferences like BlogHer and online in places like DailyKos, is a
>> cultural phenomenon agenced by the technology and changing how we are
>> living and forming communities online and off.
>>
>> My challenge to you as a developer is to take a step back and think of
>> yourself as the guy chipping flints off a rock in the cave. Think of
>> what that did to the development of humanity. You're the flint 
>> chipper,
>> blogs the spearhead. Look how easy and transparent the development of
>> that technology was. That's blogging 1.0. The question now is what 
>> does
>> blogging 2.0 look lik. That's what Drupal is poised to be.
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