Blog: Foosball

Help Us Break In the New Table

Development Seed is having an office expansion party this Thursday, June 12th, and we'd like to invite folks from around the city over for a night of pizza, beer, and foosball. It will be great to hear what everyone is up to over some friendly competition. 

Kick off is at 7:05 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm.

Our office is at 1534 U Street, NW, Suite 2. We’re right above a store called Sweet Magnolia and have bright pink steps. The red buzzer outside of the building is ours - just give it a ring and we'll buzz you up.

By Metro
We’re on the green line, just a few blocks from the U Street / Cardoza / African American Civil War Memorial stop. Take the 13th street exit, walk straight out past Quiznos and Starbucks, and walk three blocks up U street.

We’re also near the Dupont Circle metro stop on the red line. Take New Hampshire Avenue and walk northeast for five blocks. It’s about a 15 minute walk from the circle.

By Bus
The S1, S2, and S4 buses stop very near the office, right at 16th and U streets. The 52, 53, 54 bus lines also stop nearby, at 14th and U streets. To get directions on the best bus route for you, go to www.wmata.com and use the trip planner.

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RDF, China Recruits, Drupal, and Foosball

Last night more than 40 people came out on a rainy Monday night to meet other Drupal developers and talk shop. Needless to say, the energy in the room was incredible. Not only was the group big, but it was a great mix of Drupal ninjas, Drupal users, and people wanting to flex their coding muscles with the platform. This led to some great conversations that lasted well into the evening - and rolled over to some heated foosball matches. 

It's great to hear about some of the interesting projects the Washington, DC Drupal community is working on. Last night, Frank talked about the Open Calais module he's working on that integrates the RDF service into Drupal, Robert talked about the group workspace Green Media Toolshed is building to facilitate the sharing of resources and knowledge among nonprofit communications specialists, and Katherine talked about the Flickr image gallery she's working on for a client in a shared hosting environment. One thing I found very interesting was John Zhu's ChinaOSL initiative - he hopes to get 50 to 200 students in Bejing working with Drupal this summer and enhancing and contributing back basic modules. Not only is great to get more people developing with Drupal, but this could create a whole new and active local Drupal community. I'm excited to see where this goes.