Headscape

  • Before we jump into it, I want to get a little background on Headscape, so that people know where you’re coming from. What kind of sites do Headscape typically work on?
  • How big is Headscape?
  • What other technologies do you guys build with?
  • What was the driving factor behind going open source?
  • What’s your role at Headscape? What do you do day-to-day?

Why Drupal

  • Paul and Marcus mentioned on the Boagworld Podcast that Headscape has put out a couple of Drupal sites recently. Which ones are those?
  • Since you guys aren’t a Drupal-only shop, why was Drupal the right choice for these projects?
  • Are you contributing anything back to Drupal.org?
  • What problems have you encountered using Drupal?
  • How did using Drupal make the development process easier or harder?
  • Where do you guys host your sites?

Questions from Twitter

  • Ted Bowman
    What type of projects or project aspects will make you choose another system besides Drupal? What make you choose WP? Custom Coded?
  • nickthorley
    Could you ask if Ian sees wordpress as inferior / used for different types of projects than drupal.
  • nickthorley
    Why not use drupal for all projects and drop wordpress / custom builds
  • nickthorley
    Would be interested to know what drupal version they use and when they will consider 8 - 12 months or longer
  • nickthorley
    Would be interested to know about their development process from dev to live

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