I was immediately impressed by the range and diversity of talks on offer, not only did we cover meaty and entry-level topics, but was surprised by (and secretly delighted) to see a divergence from Drupal development topics to those covering the broader nature of our industry; encompassing subjects of project management, support, user experience, along with a sprinkling of tech agnostic talks too. Unconf had my attention, a great selection of delegates possessing skill sets with or without Drupal.
The second talk of the day provided us with a format all too uncommon at conferences, a panel of agency founders and managers talking us through how to run a Drupal business, or perhaps more so, how not to!
The panel was inviting, open, relaxed and informal, which made us all feel at ease and comfortable sharing our stories with each other. We ran with the general theme of “things you wished you’d known earlier in business”, cunningly the broadness of this allowed us to discuss a brand range of topics such as top tips (to do and to avoid), drivers, values, pitfalls, mistakes, failures, celebrating successes, lessons learnt, community, working with peers, sharing, giving-back, agency life. Yes, it was broad, I could go on but you get the idea…
