Death Of The Webmaster
By Rob Safuto on Apr 30, 2007 in Open Source, Social Media, Tools | Tags: CMS , Dries-Buytaert , Drupal , Open Source , Video , Webmaster
Are rumors of the death of the traditional webmaster greatly exaggerated? Maybe not. I’ve stated previously that a new type of webmaster is needed in order to leverage the powerful new tools available to those doing business via the web.
This video features Drupal founder Dries Buytaert speaking at the Open Source CMS Summit at Yahoo! earlier this year. He makes some very important points about how Drupal technology could eventually eliminate the designer, developer and webmaster.
Dries also talks about some important improvements to Drupal, including lightweight media file handling and improved forum functionality.
There’s a lot to love about Drupal but there are also a lot of areas that could be more user friendly. Based on the tone of this speech I can say that I am encouraged that these issues will be addressed and then some in Drupal 6.
[tags]Social Media, Drupal, Video, Dries Buytaert, Open Source, CMS, Webmaster[/tags]
