News : Acquia Search goes public beta

At Acquia, we've launched Acquia Search in public beta today.

As I've previously announced, Acquia Search is a hosted Acquia Network service, delivering the capabilities of the Apache Solr as a web service to Drupal websites of any size.

News : Microsoft Starts Distributing Drupal

Article: A caution about Drupal as a social software platform

News : Web 2.0 Expo SF Launchpad: Six New Startup Stars

This year's Launchpad at Web 2.0 Expo SF features six new Web 2.0 startups that have captured our interest and attention:
1. Acquia
2. Triggit
3. Chirp Interactive
4. Oortle
5. JobScore
6. TradeVibes

News : Acquia to Ship Commercially Supported Drupal Build

Event : Drupal Camp Chicago | October 23rd & 24th

• Date : October: Friday 24th & Saturday 25th 
• Vanue : University of Illinois: Chicago

Theming Out Of The Box -- DrupalCampColorado

Matthew Tucker and Preston So gave a presentation on use of theming to make Drupal not look like Drupal. As Dries is fond of pointing out, 3 out of 4 Drupal sites are UGLY. The following are my notes on Matthew and Preston's presentation.

One big issue that Drupal themers have is making Drupal not look like Drupal. They showed:

First Chapters Of My New Drupal 6 Book Are On Line

Drupal, PHP, and APC (Openject Consulting)

This title was published by Packt Publishing on 31 March 2008, under the ISBNs 1847194060 and 978-1847194060, and is a recent addition to their growing lineup of books focusing on Drupal and Joomla.