TD Cafe #021 - Meet Tim Sharp

In a Talking Drupal Cafe conversation, Stephen Cross chats with recent Talking Drupal Guest Host, Tim "Tea Sharp," a relatively new Drupal user at Appalachian State University, starting with a light discussion about a 3:00 PM drink before digging into Tim's path from sustainability science and design through nonprofit work, WordPress site building, and finally Drupal in higher ed. Tim describes learning Drupal 7, discovering Views, and then helping his team manually consolidate hundreds of departmental subdomain sites while migrating to Drupal 10 using a product approach and a shared distribution initially built with Lullabot. He discusses training and documentation for non-technical site managers, professional development through DrupalCon Atlanta and Drupal Camp Asheville, interest in Drupal AI for tasks like alt text generation, and aspirations to keep speaking, contribute more, and improve module discoverability and documentation.

For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/cafe021

Topics

• Finding Talking Drupal
• From Sustainability to Design
• Pandemic Pivot to Web
• WordPress Site Builder Era
• Discovering Drupal at App State
• Drupal 10 Rebuild and Consolidation
• Team Structure and Iteration
• AI in Drupal Workflows
• Upgrade Blockers Cleared
• Aspiring Drupal Speaker
• Raycast Productivity Talk
• Stage Fright Reframed
• Posting Beyond Comfort
• Finding a Username
• Joining Talking Drupal
• Better Module Discovery
• Open Source Burnout Lessons
• Why More TD Cafe
• Final Encouragement

Tim Sharp

Tim is a self-taught Web Developer at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. At App State, he works with a team of developers to support over 300 websites. Tim is passionate about community organizing and recently became a co-organizer of Drupal Camp Asheville.

Stephen Cross

Stephen is the founder of Talking Drupal and Drupal Developer.

Guests

Tim Sharp - tea-sharp
Stephen Cross - stephencross