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+title: "2014"
+date: 2015-03-20
+excerpt: A look back at 2014.
+tags:
+    - drupal-association
+    - drupalcamp-london
+    - personal
+tweets: true
+---
+
+A lot happened in 2014. Here are some of the main things that I'd like to
+highlight.
+
+## Joined the Drupal Association
+
+This was the main thing for me this year, in May I left
+[Precedent](http://precedent.com) and joined the
+[Drupal Association](https://assoc.drupal.org). I work on the Engineering team,
+focused mainly on [Drupal.org](https://www.drupal.org) but I've also done some
+theming work on the DrupalCon [Amsterdam](http://amsterdam2014.drupal.org) and
+[Latin America](http://latinamerica2015.drupal.org) websites, and some
+pre-launch work on [Drupal Jobs](https://jobs.drupal.org).
+
+Some of the tasks that I've worked on so far are:
+
+- Fixing remaining issues from the Drupal.org Drupal 7 upgrade.
+- Improving pages for
+  [Supporting Partners](https://www.drupal.org/supporters/partners),
+  [Technology Supporters](https://www.drupal.org/supporters/technology) and
+  [Hosting Partners](https://www.drupal.org/supporters/hosting). These
+  previously were manually updated pages using HTML tables, which are now
+  dynamic pages built with [Views](https://www.drupal.org/project/views) using
+  organisation nodes.
+- Configuring human-readable paths for user profiles using
+  [Pathauto](https://www.drupal.org/project/pathauto). Only a small change, but
+  made a big difference to end-users.
+- Migration of user data from profile values to fields, and various user profile
+  improvements. This was great because now we can do things like reference
+  mentors by their username and display their picture on your profile, as well
+  as show lists of peope listing a user as their mentor. This, I think, adds a
+  more personal element to Drupal.org because we can see the actual people and
+  not just a list of names on a page.
+
+I've started keeping a list of tasks that I've been involved with on my
+[Work](/work/) page, and will be adding more things as I work on them.
+
+### Portland
+
+I was able to travel to Portland, Oregon twice last year to meet with the rest
+of the Association staff. Both times I met new people and it was great to spend
+some work and social time with everyone, and it was great to have everyone
+together as a team.
+
+## My First DrupalCamp
+
+In February, I attended [DrupalCamp London](http://2014.drupalcamplondon.co.uk).
+This was my first time attending a Camp, and I managed to attend some great
+sessions as well as meet people who I'd never previously met in person. I was
+also a volunteer and speaker, where I talked about
+[Git Flow](/blog/what-git-flow/) - a workflow for managing your Git projects.
+
+{% include 'tweet' with {
+  content: '<p>Great presentation by <a href="https://twitter.com/opdavies">@opdavies</a> on git flow at <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23dclondon&amp;src=hash">#dclondon</a> very well prepared and presented. <a href="http://t.co/tDINp2Nsbn">pic.twitter.com/tDINp2Nsbn</a></p>&mdash; Greg Franklin (@gfranklin) <a href="https://twitter.com/gfranklin/statuses/440104311276969984">March 2, 2014</a>'
+} %}
+
+I was also able to do a little bit of sprinting whilst I was there, reviewing
+other people's modules and patches.
+
+Attending this and [DrupalCon Prague](https://prague2013.drupal.org) in 2013
+have really opened my eyes to the face-to-face side of the Drupal community, and
+I plan on attending a lot more Camps and Cons in the future.
+
+## DrupalCon Amsterdam
+
+I was also able to travel to Holland and attend
+[DrupalCon Amsterdam](https://amsterdam2014.drupal.org) along with other members
+of Association staff.
+
+## DrupalCamp Bristol
+
+In October, we started planning for
+[DrupalCamp Bristol](http://www.drupalcampbristol.co.uk). I'm one of the
+founding Committee members,