I took the first step today and joined the Drupal community!

For those of you who are thinking, “You joined another social network?!?!” Relax. Drupal is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that I’ve decided to learn. I’m relatively comfortable with Wordpress, which is primarily a blogging platform, but I want to be able to build a solid website from scratch now.

Why? Am I interesting in becoming a web designer?

No.

It’s just one of those things that I just have the urge to learn. 

I’ve been listening to two great podcasts  that have been feeding my hunger and teaching me a lot. “The Lullabot Podcast” and “Geeks and God“.

The Lullabot Podcast is purely about Drupal news and how-tos. They talk over my head at times, but bring to light a lot of topics that I later go on to research.

Geeks and God is a podcast about technology and the church. Matt and Rob use Drupal to design their churches’ websites and the sites of the businesses and individuals who hire them in their respective companies. (I’m contemplating going to their conference in July)

Both have been tremendous resources for me and I highly recommend them.

So, I’ll be posting my progress and lessons learned here as I get to know and understand all that is Drupal.

Any tips, suggestions, or resources for a noob like me?