David Needham

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Open source contributor. Public speaker & productivity seeker. Wannabe Twitch streamer. Husband // Father // Christian

Public Speaking

Introduce Yourself by Telling Your Story

Slides and aids help you stay on track. But a presentation is always better when you feel the moment and express the points in your own voice. This reference will help you develop that voice. Whether you’re here to dip Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years2 years ago
Life

2020 Celebrations!

Let’s face it – 2020 was an awful year, and we can all list reasons why. Instead, I’ll list the things that happened in 2020 for which I’m thankful! I’m confident there are a few things worth celebrating. Our family Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years2 years ago
WordPress

Interview by SKT Themes

The folks at SKT Themes asked to interview me related to my involvement in the WordPress community. Here’s an excerpt: Q. What interesting feature do you think you would like to see in WordPress and is currently missing? A Configuration management. Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years2 years ago
The faded logo for Stratford Park Bible Chapel
church

How Do You Prepare to be “Present”?

Since I’m not traveling my queue of podcasts is backed up to March. I was listening to an episode of Device & Virtue tonight while mowing and they discuss if church or communion is really possible online. Here it is Read more…

By David Needham, 3 years3 years ago
An animated gif of a Wyze Cam being moved around
hardware

How We Got Wyze

2020 UPDATE! Josh’s break-in scare ruined his vacation. No camera or smart doorbell had the right balance of price, convenience, and reliability. Then we discovered Wyze Cam.

By David Needham, 3 years3 years ago
travel

Iceland: A Three-Day Family Itinerary

In September of 2018, we took the whole family (3 adults, a 5yo, and a 3yo) to Iceland on our way to Drupal Europe. This was largely thanks to Iceland Air’s generous stopover rules where you’re essentially not charged anything Read more…

By David Needham, 4 years4 years ago
Ready for an online training with a laptop, monitor, microphone, and webcam
developer relations

What Do Developer Advocates Do?

I recently contributed to an article on the { key : values } blog. The article defines what it means to work as a “Developer Advocate” by sharing the experience of 15 people working in the field. Each section needed Read more…

By David Needham, 4 years4 years ago
A collage of various things typically found in my bag
travel what's in my bag?

What’s in My Bag? 2019

As a Developer Advocate at Pantheon, attending conferences is in my job description. I attended 16 events in 2018 and I’m happy to share some of the tricks that I’ve picked up and the gear that has helped make it possible.

By David Needham, 4 years4 years ago
productivity

Habit-forming checklist

Recently, I started trying to form a new habit. I read that it takes about 10 weeks to make a new habit automatic; something we’ll do without even thinking about it. To help me track progress, I created the spreadsheet Read more…

By David Needham, 5 years4 years ago
productivity

Challenge Update: Why don’t we do the things we want to do?

In February, I started a challege with myself to try and establish a new habit: going to bed at 9 PM. My plan hit a speed bump after a trip to San Francisco when it took about a week to get Read more…

By David Needham, 5 years3 years ago

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David Needham is the Team Lead of the Technical Curriculum Development team at Datadog. When he’s not blogging about productivity and faith at davidneedham.me or speaking at conferences, you can find him streaming on Twitch or playing fun board games with his wife and kids in Champaign, IL.

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Recent Posts
  • Introduce Yourself by Telling Your Story April 8, 2021
  • 2020 Celebrations! January 2, 2021
  • Interview by SKT Themes December 8, 2020
  • How Do You Prepare to be “Present”? August 18, 2020
  • How We Got Wyze January 7, 2020
Recent Public Speaking
Getting Started with Drupal Workshop
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Web Con 2021
The University of Illinois Web Conference is an affordable three-day conference for web designers, developers, social media marketers, content managers, ...
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DrupalCon North America 2021
Every day developers, designers, and marketers push the boundaries of what’s possible when using Drupal’s flexible, secure, and open platform ...
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MidCamp 2021
MidCamp 2021 Gather.Town
MidCamp is an annual event held in Chicago that brings together people who use, develop, design, and support the Web’s ...
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DrupalCon Europe 2020
Every day developers, designers, and marketers push the boundaries of what’s possible when using Drupal’s flexible, secure, and open platform ...
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Aten at Home 2020
Aten is all about Content strategy, human-centered design, and open source technology for organizations making an impact all over the ...
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DrupalCon Global 2020
Every day developers, designers, and marketers push the boundaries of what’s possible when using Drupal’s flexible, secure, and open platform ...
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MidCamp 2020
MidCamp is an annual event held in Chicago that brings together people who use, develop, design, and support the Web’s ...
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Caffeine Break 2020
IT-curious folks meet every Friday morning on the campus of the University of Illinois (and on Skype) to learn about ...
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WordCamp Boise 2019
WordCamp Boise is a two-day event is for anyone with an interest in WordPress. Whether you’re a blogger, business owner, ...
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Texas Camp 2019
Texas Camp is an event for anyone uses Drupal, or is responsible for designing, building, developing, and supporting Drupal in ...
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BADCamp 2019
David Needham and John QT Nguyen presenting Better Project Management Through Board Games at BADCamp 2019
For over 13 years the Bay Area Drupal Camp has gathered thousands from a worldwide community of Drupal users, developers, ...
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WordCamp Europe 2019
WordCamp Europe 2019 being held in Berlin, Germany and is one of the largest WordPress conferences in the world. It ...
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Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2019
Twin Cities Drupal Camp is a three-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Every Drupal Camp features ...
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Drupal Flyover Camp 2019
David Needham presenting about Git Bisect at Flyover Camp 2019
Flyover Camp is a Drupal camp located in the heart of the midwest, Kansas City. The three-day event will take ...
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MidCamp 2019
David Needham and Paul Gilzow presenting "Pantheon’s Guide to Security in Higher Ed and Beyond" at MidCamp 2019
MidCamp is an annual event held in Chicago that brings together people who use, develop, design, and support the Web’s ...
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WebCon 2019
WebCon opening ceremony
WebCon is an affordable three-day conference for web designers, developers, social media marketers, content managers, and other web professionals within ...
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DrupalCon Seattle 2019
David Needham leading a training workshop at DrupalCon Seattle 2019
Every day developers, designers, and marketers push the boundaries of what’s possible when using Drupal’s flexible, secure, and open platform ...
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Drupal Europe 2018
Drupal Europe (10-14 September 2018) is both a technology conference and a family reunion for the Drupal community. It brings together ...
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  • Aten at Home 2020
  • BADCamp 2019
  • Caffeine Break 2020
  • Drupal Camp Atlanta 2018
  • Drupal Europe 2018
  • Drupal Flyover Camp 2019
  • DrupalCon Europe 2020
  • DrupalCon Global 2020
  • DrupalCon Nashville 2018
  • DrupalCon North America 2021
  • DrupalCon Seattle 2019
  • Getting Started with Drupal Workshop
  • MidCamp 2018
  • MidCamp 2019
  • MidCamp 2020
  • MidCamp 2021
  • Test Live Stream
  • Texas Camp 2018
  • Texas Camp 2019
  • Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2017
  • Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2019
  • Web Con 2021
  • WebCon 2018
  • WebCon 2019
  • WordCamp Boise 2019
  • WordCamp Europe 2018
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  • WordCamp MSP 2017
  • WordCamp MSP 2018
  • WordCamp Peoria 2018
  • WordCamp St. Louis 2018
  • WPCampus 2018
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