Blogs

Palantir is very excited to announce that Ken Rickard will be joining the Palantir team as of May 19. Ken comes to Palantir after more than a decade managing the development of new technologies, strategy, and innovation in the online newspaper industry. In addition to his community and project work, Ken will provide leadership, vision, and training for Palantir and our clients.

We just got in our copy of David Mercer's new book, "Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6", which has the distinction of having been worked on by our own Larry Garfield, who served as technical editor. I haven't had the opportunity to read the entire book yet, but at first glance it looks like it provides a great introduction to installing, configuring, and building sites in Drupal 6. And if you order your copy direct from the book's publisher, a portion of the proceeds goes to benefit the Drupal Association!

We're pleased to announce that the new Palantir-developed Drupal Web site for the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is now live at http://www.herron.iupui.edu/.

The site was developed in collaboration with design partner Studio Blue, and features a unique design that showcases photography of the school's students and faculty, as well as dynamically updated stories about the school.

Look for a more detailed case study coming soon.

Earlier this week I checked in Palantir's latest module, Kiosk. It's a simple little module, and I was rather surprised to find the name still free, but it actually shows off some interesting tricks.

Environmental issues have long been important to us at Palantir, even before the "green movement" of the last couple years. My very first job growing up was working at a recycling center owned by my parents, and ever since, I've been pretty insufferable about making everyone around me use recycled and environmentally-friendly products.

George DeMet, Tiffany Farriss, and Colleen Carroll from the Palantir team will be attending the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas from March 7-11. On the morning of Tuesday, March 11, George will be leading a panel presentation titled Content Management System Roundup that brings together a group of experienced Web designers, developers, and businesspeople to talk about their experiences building sites using a variety of content management system (CMS) products.

We're big fans of the Drupal content management platform, and proud to be sponsors of Drupalcon Boston 2008.

Welcome to the new and improved version of the Palantir.net Web site! Our new site is built on the recently-released version 6 of the Drupal platform, and features updated case studies, blogs, and more. We're very excited about Drupal 6 and will keep adding new features to the site as new modules are released for it, so keep checking back often!