As a long-time Drupalist, I have to confess a wandering heart. Over the past couple years, I've grown more and more interested in other software and bigger-picture issues, branching out from the trials and triumphs of developing sites with my favorite CMS and looking increasingly at issues of integration and platforms. However, recent news has brought Drupal itself right back into the center of my thinking. With all respect to the Wu, I have to bite off a venerable hip-hop-ism in light of the recent run of news: Drupal Rules Everything Around Me.

The two bits of news I'm most excited about came through last week. First was the relaunch of Whitehouse.gov on Drupal. A lot of the reporting on that event (both pro and con) was typically fuzzy technology journalism — even prompting some correctional responses to the FUD — but overall I think the NY Times Circuits Blog got the essence of the story right:

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