Thank you to the many wonderful people who contribute code, fix code, provide help and write books and talk about open source projects. In particular I would like to acknowledge the following resources that I have found very helpful in my quest to learn and understand.

http://drupal.org

The Drupal system and it's community

http://Lullabot.com

Their book "Using Drupal" and their video series were very helpful in getting me started thinking about how to build Drupal sites.

Emma Jane Westby

A well known author and trainer for Drupal. Her books are easy to understand and her workshops and seminars are always entertaining and full of practical advice.

http://groups.drupal.org/toronto

Drupal Users Group, Toronto. A friendly group of enthusiasts that meet monthly.

http://gtalug.org

Greater Toronto Area Linux Users Group - a source of interesting monthly talks about Linux.

http://cdot.senecac.on.ca

Seneca Centre for Open Technology who are responsible for the annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), a conference where you can learn about open source projects.

http://ladieslearningcode.com

A non-profit organization in Toronto making learning to code a welcoming and fun event for beginners.

http://www.alistapart.com

A List Apart is a great source of articles on current topics for people that build websites

http://www.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a distribution of the Linux operating system that I use. It gave my old Compaq laptop a new life (after my son discarded it as a Windows machine).