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Jeff Eaton

Jeff Eaton is a digital strategist at Lullabot, where he designs and implements large-scale web platforms for media, education, and enterprise businesses. He co-authored the first edition of O’Reilly Media’s Using Drupal; hosts the Insert Content Here content strategy podcast; and is a frequent writer and speaker at web and open source conferences. In a previous life, he worked as a freelance writer and a copy editor, jobs that he recalls fondly while building editorial tools for today’s content teams.

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