---
title: "Colleen Carroll on SXSW CMS Showdown & Zen Theming"
url: "/podcasts/drupal-voices/colleen-carroll-on-sxsw-cms-showdown-zen-theming"
type: episode
date: 2009-03-24
updated: 2014-04-09
---

# Colleen Carroll on SXSW CMS Showdown & Zen Theming

#  Colleen Carroll on SXSW CMS Showdown & Zen Theming 

  

*Podcast episode player*

Colleen Carroll is a themer at Palantir.net and participated in the ["Ultimate Showdown of Content Management System Destiny"](https://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels?action=show&id=IAP0900113) panel at South by Southwest Interactive on March 16, 2009.

This interview was conducted at Drupalcon leading up to the actual panel, and Colleen talks about the [competition & project specs](http://cmsshowdown.com/competition), the [Zen theming framework](http://drupal.org/project/zen) and their recently released ["Austin" Zen subtheme](http://drupal.org/project/austin) that was created for the competition and released back into the community.

More details at:  
http://cmsshowdown.com  
http://drupalshowdown.com  
http://wpshowdown.com  
http://joomlashowdown.com