How's Things?

My "community update" presentation for the Magento community [as of 11/2014]

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1. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch An update, seven months in. // @benmarks How’s Things? MageTitans #MageTitans
2. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Magento Inc. is AWESOME. I work with caring, driven, insightful, and passionate people I’ve ever met. ! And they all love YOU. MageTitans #MageTitans
3. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch $_communityManager = false; $_communityEvangelist = true; MageTitans #MageTitans
4. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch (seriously, who could “manage” this lot?!) MageTitans #MageTitans
5. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch “So, what would you say you… do here?” MageTitans #MageTitans
6. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch MY JOB “So what would you say you… do here?” PEOPLE Community <> Company Community <> Community PHP <> Community ! INFORMATION Who’s doing what & when Magento 1.x Magento 2 ! ! ! COMMUNITY COMPANY COMMERCE MageTitans #MageTitans
7. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch How would you say you are doing? MageTitans #MageTitans
8. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Some progress, but I want to do BETTER MageTitans #MageTitans
9. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch INTENT vs. REALITY Advisory Board INTENT Empower core group to work with employees ! REALITY I’m still directly facilitating communication Use GitHub like Github INTENT Use GitHub for M2 in the “proper” way ! REALITY Requires a lot of work & prioritization; in progress Magento Connect INTENT Improve functionality & general extension quality ! REALITY A lot of work has gone into this already. More to do. MageTitans #MageTitans
10. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch INTENT vs. REALITY Forums* INTENT Replace with something better ! REALITY In progress, but not there yet Translations* INTENT Remove old tool, replace with crowdsourcing ! REALITY In progress, but not there yet Community Content INTENT Highlight community via syndication of content ! REALITY Waiting on a home… …which is in progress MageTitans #MageTitans
11. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Ahem. That’s a lot of things “in progress,” Mr. Evangelist. MageTitans #MageTitans
12. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Agreed. And, there are even more…. MageTitans #MageTitans
13. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch …some of which will show up soon… MageTitans #MageTitans
14. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch …but I need to make sure you all know… MageTitans #MageTitans
15. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch …about our progress as it happens. MageTitans #MageTitans
16. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch I want even more transparency. (that’s why I didn’t let anyone review this talk before I gave it. shhh. our secret.) MageTitans #MageTitans
17. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Monthly community report. From me. To you. With ♥ and transparency. COMING SOON MageTitans #MageTitans
18. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Documentation on GitHub. (Like, “for real” on GitHub.) COMING SOON MageTitans #MageTitans
19. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch MAGENTO 2 COMING LATER MageTitans #MageTitans
20. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch MANY of the things I mentioned previously. (AdvisoryBoardGitHubLikeGitHubMagentoConnectForumsTranslationCommunityContentEtc.) COMING LATER MageTitans #MageTitans
21. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Re-vamped EVENTS page. COMING LATER MageTitans #MageTitans
22. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch MagentoLive Australia • 11/13-14/2014 MagentoLive France • 02/03/2015 Magento Imagine • 04/20-22/2015 MagentoLive UK • 06/22-23/2015 UPCOMING MAGENTO EVENTS MageTitans #MageTitans
23. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch php[world]* (Washington, DC) • 11/10-14/2014 MageConf (Paris, FR) • 11/21-23/2014 Meet Magento Poland (Warsaw) • 11/24-25/2014 Magento UnCon • 7-8 March 2015 MageTitans! (Manchester, UK) • 11/01/2014 UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS MageTitans #MageTitans
24. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch I need YOU. www.yourwebsitename.com MageTitans #MageTitans
25. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch Magento needs YOU. www.yourwebsitename.com MageTitans #MageTitans
26. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch We need each other. COMMERCE COMPANY COMMUNITY MageTitans #MageTitans
27. Meet Magento Switzerland 2014 #mm14ch thank you ♥ ben.marks@magento.com @benmarks // #MageTitans www.yourwebsitename.com MageTitans #MageTitans