Learning from the other 78%

WordPress powers 22% of the web (or more - as much as 23.1% when I actually delivered this talk). However, as professionals in the WordPress community, we have to be wary of spending too much time talking to each other, and not enough time engaging with other communities.

What are the people who don't use WordPress doing? Static site generation, lightweight hosted platforms, other open source platforms, proprietary software - there are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of other ways to solve the problems WordPress tries to solve.

If we don't avail ourselves of the conversations happening outside the WordPress fishbowl, we'll miss out on opportunities for true collaboration and innovation.

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1. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Learning From the Other 78%
2. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf http://massconvention.com/assets/image/body_galleries/BCEC/ BCEC_with_media_tower_with_BCEC_logo_sunny.jpg
3. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf http://massconvention.com/assets/image/body_galleries/BCEC/ BCEC_with_media_tower_with_BCEC_logo_sunny.jpg
4. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf http://massconvention.com/assets/image/body_galleries/BCEC/ BCEC_with_media_tower_with_BCEC_logo_sunny.jpg
5. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf 23% of the web!? http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all
6. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf 23% of the web!? “This information may be incomplete and inaccurate due to the vastness and complexity of the matter in hand" http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all
7. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf That’s like 4 out of 5 dentists NOT recommending sugarless gum. ~80% are NOT using
8. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf That’s like 4 out of 5 dentists NOT recommending sugarless gum. ~80% are NOT using
9. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf What are they doing?
10. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf What are they doing?
11. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf What are they doing?
12. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf What are they doing?
13. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf What are they doing?
14. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Even Drupal. ;) https://prague2013.drupal.org/session/not-invented-here- proudly-found-elsewhere-drupal-8-story
15. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Getting off the Island http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/ off-the-island-2013 “So, I put this challenge to the Drupal community: Make your New Year's Resolution to get off the island in 2013”
16. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Listen & Learn
17. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Listen & Learn • Demo, Trial, Experiment
18. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Listen & Learn • Demo, Trial, Experiment • Talk to users - naive, sophisticated, in between
19. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Listen & Learn • Demo, Trial, Experiment • Talk to users - naive, sophisticated, in between • Talk to developers
20. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Listen & Learn • Demo, Trial, Experiment • Talk to users - naive, sophisticated, in between • Talk to developers • And, of course, listen . . .
21. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Perspective Matters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/tilted-house-san-francisco_n_3007042.html
22. John Eckman | @jeckman | #wcsf Thank You http://blog.schipul.com/drupal-and-wordpress-at-schipulcon-one-stage-one-open-source-love/