The Future of WordPress (and Your Role In It)

Keynote from WordCamp Ann Arbor 2015

Transcript

1. name • @twitter • #hashtag • www.url.com/slides T H E F U T U R E O F WO R D P R E S S ( A N D YO U R R O L E I N I T ) @jeckman
3. LO O K I N G B AC K WA R D • Julian West, prominent Bostonian, sleeps 113 yrs+, awakened in 2000 • Dr. Leete and his daughter explain 21st century to West • Nationalized production / capital - no inequality of wealth • Central distribution center (very Amazon like) with local sample stores (showrooming) • Telephonic access to music 24 hrs a day for every subscriber (Spotify/Pandora/Apple Music)
6. DYS TO P I A U TO P I A • Predict the future by exaggerating elements of the present • Reveal more about author’s present than future
7. H OW D O W E P R E D I C T T H E F U T U R E F O R WO R D P R E S S ?
8. - W I L L I A M G I B S O N “The future has arrived – it’s just not evenly distributed yet”
9. J S O N R E ST A P I
13. – A N O N Y M O U S “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”
14. W H O I S WO R D P R E S S F O R ?
15. B LO G
16. C M S
17. E N T E R P R I S E
18. F R A M E WO R K
20. D R U PA L 7 F O R K : B AC K D R O P
21. P H I LO S O P H Y D R I V E N D E V E LO P M E N T
22. • Out of the Box • Design for the Majority • Decisions, not Options • Clean, Lean, and Mean • Striving for Simplicity • Deadlines are not Arbitrary • The Vocal Minority • Our Bill of Rights • Backwards compatibility is important • Write code for the majority • Include features for the majority • Ensure backdrop can be extended • Meet Low System Requirements • Plan and Schedule Releases • Remain Free and Open Source WordPress Backdrop
23. – A L A N K AY “The best way to predict the future is to create it”
24. W H AT K I N D O F WO R D P R E S S P L AT F O R M D O YO U WA N T ?
25. W H AT K I N D O F WO R D P R E S S C O M M U N I T Y D O YO U WA N T ?
26. W H AT A R E YO U D O I N G TO M A K E I T H A P P E N ?
27. G E T T I N G I N VO LV E D • As a user / site owner • As a designer / UX / content person • As a developer • As an agency / business • As a community citizen
30. john@10up.com @jeckman johneckman.com openparenthesis.org goatless.org
31. P H OTO C R E D I T S 1. https://cup2013.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/touch-up/ 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward#/ media/File:Looking_Backward.jpg, https:// upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/ Edward_Bellamy_-_photograph_c.1889.jpg 3. None 4. http://www.rowthree.com/2010/05/06/tcm-film-festival- the-complete-metropolis-1927/ 5. http://whysoblu.com/the-elysium-movie-review/, http:// timsfilmreviews.com/2013/04/11/elysium-trailer-1- review/ 6. http://www.screenhead.com/details-of-blade-runner/ 7. None 8. None 9. http://time.com/3879428/children-at-a-puppet-show- paris-1963/ 10. https://pantheon.io/blog/decoupled-architecture- wordpress-and-drupal 11. https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/27/ metadata-api-project-reborn-the-new-fields-api- project/ 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing#/media/ File:Stipula_fountain_pen.jpg 13. None 14. None 15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/ 4595386436/ 16. https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/ 5403093622 17. http://blog.semilshah.com/2013/05/15/the-enterprise- in-lay-terms/ 18. http://imgkid.com/building-framework.shtml 19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork 20. https://backdropcms.org/ 21. None 22. https://backdropcms.org/philosophy and https:// wordpress.org/about/philosophy/ 23. None 24. None 25. None 26. None 27. None 28. https://imspmn.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/ tomorrowland-wolf-quote.png & http:// 1.bp.blogspot.com/-ccQRNivHZgo/ViV2mevqzhI/ AAAAAAABCho/sqqVZMnuOGY/s1600/ tomorrowland2.jpg 29. http://make.wordpress.org/ 30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwL0HZSc2Sc