A presentation about the Philosophy behind the philosophies of WordPress.
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PCAPITALDANGIT
How doinfluenceourDEASDEALS?
FREEDOM
FREEDOM FROM...NEGATIVE FREEDOM
FREEDOM TO...POSITIVE FREEDOM
POSITIVE&NEGATIVEFREEDOM
UseText4FREEDOMS
UseTextFREEDOMSUSE4
UseTextFREEDOMS4 USEMODIFY
UseTextFREEDOMS4 USEMODIFYREDISTRIBUTE
UseTextFREEDOMS4 USEMODIFYREDISTRIBUTEDISTRIBUTEMODIFICATIONS
Our Bill of RightsOUR BILL OF RIGHTS
RecapFREEDOM
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the liberty of some must dependon the restraint of others.-- Isaiah Berlin
the liberty of users must dependon the restraint of developers.
OWER
A Relational Concept
certain persons exercise power overothers-- Michel Foucault
USER FREEDOMDEVELOPER FREEDOM
so that users don’t have todevelopers solve problems
DESIGN FOR THE MAJORITY
THE VOCAL MINORITY
POWER
SIMPLICITY
what can be done with fewer would invain be done with more.-- John Duns Scotus
Occam’s Razor
for sale, baby shoes, never worn.-- Ernest Hemingway?
simplicity is about subtracting theobvious and adding the meaningful.-- John Maeda
DECISIONS, NOT OPTIONS
Preferences have a cost
Every time you provide an option,you're asking the user to make adecision.-- Joel Sponsky
STRIVING FOR SIMPLICITY
PowerFREEDOMPOWER
PowerFREEDOMPOWERSIMPLICITY
“Philosophers have only interpretedthe world… the point is to change it.”Karl Marxphilosophers have only interpreted theworld… the point is to change it.-- Karl Marx
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