How The WP Community Changes Your Destiny

WP NETWORK EFFECTS

INTRODUCTIONS

  Hi, I’m Luke Pilon   Business and Software Architect

  Founder of Mobiah, Inc – a WP Dev and Media Agency

  Producer of GPL Compliant Mobile / Geo / Media Plugins

  Organizer a new and improved San Diego WP Meetup

  Locals or Out-of-townies

  Years on The Press

  Devs | Marketers

HOW ABOUT YOU, RENO?

  Not a core contributor…yet

  Not an Automattic Employee

  Just a WordPress enthusiast   Speaks occasionally at

WordCamps   Runs a local Meetup

  Run a business based on WordPress as a CMS

DISCLAIMERS

  Goals

  Network Effects: A Brief Background and WP Connection

 WordPress: An Orientation

 WordPress and You as a Movement

CONTENT

Own The Concept of Network Effects

GOALS

A Better Understanding of Open Source Movements and How Decisions Get Made

GOALS

The Goal of Providing You This Presentation Is that You Will No Longer Need A Presenter

GOALS

NETWORK EFFECTS

  In economics and business, a network effect (also called network externality) is the effect that one user of a good or service has on the value of that product to other people.

  A phenomenon whereby a good or service becomes more valuable when more people use it.

  The resulting increased value of a product because more and more people use it.

NETWORK EFFECTS

  Hardware   Social Platforms   Software

NETWORK EFFECTS IN EVERY DAY USE

.com and .org WORDPRESS AS A

SCALING ENTITY

  58 Releases

  137 WordCamps

  1,384 Themes   14,686 Plugins

  11,908,807 Downloads of 3.1

THE OVER ABBREVIATED HISTOIRE OF WP

 WP 1.2  May 2004 – Plugin Support

 WP 1.5   February 2005 – Theme Support

 WP 2.7   December 2008 – Complete Admin Redesign

 WP 3.0   June 2010 – Custom Content Types

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Estimated 11-13% Of the Total Internet

HUMAN PHOTONS

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WordCamps

WordCamps

.com and .org YOU ARE AFFORDED

GREAT CHOICE

YOU HAVE A CHOICE | .COM OR .ORG

  An Automattic Production   80+ Distributed Employees, Based In San Francisco

  Founded by Matt Mullenweg

  Venture Backed

  Producer of some really amazing products

  Core contributing NOT core controlling

WORDPRESS.COM

  The WordPress .ORG Distribution

 WordPress Foundation

 WordCamp.org

 WordPress Trademark

WORDPRESS.ORG

  Led by Corporations, Product Teams, Foundations

  UnPaid Contributors

  Paid   Corporations   Project Grants   Self Funded

THE NATURE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

  Product Team   5 Lead Developers and 1 UX designer

  Extended Product Team   15+ Contributing on Development, Design, and Documentation

  Contributors

  150-200 Per Release

  Users   25-40 Million

A MULTI-TIERED COMMUNITY EFFORT

A global community that needs your local representation

YOUR WP ENGAGEMENT

GET INVOLVED

  Get Active With WordPress - Today

  Know the Codex

  Hit the Discussion Boards

  Patches Are a Plus   Engage A Community Representative

  Go MeetUp

COMMUNITY LEADERS

John Hawkins Las Vegas

Michael Erlewine Boston

Dre Armeda San Diego

Chelsea Otakan Reno

COMMUNITY LEADERS

Andrew Nacin Washington, D.C.

Pete Mall San Francisco

Daryl Koopersmith ?

Sara Cannon Birmingham

QUESTIONS AND CONNECTIONS