WordCamp Reno - WP Network Effects

How The WP CommunityWP NETWORK EFFECTS Changes Your Destiny

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

HOW ABOUT YOU, RENO?  Locals or Out-of-townies  Years on The Press  Devs | Marketers

DISCLAIMERS  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

CONTENT  Goals  Network Effects: A Brief Background and WP Connection  WordPress: An Orientation  WordPress and You as a Movement

GOALSOwn The Concept of Network Effects

GOALS A Better Understanding of Open SourceMovements and How Decisions Get Made

GOALSThe Goal of Providing You This PresentationIs that You Will No Longer Need A Presenter

NETWORK EFFECTS

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 IN EVERY DAY USE  Hardware  Social Platforms  Software

WORDPRESS AS A .com and .org SCALING ENTITY

THE OVER ABBREVIATED HISTOIRE OF WP  58 Releases  137 WordCamps  1,384 Themes  14,686 Plugins  11,908,807 Downloads of 3.1

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE  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 TypesEstimated 11-13% Of the Total Internet

HUMAN PHOTONS WordCamps70605040 WordCamps302010 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

YOU ARE AFFORDED .com and .org GREAT CHOICE

YOU HAVE A CHOICE | .COM OR .ORG

WORDPRESS.COM  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.ORG  The WordPress .ORG Distribution  WordPress Foundation  WordCamp.org  WordPress Trademark

THE NATURE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE  Led by Corporations, Product Teams, Foundations  UnPaid Contributors  Paid   Corporations   Project Grants   Self Funded

A MULTI-TIERED COMMUNIT Y EFFORT  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 global communityYOUR WP ENGAGEMENT that needs your local representation

GET INVOLVED  Get Active With WordPress - Today  Know the Codex  Hit the Discussion Boards  Patches Are a Plus  Engage A Community Representative  Go MeetUp

COMMUNIT Y LEADERSJohn Hawkins Michael Erlewine Dre Armeda Chelsea Otakan Las Vegas Boston San Diego Reno

COMMUNIT Y LEADERS Andrew Nacin Pete Mall Daryl Koopersmith Sara CannonWashington, D.C. San Francisco ? Birmingham

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