The document discusses the evolution of the Perforce ecosystem, emphasizing the shift from mailing lists to more interactive forums and social media integration for user engagement. It outlines the creation of community resources, such as App Junction and Doc Branch, to centralize tools and knowledge-sharing among users and developers. The goal is to foster a culture of contribution and collaboration by connecting diverse users and facilitating the sharing of best practices.

1. The Perforce Ecosystem
Jeffrey Bates
Director, Cloud & Ecosystem
James Creasy
Product Tech Research Manager

2. Where Did We Come From?

3. FROM MAILING LISTS TO FORUMS
Mailing List
• Up for a decade
• “Hands off” by employees
• Mostly used by admins
Forums
• Increased participation
• Internal experts can be “hands on”
• Searchable
• Persistent Data Storage

4. Where Are We Going?

5. USING SOCIAL MEDIA LESSONS
• Integrating Social Media & Other Data Streams
• Recognition of Top Users: Who’s Here?
• Expansion of Forums to Nurture Community
• Elements of the Ecosystem

7. APP JUNCTION
• Building on Existing Tools
• Public Depot
• Download Site
• Other Sources
• Centralized Location For Perforce Tools
• Community Built Tools (Internal & External)
• Community Supported
• Connecting Developers and Users

8. DOC BRANCH
• Multi-Faceted Informational Resource
• Knowledge Base
• Wikis
• Blogs
• Social Media
• User Contributed Material
• Launching With Internal-sourced Materials
• Brings Together Silos of Material
• Want/Need Feedback On What Is Useful
• Perforcepedia – leads to User Contributed Material

9. WHY BUILD THIS?
• Field of Dreams is Wrong
• Version Everything Means Bringing Together:
• Admins
• Developers
• Non Technical Users
• The Virtual Community
• Best Practices – “How Do YOU Get Stuff Done”
• Social Media/Coding/Practices
• “Open” Methodologies
• Part of A Culture of Contribution

10. Creating a Culture of Contribution

11. WIDEN THE NET

13. GATHER COMMUNITY, 753 B.C.
Roman Forum Pic

14. GATHER COMMUNITY, 19th CENTURY
Meeting house pic

15. GATHER COMMUNITY, 2011
Jeff’s Forum pic

16. POTENTIAL CHAOS OF IDEAS

17. FUNNEL UP

18. CREATING A CULTURE OF CONTRIBUTION
Widen the Net
Gather Community
Funnel Up

19. Tomorrow’s talk on JavaScript API
with
Fred Malouf and James Creasy

20. Thank You!