This document discusses predictions for the future of WordPress and the role of users in shaping its future. It explores different types of WordPress platforms for blogs, CMS, enterprises and frameworks. The document encourages users to get involved by contributing as developers, designers, or community members to help create the kind of WordPress and community they want.

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

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@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