This document discusses how involvement in the WordPress community can impact one's destiny. It explains that WordPress has network effects that make it more valuable as more people use it. It encourages attendees to get involved in the WordPress community by contributing code, participating in discussions, attending meetups, and engaging community leaders. The goal is for attendees to better understand open source movements and how decisions are made in the WordPress community without needing a presenter.

1. How The WP
Community
WP NETWORK EFFECTS Changes Your
Destiny

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

6. GOALS
Own The Concept of Network Effects

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

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

9. NETWORK EFFECTS

10. 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.

11. NETWORK EFFECTS IN EVERY DAY USE
 Hardware
 Social Platforms
 Software

12. WORDPRESS AS A .com and .org
SCALING ENTITY

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

14. 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 Types
Estimated 11-13% Of the Total Internet

15. HUMAN PHOTONS
WordCamps
70
60
50
40
WordCamps
30
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

16. YOU ARE AFFORDED .com and .org
GREAT CHOICE

17. YOU HAVE A CHOICE | .COM OR .ORG

18. 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

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

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

21. 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

22. A global
community
YOUR WP ENGAGEMENT that needs
your local
representation

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

24. COMMUNIT Y LEADERS
John Hawkins Michael Erlewine Dre Armeda Chelsea Otakan
Las Vegas Boston San Diego Reno

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

26. QUESTIONS AND CONNECTIONS