Why should agencies contribute to and participate in open source projects? How can they benefit from their participation? Examples from 10up's own Open Source Practice

1. Working in the Open:
Open Source in an Agency
John Eckman | @jeckman
Boston WordPress Meetup, 4/29/19
https://slideshare.net/jeckman/
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2. Why do Open Source
as an Agency?
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3. The Four Freedoms
https://www.slideshare.net/photomatt/wordpress-state-of-the-word-2018

4. “Use” versus “Make"
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5. Accelerate.
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6. Build reputation.
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7. Hire.
https://pixabay.com/photos/wordpress-php-code-programming-876983/

8. Get Paid & Share.
Photo by Arran Bee: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91425144@N04/25724814171

9. How can an
Agency do Open
Source?
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10. Sponsor core contribution
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12. Sponsor other contributions
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15. Build Themes, Plugins & Utilities
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34. Complications.
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35. Time Commitment
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36. Work For Hire.
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37. Reusability / Abstraction.
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38. Links
• Slide 11: https://10up.com/blog/2013/giving-back-to-wordpress/, https://
10up.com/blog/2016/adam-silverstein-wordpress-core-committer/ &
https://10up.com/blog/2019/nate-allen-contributes-dashicons/
• Slide 13: https://10up.github.io/Engineering-Best-Practices/ & https://
10up.github.io/wp-component-library/ & https://10up.com/blog/2018/
user-testing-gutenberg/ & https://10up.com/blog/2018/testing-the-
gutenberg-publishing-userflow/
• Slide 14: https://10up.com/blog/2018/wordpress-wireframes-sketch/
• Slide 16: https://10up.com/blog/2019/introducing-github-actions-for-
wordpress-plugins/ & https://10up.com/blog/2019/introducing-wp-
acceptance/ & https://10up.com/blog/2018/simple-podcasting-
wordpress/ & https://10up.com/blog/2018/wp-local-docker-wp-
snapshots/
• Slide 17: https://10up.com/blog/2018/new-relic-reporting/ & https://
10up.com/blog/2018/improving-wordpress-transients/ & https://
10up.com/blog/2017/ads-txt-manager-for-wordpress/ & https://
10up.com/blog/2017/restricted-site-access-wordpress-multisite/
• Slides 18-22: https://www.elasticpress.io/
• Slides 23-27: https://distributorplugin.com/
• Slides 28-33: https://classifaiplugin.com/
• Slide 1: https://unsplash.com/photos/5i0GnoTTjSE
• Slide 2: https://unsplash.com/photos/yjePAp-tpmQ
• Slide 3: https://unsplash.com/photos/VUn3VbDKOz0
• Slide 4: https://www.slideshare.net/photomatt/wordpress-state-of-the-
word-2018
• Slide 5: https://unsplash.com/photos/L9VXW4A9QZM
• Slide 6: https://unsplash.com/photos/RjD01Is-KnI
• Slide 7: https://pixabay.com/photos/wordpress-php-code-
programming-876983/
• Slide 8: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91425144@N04/25724814171
• Slide 9: https://unsplash.com/photos/vGgn0xLdy8s
• Slide 10: https://unsplash.com/photos/-8a5eJ1-mmQ
• Slide 12: https://unsplash.com/photos/WtllOYrN70E
• Slide 15: https://unsplash.com/photos/C0koz3G1I4I
• Slide 34: https://unsplash.com/photos/QDShpt3r_4g
• Slide 35: https://unsplash.com/photos/nPy0X4xew60
• Slide 36: https://unsplash.com/photos/fY8Jr4iuPQM
• Slide 37: https://unsplash.com/photos/waTwfk3WsWM
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