Keynote from WordCamp Ann Arbor 2015

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

30. john@10up.com
@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