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T H E F U T U R E O F W O R D P R E S S( A N D YO U R R O L E I N I T ) @jeckman

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)

DY S T O P I A U T O P I A

• Predict the future by exaggerating elements of the present

• Reveal more about author’s present than future

H O W D O W E P R E D I C T T H E F U T U R E F O R W O R D P R E S S ?

- W I L L I A M G I B S O N

“The future has arrived – it’s just not evenly

distributed yet”

J S O N R E S T A P I

– A N O N Y M O U S

“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

W H O I S W O R D P R E S S F O R ?

B LO G

C M S

E N T E R P R I S E

F R A M E W O R K

D R U PA L 7 F O R K : B AC K D R O P

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

• 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

– A L A N K AY

“The best way to predict the future is to create it”

W H AT K I N D O F W O R D P R E S S P L AT F O R M D O YOU WA N T ?

W H AT K I N D O F W O R D P R E S S C O M M U N I T Y D O YOU WA N T ?

W H AT A R E YOU D O I N G T O M A K E I T H A P P E N ?

G E T T I N G I N V O 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

john@10up.com @jeckman

johneckman.com openparenthesis.org

goatless.org

P H O T O 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

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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

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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

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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/

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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