Even though I have been a WordPress user, themer, and developer for about 5years, I had actually spent little time being active in the community or finding out more about the people and the company behind one of the greatest success stories in open source CMS platforms.
The fact that the software controls so much of the Internet’s content and distribution after 5 years is a massive credit to him and his team. I have a new found respect for the software.
But more importantly it is the decisions he has made toward the community and that is what I have think has caused the uptake in the installations and support for the software. He found his market, got the people behind the product, and let things progress from there.
And that brings us to his State of the Word 2011 presentation. I had not previously seen any of the other keynotes, but I was thoroughly impressed by this one. Definitely worth 40min of your time if you are a WordPress user or developer. I have embedded it here:
After watching this video I was definitely inspired to create something more than ever. To see someone create a piece of work he is so proud of and to have gained respect from a community and have it reflected in installations is something I would definitely love to be a part of.
I know it won’t happen over night, but I do know it will take hard work and the right idea to get off the ground. And starting later this year, hopefully I will be finishing a piece of web based software to be distributed, forked and improved by developers over the globe.
I have the vision and the ability, if only I could find the time…