DRUPAL’S DESTINYDrupalcon Austin

June 3rd 2014

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I GOT STARTED WITH DRUPAL TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT

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SUMMER 2003: “HACK4DEAN” BEGETS “DEANSPACE”

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UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DIDN’T WORK OUT.

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BUT WE KEPT GOING.

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CONTEXT

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drumm (drupal 5.0 maintainer)

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zacker (Civicspace Founder)

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ADVENTURE CHENEY

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Matt Cheney aka populist

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(Chapter Three Co-

Founder, Huey Long admirer)

CHAPTER THREE LLC

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davidstrauss !

(Pressflow maintainer,

Pantheon co-founder & CTO)

PANTHEON SYSTEMS

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I LIKE BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR

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I LIKE WINNING

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BUT I ALSO REALLY LIKE BEING A PART OF

SOMETHING BIGGER

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I BELIEVE THAT THE INTERNET CAN BENEFIT

HUMANITY

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(CORRELATION BETWEEN INFORMATION SHARING AND PROGRESS: IMAGE?)

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#FAIL HAPPENS

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#FAIL HAPPENS WITH OR WITHOUT THE

INTERNET

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ELON CHIDES SOFTWARE STARTUPS

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(BUT WE’RE THE PRINTING PRESS; WE REALLY ARE; IT’S A REALLY BIG DEAL)

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BEN FRANKLIN > ELON MUSK

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Websites (duh)

THERE’S GOT TO BE A THERE THERE

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(BUT WE’RE THE PRINTING PRESS; WE REALLY ARE; IT’S A REALLY BIG DEAL)

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DRUPAL IS A MASHUP MACHINE

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THE WEB AS AN INDUSTRY

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THE WEB AS AN INDUSTRY

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$500 Billion US Digital

Marketing Spend

THE WEB AS AN INDUSTRY

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$106B Online Advertising

THE WEB AS AN INDUSTRY

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$106BAdvertising

$130B Websites

$106B Online Advertising

GOOGLE + YAHOO + TWITTER + FACEBOOK

= WEBSITES

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(DUH)

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THE CMS MARKET

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CMS MARKET BY VOLUME

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source: w3techs.com

LAMP IS WINNING

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CMS MARKET LEADERS

TOP 10K SITES

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DON’T JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS

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THE TRUE MARKET LEADER

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THE TRUE MARKET LEADER

WINNING IS RUNNING A DOUBLE-DIGIT

PERCENTAGE OF THE WEB

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I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT DRUPAL IS A

WINNER

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(CORRELATION BETWEEN INFORMATION SHARING AND PROGRESS: IMAGE?)

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(BUT WE’RE THE PRINTING PRESS; WE REALLY ARE; IT’S A REALLY BIG DEAL)

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WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR DRUPAL TO SUCCEED?

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(HUGE LABOR FORCE)

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(LABOR: DRUPAL COMMUNITY)

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(LABOR: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ECOSYSTEM)

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61Source: drupal.org/metrics

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63Source: google trends

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DrupalRuby on Rails

WHAT CAN WE DO?

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FRONT END:1ST CLASS

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MASTER MOBILE

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source: buytart.net

DRUPAL IS IMPORTANT BUT ALSO TOO HARD

AND TOO EXPENSIVE

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(FLEXIBILITY: MODULAR ARCHITECTURE)

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I’VE SEEN IT WORK BEFORE

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THE HISTORY-MAKING PART OF THE WEB IS JUST

BEGINNING.

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(DRUPAL 8 FRONT END UTOPIA)

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WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

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THE WHOLE WORLD IS JUST GETTING STARTED

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Internet access

Wealth

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IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERSTATE THE SCOPE

OF THE OPPORTUNITY

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TECHNOLOGY BECOMES REVOLUTIONARY WHEN

IT FADES INTO THE BACKGROUND

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WE HAVE A DUTY TO BE A PART OF IT

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QUESTIONS? !

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@OUTLANDISHJOSH !

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