Magento Community. Ben Marks

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An update, six months in. // @benmarksHow’s Things?

Magento Inc. is AWESOME.


I work with caring, driven, insightful, and passionate people I’ve ever met.

!

And they all love YOU.

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(seriously, who could “manage” this lot?!)


“So, what would you say you… do here?”


MY JOB“So what would you say you… do here?”

PEOPLECommunity <> Company

Community <> Community PHP <> Community

!

INFORMATIONWho’s doing what & when

Magento 1.x Magento 2

!!!

COMMUNITY

COMPANY

COMMERCE

How would you say you are doing?


Some progress, but I want to do BETTER


INTENT vs. REALITY

Advisory BoardINTENT

Empower core group to work with employees

!REALITY

I’m still directly facilitating communication

Use GitHub like GithubINTENT

Use GitHub for M2 in the “proper” way

!REALITY

Requires a lot of work & prioritization; in progress

Magento ConnectINTENT

Improve functionality & general extension quality

!REALITY

A lot of work has gone into this already. More to do.

INTENT vs. REALITY

Forums*INTENT

Replace with something better

!REALITY

In progress, but not there yet

Translations*INTENT

Remove old tool, replace with crowdsourcing

!REALITY

In progress, but not there yet

Community ContentINTENT

Highlight community via syndication of content

!REALITY

Waiting on a home… …which is in progress

Ahem. That’s a lot of things “in progress,” Mr. Evangelist.


Agreed. And, there are even more….


…some of which will show up soon…


…but I need to make sure you all know…


…about our progress as it happens.


I want even more transparency. (that’s why I didn’t let anyone review this talk before I gave it. shhh. our secret.)


Monthly community report. From me. To you.

With ♥ and transparency.


COMING SOON

Documentation on GitHub. (Like, “for real” on GitHub.)


COMING SOON

MAGENTO 2


COMING LATER

MANY of the things I mentioned previously. (AdvisoryBoardGitHubLikeGitHubMagentoConnectForumsTranslationCommunityContentEtc.)


COMING LATER

Re-vamped EVENTS page.


COMING LATER

MagentoLive Germany • 10/13-14/2014 MagentoLive Australia • 11/13-14/2014

MagentoLive France • 02/03/2015 Magento Imagine • 04/20-22/2015 MagentoLive UK • 06/22-23/2015


UPCOMING MAGENTO EVENTS

Meet Magento Brazil (Sao Paolo) • 10/06/2014 Meet Magento Belarus (Minsk) • 10/15/2014

Meet Magento Switzerland (Zurich) • 10/24/2014 Firegento Hackathon (MMCH) • 10/25-26/2014

MageTitans! (Manchester, UK) • 11/01/2014 php[world]* (Washington, DC) • 11/10-14/2014

MageConf (Paris, FR) • 11/21-23/2014 Meet Magento Poland (Warsaw) • 11/24-25/2014


UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

I need YOU.


Magento needs YOU.


We need each other.

COMMERCE

COMPANY

COMMUNITY

thank you ♥ [email protected]

@benmarks // #mm14ny


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