Magento Community. Ben Marks

1. How’s Things?
An update, six months in. // @benmarks
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2. 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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3. $_communityManager = false;
$_communityEvangelist = true;
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4. (seriously, who could “manage” this lot?!)
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5. “So, what would you say you… do here?”
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6. MY JOB
“So what would you say you… do here?”
PEOPLE
Community <> Company
Community <> Community
PHP <> Community
!
INFORMATION
Who’s doing what & when
Magento 1.x
Magento 2
!
!
!
COMMUNITY
COMPANY
COMMERCE

7. How would you say you are doing?
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8. Some progress, but I want to do BETTER
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9. INTENT vs. REALITY
Advisory Board
INTENT
Empower core group to
work with employees
!
REALITY
I’m still directly facilitating
communication
Use GitHub like Github
INTENT
Use GitHub for M2 in the
“proper” way
!
REALITY
Requires a lot of work &
prioritization; in progress
Magento Connect
INTENT
Improve functionality &
general extension quality
!
REALITY
A lot of work has gone into
this already. More to do.

10. 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 Content
INTENT
Highlight community via
syndication of content
!
REALITY
Waiting on a home…
…which is in progress

11. Ahem. That’s a lot of things “in progress,”
Mr. Evangelist.
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12. Agreed. And, there are even more….
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13. …some of which will show up soon…
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14. …but I need to make sure you all know…
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15. …about our progress as it happens.
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16. I want even more transparency.
(that’s why I didn’t let anyone review this talk before I gave it. shhh. our secret.)
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17. COMING SOON
Monthly community report.
From me. To you.
With ♥ and transparency.
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18. COMING SOON
Documentation on GitHub.
(Like, “for real” on GitHub.)
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19. COMING LATER
MAGENTO 2
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20. COMING LATER
MANY of the things I mentioned previously.
(AdvisoryBoardGitHubLikeGitHubMagentoConnectForumsTranslationCommunityContentEtc.)
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21. COMING LATER
Re-vamped EVENTS page.
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22. UPCOMING MAGENTO EVENTS
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
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23. UPCOMING COMMUNITY 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
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24. I need YOU.
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25. Magento needs YOU.
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26. We need each other.
COMMUNITY
COMMERCE
COMPANY

27. thank you ♥
ben.marks@magento.com
@benmarks // #mm14ny
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