On day 2 of WordCamp St. Louis, we’ve invited Aaron Jorbin to deliver a keynote talk on Why WordPress Works This Way. Aaron is a core committer to WordPress, and was perfect for the job.
Aside from being a core committer, Aaron is from New York City, and is currently the CTO of Happytables. He has spoken at conferences around the world. He’s worked with Conde Nast, and worked on some well known websites like WIRED, The New Yorker, and Vogue.
An interesting fact for our beer fans, Aaron is an active user of Untappd, so you can follow along with him, or maybe catch a drink with him. If you’ve been wanting to meet him and talk with him, as an icebreaker, you might want to ask him what his favorite beer is.
Other interesting facts about Aaron:
- He’s originally from Chicago
- He’s Team Logan (Gilmore Girls reference)
Ever wonder why WordPress approaches things the way it does? Or how something with so many contributors manages to hold together and grow, year after year?
Is there some quirk in the code, or the way we talk, that strikes you as, well, bizarre?
The single biggest strength WordPress can claim is not the user experience. It’s not the platform’s hundreds of contributors. It’s not even its phenomenally widespread adoption.
Nope. It’s the philosophies that underlie all that.
One benefit of those philosophies is a common trait of nearly all successful projects: A unified system for making decisions.
So let’s take a look inside the philosophies of WordPress core — and see how those principles guide the WordPress project.
From there, we’ll look at how defining philosophies in your own projects will make them better, too.
Don’t miss out on Aaron Jorbin’s talk, buy your WordCamp St. Louis ticket today!