Comments on: Simon Dickson at WordCampUK

By: Lorelle

Lorelle — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:11:09 +0000

I’m curious. I see in your notes that he kept referencing WordPress.com and WordPress – did he mean to reference only WordPress the org not WordPress.com the free web hosting service? Just a little confused.

And how did he define a WordPress ecosystem? Wish I could have been there. Sounds fascinating.

By: Simon Dickson

Simon Dickson — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:55:44 +0000

Delighted to see everyone was paying such good attention.

The ‘triple threat’ was, on reflection, a bit of an obscure reference. It’s a wrestling match where three guys fight each other, with the first man to score a pinfall being the winner. Doesn’t matter what the third guy was doing at the time.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/specialtymatches/triplethreat

So I didn’t mean them as ‘threats’ per se. That’s just the term: triple threat.

Oh, and the three fighters? The marketing / PR people, the IT dept, and the procurement team.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:58:15 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Tony. It’s a bit rough and ready but hopefully the main points got noted down.

Well done on getting WCUK all sorted, by the way. It was much fun.

By: Tony Scott

Tony Scott — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:35:38 +0000

Mmmm – can’t remember the third threat myself, either…

Apart from that, good summary of Simon’s session, Dave!

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:55:51 +0000

Maybe the third thing is decision makers/hierarchy.

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:18:02 +0000

(I have a good excuse for my own typo: was using mobile!)

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:02:55 +0000

I can’t remember! Simon?

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:12:28 +0000

Very nice indeed.

What’s the third threat? (item 6 is a typo?)

The first 2 are spot on, although I’m yet to hear solutions other than publish By the back door & be damned.