Wpwatercooler - Weekly Wordpress

On this weeks episode we will be discussing our community of collaboration and how it isn't a competition. You're benefiting the community by collaborating and not being cutthroat. Instead you're able to share secrets and better the whole industry as a result. By collaborating with the community, you sharpen the industry as a whole. Carrie will be talking on collaboration at WCSF after having been burned by someone in the community that wasn't even technically her competition. This has lead to some very educational blog posts on her website. Check them out carriedils.com So why is the WordPress community so open to collaboration as opposed to the tech community in general? * It could be due to WordPress's open source nature. * It's a lot more common in open source communities to share things rather than hold on to it and not give it away. * WP is so popular there are loads of meet ups and so everyone is always out there helping each other. * Without the Foundation maintaining the hard line to ensure it remai