You have heard of super fans -he is a celebrity, sports team, career or popular culture Loyal and exciting supporters of some things. Mark-Andrew Nordstrom is the epitome of \”open source\” super fans. WordPress and Jetpack are the ideal embodiment of the concept of Mark-Andrew. However, because of his personalism, independence, and free nature, he did not agree to be called a super fan.
When we first encountered Mark-Andrew, we heard that someone lived a simple nomadic lifestyle, and he was spreading open source information.
You can call him a travel salesman, but he does not do this for profit. He was not sanctioned. No one asked him to do this. But he appeared there again -from all over the world. We finally caught up with him and conducted an interview at a hotel in San Diego.
For him, The world
is his home, skating is him The passion is where the passion lies. He was arrested for the first time because he did what he liked to do at the age of 12.
After helping to take care of his grandparents, he began to explore the world and skate with full -time. His property is just something in a backpack. Except for the ring he worn on his fingers -his mother gave him -he had no loyalty to worldly things. He even had no loyalty to the websites he had established on WordPress. As long as he had the urge to create new things, he would be glad to abandon them and start again.
Open source thinking But Mark-Andrew clearly loyal to
Some things
: skateboarding and open source community. He attaches great importance to experience than things, people pay more than profit, and the community is better than enterprises.
It is this mentality that attracted him to become a firm supporter of open source, \”open source is a bit like skateboarding,\” he said, \”This has nothing to do with the money involved -people do this for this reason.\”
If you can determine a goal, Mark-Andrew’s goal is to be skate enthusiasts around the world. Provide independence. When he travels and meet new friends every day, he shared how he realized a lifeThe method enables him to be a full -time scooter without succumbing to commercialism. \”The young man who grows up now believes that the only way to make money through skateboarding is to add a lot of followers on Instagram or on YouTube. But if you do this, you still have bosses. You may not think so , But now Markzacberg is in charge of your life. Or your sponsors control you. \”
Mark created a website to show other tools such as WordPress, Jetpack, Woocommerce, Pressable and other tools to other slides. What can you do.
So what did Mark Andrew do
?
\”I skate somewhere, and finally I will find in a skateboard park A cool person. We will start chatting, hey, what’s wrong? What do you do? People usually say, \”Oh, I have my own clothes. \”Or,\” I’m making skateboarding videos. \”Sometimes they try to raise funds to build a new park or fund other projects in their city. I asked them how they did it, or whether they had a website. Most people said they didn’t even know where they were from. Start. That’s when I raised my example.
They always want to know more. Usually they also want me to build something for them. They want to know how much it costs. \”[123 ]
But he does not charge any fees, \”I just say, \u0026#39; Hey, if you can use my way to support what I am doing, I am grateful. \u0026#39; Individuals do this, but it doesn’t matter. I just want to spread this news. \”
Q: Recently there is some recently there are recently there are recently there are recently. What project makes you proud of your contribution?
\”Vessel Skatepark is a great skateboarding park. I encountered Stephen Shore. He has moved his family to a new state to establish a ministry/ The church, and hopes to use the skateboard as a place where the children meet in a positive environment. He is also looking for a way of making a living, because the establishment of a new church focusing on skateboarding will of course not earn a lot of money. Money. I told him about WordPress, my work, and you can also engage in Web development by yourself. I am currently planning the website according to my Pressable plan, and I will fine -tune some structural things with him. But in addition, he built the entire website himself!
So far, he raised more than $ 3,500 a month for this free skateboarding park project in just four months, and with his continuous learning of WordPress, I think it will only become it. better. \”
Q: Why do you do everything possible to help slippers learn WordPress?
\” The skateboard has always been like open source. WordPress and skateboarding communities are essentially the same.
This is a skateboarding: an open source community that share all information. If I have learned something, if I have a new skill, if I think of something, the first thing I want to do is to show you. Slips are not for money. At most, maybe someone will name you shine for your name. But the skateboard community is far from technology. Even some of the most famous skateboard publications … their website is bad.
I hate those who want to see full -time skating think they must succumb to businessism to do this. So I show them, ‘There are things like skateboarding communities, you can use it to build your own things. Have what you created. \u0026#39; \”
Q: Why is the skateboard industry so so Opposition to commercialism?
\”In most of its life, the skateboard is not only
is not accepted , but also illegal . When I was still a child, I was arrested for the first time at the age of 12 because of skateboarding. We will always be arrested.
Then we marched, we went to the city hall, and we finally legalized it.
I never had money at the beginning. Everyone participates in it because they like it. We don’t want to lose it. We don’t want large ‘blue chip stocks’ companies to come in to suppress our struggle. \”
Q: Can you explain in detail the similarities between WordPress / open source and skateboarding?
\”Skate and open source are so similar to exciting. This is the case for many creative or passion areas. Whether they know, Skate is open source. It is organic. It starts from scratch. . There is no large sum of money.
The community also has a similar feeling.
If you appear in wordcamp or talk to someone in the community, you have an inner friend -‘Oh, do you do this? I do it too! \u0026#39; In the skateboard, or if anyone has skateboarding anywhere on the earth … If I also appear with skateboarding, we are friends. \”
: So why do you first use Jetpack?
\”I started from social integration. I used related posts and something that needed other plugins to achieve.
I always think that plug -in is the reason why WordPress is so scalable. But at the same time, like my lifestyle, I am a minimalist.
No matter what I can escape, this is what I want. This is what Jetpack let me do. . In addition, I have seen your products, and I have seen the employees of JetPack. I believe you. \”
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Q: What about now?
\”Safety is the most important now. Base force attack protection, shutdown time monitoring, etc.
I know what I want to do is to install jetpack, open these things, and then then just then just then, then then just then just open these things. It can start. My mind is very clear.
Oh, I have Jetpack Backup, but the good news is that I have never used it. \”
Q: You are constructing it. Do you use Jetpack on everything?
\”I use Jetpack on everything. That’s my monitoring; that’s my safety. I use it to log in for two factors. I use it to count. I don’t need Google analysis. I am analyzed. I don’t want my website to connect to all these data. Jetpack tells me everything I need to know. \”
Q: Your example website clearly indicates that Pressable is your first choice Host. How is the relationship happen? \”I think I have tried all [HOSTS]. Since four people, I have been working in Pressable. So I know everyone. Like Jetpack, the first thing I entered is the price. [123 ]
The user interface is easy我所寻找的。
但就像Jetpack 一样，是支持让我一直在身边。 直到今天，每当我需要帮助时，他们都在那里。 没有“我会回复你”、“你I owe us a fee \”or\” You do something wrong \”. They just take care of it.
Jetpack is also included, so this is also a large part. The cool story of cooperation:
I was near the early days, right? So the price has risen over time, and I have maintained the same plan and price for many years. Although I still pay monthly, , But I still pay it year.
Okay, I changed the plan and lost this speed. But after a network project, I got some money and I sent them a message.
I thought at the time, ‘Hey, it’s me. You know I’m poor, but I accidentally found out that After this money, this time I want to pay a year of fees. They actually remembered me and gave me the old, my grandfather’s rate. It was actually half in other circumstances. It was there from the beginning, they remembered me. They didn’t have to let me rest, but they did do this. When they didn’t need it, who else would do it? \”: There are WooCommerce on the website. Are you willing to use woocommerce most people you encounter? \”Yes, if they are already using something, it is usually things like Carter. Or, if they are doing the Instagram influenzer, they sometimes on the shop. [ 123] I mean, these things can extend your toes into the water. But I showed them Woocommerce and said, \”This is something you can really grow up. \”
If you are on other platforms, you will be limited by the number of products you can own or troubled by a large amount of expenses.
The heaviestWhat you want is that you do not have your own things on these platforms. It is difficult to grow, it is difficult to control your search engine optimization and bring people to your website. If you do this, you will still send them to what you don’t have.
Use woocommerce, you can stick everything you want to there for free, it is yours.
Q: Do you have any interesting story about Jetpack?
\”Actually, yes. I am a recipient of the Jetpack barbecue gift! That’s great. But I didn’t receive it because I had been traveling. Where will they send it?
However, I am still very grateful to win. \”
Q: Do you have any suggestions for youth?
\” Ah, you know that sentence, the best time to plant trees is yesterday. The second time is today. This is real. No matter what will happen in the future, even if we are just talking about your own personal projects, the ownership of your content is the most important thing. So if you have an idea, put it there. Put it up. All this will eventually return to you.
All my websites are actually a continuous job, so I can show people how it is done. \”Look, see me a little bit at a time.\” This is the way people should move forward.
Q: So what is the next step of Mark Andrew?
\”Well, when I look around, I saw the beautiful San Diego sunshine. Before this interview, someone asked me,\” Hey, are you interested in drinking a cup or going to the beach later? \”
I said, \u0026#39; Yes, I have to do something at 12 o’clock, but after that, my life was free.
I never had money at the beginning. Everyone participates in it because they like it. We don’t want to lose it. We don’t want large ‘blue chip stocks’ companies to come in to suppress our struggle. \”
