EllisLab 2012, From the Desk of the CEO
Posted by Leslie Camacho on January 20, 2012
EllisLab turns ten today, January 20, 2012. We have officially been in the “helping web professionals” business for ten years.
I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished in the past ten years but to a large extent its meaningless. That’s not how our industry and our Community works. What follows is not a list of amazing accomplishments and back slaps. It doesn’t matter what we did last year or the year before. What matters is what we’re doing right now and where we’re going next. I am proud of what we did last year (more growth, expansion, hiring, building, shipping). But I am not satisfied, not even close.
I have a very clear picture of where I want EllisLab to be and we’re getting there, but we’re not there yet. I want to go faster. A few days ago Greg Storey wrote:
Lets conquer 2012 together and make it a point in time when we can all look back and agree that’s when it all really began.
That tone resonates deep inside my soul.
I’ve initiated Phase Two of my plan for EllisLab, “Irrevocable Change.” As a team we’ve committed ourselves to the sort of change from which there is no going back. It puts front and center that what we’ve done won’t take us where we want to go. Every single person at EllisLab is working on building and creating better products and services to make your lives and the lives of your clients better.
Here’s what we’re doing for you right now and what’s next.
ExpressionEngine 2.4 will ship this month, most likely early next week (the team is doing its final checks today). This is the first release with EE Reactor contributions and we’re very excited to get it out to you.
ExpressionEngine 2.5 will ship 6-8 weeks after EE 2.4 ships. Yes, that’s two major releases fairly close together. We decided to take this approach because EE 2.5 will ship with a default Editor. We just code reviewed the Editor last week but haven’t had the chance to give it full testing or review. We don’t want to delay EE 2.4 but neither do we want you to have to wait any longer than necessary for the Editor. The solution is to give you EE 2.5 sooner rather than waiting out ExpressionEngine’s full twelve week release cycle.
In February EllisLab is sending Pascal Kriete to CodeIgniter Conference in London. We’ve always wanted to have an official presence at a CI event over the pond and we’re happy we can finally make that happen this year. If you’re going to be there, make Pascal buy you a drink and then talk his ear off about what you want in CodeIgniter. CI is Pascal’s passion and he leads CI development at EllisLab. Between Pascal, Phil Sturgeon, and the impressive CI Community, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to influence what’s next for CI.
MojoMotor 1.2 will be released in February. Brandon Jones worked extra hard over the holidays to get it ready and is working with the team to prep the release. If you want a preview of it (along with EE’s forth coming Editor) sign up for the newsletter if you haven’t already.
There’s a whole lot more in the works, but I think this covers enough ground to get the year started. Here’s to 2012! It’s going to be an epic adventure.
