Automattic

Wikimedia, Automattic, and others file amicus in Twitter privacy case

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Brian Krogsgard
Security
Automattic joined Wikimedia, Medium, and other organizations in filing an amicus brief regarding Twitter's National Security Letters lawsuit against the US government. https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/567857616006676480 This is all a bit confusing, but the brief opens in this way: We are small Internet companies…

A look back at 16 Automattic acquisitions

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Brian Krogsgard

Jeff Chandler dug through the history books and found all 16 Automattic acquisitions since 2007. He notes a number of failed promises and questions he's left with -- which I guess is a common symptom of acquisitions. It's a fun…

Matt Mullenweg talks to Tim Ferriss

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Brian Krogsgard

Matt Mullenweg talked to Tim Ferriss on Tim's podcast for over two hours. It's got a lot of good information, and I listened to it all for you. Why should you care? Well, Tim Ferriss is a WordPress advocate, member…

I peaked across the fence at hosted Joomla, then ran home

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Brian Krogsgard
Hosting
Joomla.com launched as a hosted version of the Joomla! CMS. I was interested because my host (SiteGround) had blogged about how they built the hosting platform for the new Joomla.com site. The tech is neat, as is the fact that…

Helen Hou-SandĂ­ and Dion Hulse added as WordPress lead developers

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Brian Krogsgard

Helen Hou-Sandí and Dion Hulse have been added as WordPress lead developers. Straight from Andrew Nacin's announcement on Make WordPress Core: The two are already highly respected leaders in the community. Dion has architected some of the most important code…

Matt Mullenweg on profits and losses

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Matt Mullenweg has written a rare bit of in-depth insight to decision making at Automattic. The framework for his post is for balancing advice from advisors with the goals of the company, and how those things aren't always on the…

New journalism

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessPlanet
Bloggers and journalists are experimenting with new models of monetization and independent publishing. One of the pioneers of subscription-based independent blog-based journalism just called it quits, but we should still laud his pioneering effort, not call blogging dead (again).

A recommendation engine for independent WordPress blogs

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Brian Krogsgard

The story I wrote this morning on Medium (see details of my experiment) has blown up. I've been looking at referrals and stats and tried to determine where the traffic is coming from. The initial response I got was probably…

Matt Mullenweg’s 2014 State of the Word

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Brian Krogsgard
PlanetWordPress News
"Oh, my name is Matt Mullenweg by the way. Nice to meet you." After the WordPress co-founder welcomed the largest WordCamp San Francisco audience ever, he introduced himself and began this year's State of the Word -- the annual talk where…

Contribution as culture

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessHosting
This post spends a lot of time analyzing and referencing two other blog posts. Excuse me for that, but also be sure to read both, as they are relevant for this post and also interesting in their own right. Matt…
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