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Post Status Excerpt (No. 45) — The Block Protocol, Tumblr, and Complexity with Lesley Sim

David Bisset

February 10, 2022

What is the Block Protocol and why does it matter? What's the significance of Matt taking over at Tumblr? And is WordPress way too complicated?

Post Status Team Responses to the State of the Word 2021

Dan Knauss

December 16, 2021

PlanetWordPress News

Openverse. Diversity. Training. Future generations. A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. These are our quick takes on SOTW '21.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 30) — Does WordPress Need To Have A Superior Writing Experience?

David Bisset

October 29, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

Post Status Excerpt, Cory and David discuss some recent conversations in the WordPress community: Is the WordPress writing experience bad for "serious writers?" Does WordPress have to excel in this area, or is it fine to have third-party writing tools that feed into WordPress?

Footnotes #456

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

BusinessDesign

Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…

Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Hosting

Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya Kaminsky has been brought on board with Automattic to work on Tumblr as Director of Engineering, Ads. Automattic credits a new partnership with Hunt Club for the hire, no doubt one of several sources…

Automattic acquires Day One Automattic has…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

Design

Automattic acquires Day One Automattic has acquired Day One, a free journaling app that has won multiple Apple design awards and is available for most major devices, systems, and browsers. According to Paul Mayne, founder and CEO, work on the…

The debut of Jetpack CRM was…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

The debut of Jetpack CRM was announced at the Jetpack blog. It's a "new customer relationship management tool built specifically for WordPress sites." Jetpack CRM is a standalone plugin -- not bundled with Jetpack -- and has separate pricing starting…

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

Dan Knauss

July 17, 2020

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The New York Times on the subject of remote work and the story of how Automattic started down that path. There's nothing very new in this interview if you've heard Matt speak on this subject…

A Teenage Woman’s Perspective On The State of The Word

Olivia Bisset

November 8, 2019

PlanetWordPress Community

Olivia Bisset reflects on WordCamp US and the State of the Word, from her perspective as a teenager and new member of the WordPress community.

Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr last week, so both communities should start looking for some changes soon. 👀 Two other investments and acquisitions in the open-source space might have caught your eye: Gatsby has raised a $15M Series A…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.

The New York Times did a…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2019

The New York Times did a brief interview with Matt Mullenweg that's focused on his plans for Tumblr. Matt said bringing RSS feeds back to Tumblr is "high on [his] list" of priorities.

Matt Mullenweg blogged about some of…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

Matt Mullenweg blogged about some of the reactions to the news that Automattic is acquiring Tumblr. Many commentators focused on the purchase price (now estimated to be about $3 million) and the $1.1 billion Verizon paid for it a few…

📣 Following the news of Automattic’s…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

📣 Following the news of Automattic's purchase of Tumblr on Monday, here are some of the best reactions to it in and outside the WordPress community: The Vergecast (a podcast produced by The Verge) interviewed Matt Mullenweg. With a few…

Tumblr wasn’t the only acquisition this…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Tumblr wasn't the only acquisition this week! Zero BS Marketing, a company of two people, announced they were joining Automattic. 🚫🐂💩 This means Zero BS CRM will be getting better through deeper integrations with WordPress and help and support across…