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" I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy. "
Matt Mullenweg
Me
Spend
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" We're not done yet, but two things WordPress has been able to exemplify is that open source can create great user experiences and that it's possible to have a successful commercial entity and a wider free software community living and working in harmony. "
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" Ultimately, Captchas are useless for spam because they're designed to tell you if someone is 'human' or not, but not whether something is spam or not. "
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" In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors - a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC. "
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" For me, open source is a moral thing. "
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" Everybody jokes about that old story about the world only needing five computers, but when you think about it, that's where we're heading. "
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" When there's no one you can point to, or when something goes wrong, it's your fault - that level of responsibility and accountability is pretty interesting. "
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" There is no moderator or ombudsman online, and while the transparency of the web usually means that information is self-correcting, we still have to keep in mind the responsibility each of us carries when the power of the press is at our fingertips and in our pockets. "
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" The biggest mistake we made at WordPress.com in term of infrastructure was buying servers. "
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" Love is great, but not as a password. "
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Great
" Ubuntu is doing amazing things, and I think it's going to change the face of the desktop. "
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" For WordPress to be world class, it needs to have a sustainable model. "
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" I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out. "
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Out
Big
" While I personally believe strongly in the philosophy and ideology of the Free Software movement, you can't win people over just on philosophy; you have to have a better product, too. "
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" I really enjoy computer networking. "
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" When I travel, which is most of the year, I live in TripIt. "
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Most
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" In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one. "
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" The idea of having no responsibilities except general edification seems like such a luxury now. When I had it, all I wanted to do was hack around on the Web. Now the vast majority of my hours are hacking around on the Web. "
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Web
" Longreads embodies a lot of what we really value with Automattic and WordPress. "
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" I used to always prefer to text, and in fact got indignant when people called. This was totally irrational. "
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Got
Used
" Simplicity can have a negative impact when it's the crude reduction of nuances beyond appreciation: a Matisse presented as a 16-color GIF. "
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" Philip Greenspun had a huge impact on me. He was the first person I knew of that embraced online communities, created a real business around open source, gave back to the community through education, and inspired me to explore photography. "
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" From the first time I held an iPhone, the space has evolved quickly, and people have shifted from reading content on their desktops to smartphones and iPads, even long-form stuff. "
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" You shouldn't restrict peoples' freedom on what they can and cannot do with code. "
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" Automattic's mission has always been very aligned with WordPress itself, which is to democratise publishing. "
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" If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water. "
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Day