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" When you look at things like Flickr and Youtube, they are specialised blogging systems, so why hasn't blogging encompassed that ease of functionality? "

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" If you still use 'admin' as a username on your blog, change it. "

" The themes in WordPress drive a lot of design trends. It democratizes design... You make a theme, and suddenly it's on hundreds and thousands of sites. "

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" Historically, WordPress has been purely focused on the writing side. However, we're thinking about mobile completely differently, and I think there's a big opportunity to take the community of creators that loves WordPress and deliver an audience to the amazing things they're making. "

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" When I travel, which is most of the year, I live in TripIt. "

" Captcha is the bane of the Internet. I can't figure them out myself half the time! "

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" There are 100 million blogs in the world, and it's part of my job as the co-founder of WordPress to help many more people start blogging. "

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" In every aspect of life, I consider myself incredibly fortunate. "

" It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users. "

" I'm an investor in MakerBot, which is a good example of the 'thingiverse'. The idea of applying collaboration and rapid iteration to things that we interact with and hold in our hands every day is super revolutionary. "

" When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. "

" I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months. "

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" I don't think BuddyPress will be something you use instead of your existing social networks... but if you wanted to start something new maybe with more control, friendlier terms of service, or just something customized and tweaked to fit exactly into your existing site, then BuddyPress is a great framework to use. "

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