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" WordPress, it's a complex tool; it's like the back of a digital SLR... but that doesn't work on a phone. "

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

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" As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software. "

" Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70. "

" The center of gravity for an organization should be as close to what they make as possible. If you make cars, you need people in the factory. If you breed horses, be in the stable. If you make the Internet, live on the Internet, and use all the freedom and power it gives you. "

" If you were building a real-time game like one of Zynga's games, the WordPress model wouldn't work well for that. "

" The biggest challenge for open source is that as it enters the consumer market, as projects like WordPress and Firefox have done, you have to create a user experience that is on par or better than the proprietary alternatives. "

" Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery. "

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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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" 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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" I'm pretty rough on my laptops. I go through about two a year. "