I’ve become quite the fan of WordPress and Automattic over the last year, since finally switching. WordPress still has some problems — mostly in self-hosted web admin performance, and the clunkiness of editing themes — but Automattic is a good company. Around web publishing and hosting, I think 2 platforms are going to last for decades: GitHub and WordPress.
There’s a great interview with Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg on the Post Status podcast:
"I had the opportunity to interview Matt Mullenweg about an ambitious project that included more than a year and a half of development to create an all new WordPress.com interface, both for the web and a desktop app. The project was codenamed Calypso, and we talked about many aspects of Calypso, as well as a variety of subjects that relate to it."
After listening to this episode, I’ve subscribed to the podcast. Looking forward to being a little more aware of what is going on in the WordPress community.
