WordPress.com Parent Company Automattic to Make $45 Million This Year
April 27, 2012 Flood of money forces new hires – a CFO and a General Counsel.
Who Buys Who In The End?
April 19, 2012 Because not all companies and platforms can stay independent, can they? Let’s take a look at who’ll buy who and how likely it is.
7 Bad Things About WordPress
Last week we had a cozy moment, talking about 7 great things about WordPress. Let’s flip the switch this week and look at the less than stellar stuff, shall we?
A Year Later – Your Opinion on Jetpack
March 27, 2012 Jetpack has been a controversial topic of discussion over the last year. It has now been 12 months since its release – where do you stand?
From SXSW: Should Your WordPress Site Seek Funding or Venture Capital?
March 12, 2012 Ever since Twitter first gained popularity at the annual SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas, it has become known as the place for start-ups to try and make a name for themselves. I’m coming to you from the Blogger Lounge [...]
WordPress.com Should Rebrand As WP.com
The idea was to dedicate this week’s column to single malt whisky and make some far fetched connection to WordPress as an excuse, but something that’s been bothering me came up again. But first, here’s a disclaimer so that no [...]
The Solution To The Akismet Problem
You just have to love something named “Jetpack” right? I’m a bit pissed off that Automattic managed to nab that particular name within the WordPress community, it could just as well have been a kick-ass WordPress theme throttling blogging to [...]
Should Akismet Really Ship with WordPress?
Wow, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry about that, unfortunately I can’t blame the dictators here at WPMU.org for that, although you could perhaps understand if they were in fact responsible. The public outcry on the localization column alone [...]
Automattic Strikes a Deal with Federated Media to Bring Adverts to WordPress.com
October 20, 2011 WordPress.com blog owners will soon be able to monetize their blogs.
Don’t Be A Dick: Localize Everything
You know what pisses me off? When the single malt is watered down. Sure, there are people (even so called “experts”) that claim that the flavors will improve should you dash a few drops of water in the water of [...]
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