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114 quotes by Matt Mullenweg

Matthew Charles "Matt" Mullenweg (born January 11, 1984) is an American online social media entrepreneur, web developer and musician living in San Francisco, California. He is best known for developing the free and open source web software WordPress, now managed by The WordPress Foundation. His professional blog is ma.tt, a domain hack. After dropping out of college and working at CNET Networks from 2004 to 2005, Mullenweg quit that job and...
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Don't think about work in your bedroom or relaxation area.

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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... →

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I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the... →

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For me, open source is a moral thing.

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I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work.

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Technology is best when it brings people together.

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I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

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If I were to wish for two things, they would be as much bandwidth as possible and ridiculously fast browser engines.

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We focus on two things when hiring. First, find the best people you can in the world. And second, let them do their work. Just get out of their way.

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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... →

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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... →

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Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly... →

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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... →

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