Automattic Connection talks a bit about the history of Automattic from the point of view of Mike Hirshland, aka VC Mike.
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Winer / Lakoff
Northern Voice
Thank you to everyone who came out for the keynote this morning at Northern Voice, it was a real pleasure to reconnect with the Canadian tech scene and meet everyone.
MooseCamp
After arriving in Vancouver I ventured over to the Moosecamp and for some pre-Northern Voice dinners.
Yahoo Interview
I was at Yahoo with Raanan a few weeks ago and Jeremy Zawodny grabbed me and we did an interview for Yahoo Developer Network. We talk about WP 2.5, scaling, bbPress, PHP vs the world, and more.
Rocky Mountain Interview
Conrad Johnson
Conrad Johnson, one of the centers of gravity in the Houston jazz scene, passed away on Sunday. I had only a few lessons with Prof and he kicked my butt, he must have been 80-something at the time.
More MySQL
Last week’s thread on the Sun/MySQL acquisition now includes a comment from Marten Mickos, MySQL’s CEO.
Utah WordPress Meetup
I’m going to be in Utah next week and I extended my trip to do a WordPress Meetup, please come by if you’re in the area.
British Airways
British Airways has a new blog, OpenSkies, using WordPress. Neville Hobson blogs about it here.
Three Gigabytes
A chicken in every pot, and three gigabytes of upload space for every blog on WordPress.com. I’m really excited about this, and it’s just the first step. 🙂
THAT Podcast
I was interviewed for the first episode of The Humanities and Technology Podcast.
Phil Hughes on WordPress
Dale Cruse wrote in that Phil Hughes, a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and the second-youngest player in the American League in 2007, has a new blog on WordPress.com.
WordPress Solaris Zone
The WordPress 2-Step is a two-step process for setting up and installing everything you need to run WordPress inside of a Solaris zone.
Sun Acquires MySQL
Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog: Helping Dolphins Fly, in which Sun buys MySQL for a billion dollars. A bargain! I think this is a good thing.
MacWorld WordPress Meetup
Tomorrow, Wednesday, there’s going to be a WordPress meetup at Chaat Cafe.
Particletree
Particletre is a beautiful site and web magazine, built with WordPress. It’s from the fine folks who brought you the Wufoo.
Graffitti disses WordPress
Graffitti disses WordPress, their landing page boasts a 2-minute install. Seems pretty aggressive for a product that’s only available for pre-purchase (at $199).
Notcot
The Notcot group of sites, like NOTCOT.ORG, display information in an interesting way. Very compelling and well done. Not new, but new to me.