Socket.IO 1.0 is available with a number of new features, including binary support. Socket.IO is one of the most useful tools in the Node.js world.
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Naval Ravikant writes on Bitcoin (and more) as The Fifth Protocol. Fantastic read, and reminds me to read Snow Crash.
I did one of the “On My Phone” interviews for Vanity Fair, which is especially funny during Lent. You can read it here: WordPress’ Matt Mullenweg on Calm, Childish Gambino, and Giving Up His iPhone for Lent.
The Quartz finds that The Million Dollar Homepage still exists, but 22% of it has rotted away. BTW, Alex Tew’s new venture is Calm.com which is one of my favorite sites/services/apps.
Raging Against Hacks With Matt Taibbi. I can’t wait to see his new publication.
I have a few quotes and thoughts in the WSJD article At Lavish SXSW Festival, Some Avoid Marketing Circus.
How the north ended up on top of the map by Nick Danforth.
I spoke for about half an hour with Cameron Moll on his Hired podcast about working at Automattic and how we approach recruiting and hiring.
Marco Arment on Long-Form content.
Paul Sieminski, the general counsel at Automattic (Automattlock), writes for Wired on how Corporations Abusing Copyright Laws Are Ruining the Web for Everyone.
I have a guest article on the Harvard Business Review blogs called Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes.
Tantek writes on the 10th Anniversary of XFN.
Through a series of online and offline puzzlesThe internet mystery that has the world baffled, a series of online puzzles designed for recruiting. Hp oz estd dzxpetxpd le Lfezxleetn ezz, mfe lcp wzzvtyr qzc xzcp tq jzf slgp lyj topld.
Why Hanukkah and Thanksgiving Will Never Again Coincide, with lots of fun calendar geek information. Colbert has a funny take too.
Julie Bort at Business Insider writes How Automattic Grew Into A Startup Worth $1 Billion With No Email And No Office Workers. Includes a short interview with me at the end.
You can now view the inside of Automattic’s office on Google Maps street view and walk around inside. To get downstairs go by the stairs and press the back arrow, a bit unintuitive but gets you to the main floor. Check out the custom shuffleboard upstairs.
Alx Block writes about his evolving understanding of the role of support, and the “support” label itself.
Fast Company’s Co.Labs writes a great article on Why WordPress[.com] Gobbled Up This Scrappy iCloud Alternative.
I’m really excited about Simplenote for Android, better than any similar app I’ve seen on the platform.