Episode 12 - 11/19/2007
Guest: Matt Mullenweg, Developer and Entrepreneur Photo Matt
Background: WordPress Founder
Total Time: 30 minutes
This episode with Matt is a great one whether you are a developer, blogger, or both! But before I get started, let me first apologize for the break in episodes. We had some technical difficulties and one of our interviews didn’t record…twice! Yes, that’s right. Neil Patel talked to me on two separate occasions, and BOTH conversations failed to record. They were great talks so I hope that one day, I have the nerve to ask Neil to do it again!!
Back to my talk with Matt. I got to talk to him after some pretty big events: Blog World Expo, the announcement of the WordPress Theme MarketPlace, and the infamous PR update. Matt also tells us about the future of WordPress! This conversation really does speak for itself; have a listen now!
Podcast Highlights
- 00:25 - Matt talks about BlogWorldExpo.
- 2:18 - We talk about the Theme MarketPlace.
- 10:09 - Could there be a plugin marketplace?
- 11:39 - Something close to Matt’s heart–Open Source software.
- 13:29 - How much thought goes into the User Experience Design?
- 15:30 - If Matt couldn’t use WordPress, what would he use?
- 16:30 - Will there be any default plugins in the next release?
- 19:25 - Is WordPress becoming more cache friendly?
- 20:41 - bbPress anyone?
- 23:35 - When will we see 2.4?
- 24:15 - WordPress as a CMS…
- 25:35 - Getting personal, we learn of mistakes Matt has made along the way.
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November 19th, 2007 at 9:54 am
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November 19th, 2007 at 10:10 am
WOW! You don’t get much more A list than Matt Mullenweg. Well done!
November 19th, 2007 at 10:18 am
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November 19th, 2007 at 10:37 am
So, did you like it then? And yeah, it was really fun to do! Anyone you would like to see in the future Jack?
November 19th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Great interview. FYI I dugg it: http://digg.com/software/Podcast_with_Matt_Mullenweg_the_founder_of_WordPress
November 19th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Great Interview!!!
November 19th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Thanks Ben
November 19th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Great job Sara - really enjoyed that. Thanks Matt!
Too bad the interviews with Neil Patel didn’t turn out. You will have to try again for sure!
November 19th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
@ses5909 - IMHO I think Matt should build a RSS reader into Wordpress. The seperation of blog & RSS reader doesn’t make much sense to me. If the reader is built into your blog then the comments system could be wired up so that my blog can track things automatically for me.
Blogs really would be a conversation then…at present they are more a megaphone.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:39 am
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November 20th, 2007 at 5:11 am
The more I think about the blog come RSS reader the more sense it makes.
Your blogroll would be your RSS feeds.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:05 am
@Jack @ The Tech Teapot - I think Google’s Reader is fine. Besides it’s pretty easy to make your own. I made this one for fun - http://www.search-this.com/feeds
November 21st, 2007 at 4:03 pm
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November 24th, 2007 at 7:14 am
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November 26th, 2007 at 11:42 am
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November 26th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Great interview, Sara! Shoulda asked him about BackPress!
December 18th, 2007 at 2:16 am
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April 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Podcast Highlight which draw my special attention is “Is WordPress becoming more cache friendly?
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April 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Full story here, Great Interview!!!Thanks
April 15th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Great job, intersting interview. Thank you.
April 15th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Great job, interesting interview. Thank you.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Thanks Ben