This week we’re joined by Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic. We discussed the past, present, and future of WordPress. We talked about the role of JavaScript for WordPress, their new REST API, Calypso, and more.
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Show notes and links
Dance to Calypso
Introducing the New WordPress.com
Automattic
The Story Behind the New WordPress.com
State of the Word 2015
Simplenote
The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun
Beautiful Code
The Pragmatic Programmer
Steve Krug – Advanced Common Sense
Dave Winer – Scripting News
Joel Spolsky on Software
Scott Berkun
George Orwell – Politics and the English Language (1946)
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