Tag Archives: Blogging

Measurements That Matter on WordPress.com

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Lloyd

I know what measurements matter for WordPress.com, because they’re right there on the front page. Right now in the top left of “Freshly Pressed” it reads:
The best of 252,029 bloggers, 223,676 new posts, 327,799 comments, & 54,240,782 words today on … Continue reading →

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Movable Type Pro with Comments

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Lloyd

I’m sure Movable Type Pro is a fantastic product, but when I watched the introduction video in the announcement article I wasn’t feeling the “profoundly powerful new set of capabilities that shows the web where blogging is going next.”
I thought … Continue reading →

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5 Years of WordPress!

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Lloyd

Today, people all around the world are celebrating that five years ago today the first version of WordPress was released!
Of course, most people’s celebration is limited to Happy Birthday WordPress posts. It’s awesome reading them; most posts (subtlety) demonstrate the … Continue reading →

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BattleStar Blogger, Darth Mojo

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Lloyd

I found a gem of a blog the other day, Darth Mojo. It is written by BattleStar Galactica Visual Effects Designer, Adam “Mojo” Lebowitz. The blog’s tag line is “the dark chocolate side of the force”. As well as … Continue reading →

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Greta Van Susteren, Open Thread, Blog Away

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Lloyd

Greta Van Susteren’s, the host of Fox News On the Record, GretaWire is a fantastic combination of blogging and social media.

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WordPress and your Problems at MooseCamp!

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Lloyd

Bloggers and problems enter, only bloggers exit!
Friday, Feb 22, day 1 of the 4th annual Northern Voice including an “internet bootcamp” for people new to blogging, Facebook, podcasting, wikis, and more. It is an awesome logging conference being held again … Continue reading →

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Movable Type to support Pingback!

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Lloyd

I just read with interest Movable Type Product Manager, the fantastic Byrne Reese’s “Implementing Ping Back for Movable Type“. This is fantastic and long overdue!
This is good news for all bloggers. Someday soon trackbacks can be retired.

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Matt Mullenweg Keynoting at Northern Voice!

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Lloyd

My boss, the Ma.tt in Matt is keynoting Northern Voice in Vancouver, Saturday February 23th! The title of his talk is “Blogging & Social Media: Where do we go from here?”

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Overwhelm their Fears with Open Source

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Lloyd

When in conversations with people championing freedom causes using Google Blogger or Six Apart TypePad, I share that myself and many people find it upsetting that they do so using proprietary software.
The inconvenience and their frustrations with software usually leaves … Continue reading →

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We Raised $29.5 Million!

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Lloyd

Matt, now Ma.tt, and Toni have respectively written “Act Two” and “Automattic fundraising” about us, Automattic, raising a $29.5 million USD round of financing today. Our friend Om has a head start on journalistic coverage with “WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M“.
By … Continue reading →

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