{"id":16614,"date":"2012-08-12T01:31:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T23:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16614"},"modified":"2012-08-12T01:31:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T23:31:03","slug":"matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/12\/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mullenweg &#8211; State of the Word\u00a02012"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjjF4E7q5Gw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>If you are involved with any kind of software development, this video is a must see. \u00a0Matt Mullenweg of Automattic fame speaks about the state of WordPress &#8211; community, releases, user interfaces, problems and solutions, etc. \u00a0One of the coolest things about Matt is his attitude towards the end users. \u00a0He seems to appreciate that they are just regular people, with their own needs and problems, and that they all don&#8217;t have to be geeks to use a piece of software. \u00a0Even in this video, he repeatedly points out that it&#8217;s not the user&#8217;s fault that something is difficult to use, but the developer&#8217;s. \u00a0More so, the developer is the one who can actually fix the problem. \u00a0That&#8217;s the kind of attitude that I am trying to teach myself in the last few years. \u00a0I&#8217;ve made progress, but, sadly, I am still way too far.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>If you are involved with any kind of software development, this video is a must see. \u00a0Matt Mullenweg of Automattic fame speaks about the state of WordPress &#8211; community, releases, user interfaces, problems and solutions, etc. \u00a0One of the coolest things about Matt is his attitude towards the end users. \u00a0He seems to appreciate that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/12\/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2012\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Matt Mullenweg &#8211; State of the Word\u00a02012<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62,60],"tags":[2894,1908],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","category-wordpress","tag-matt-mullenweg","tag-youtube-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26810,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/30\/gpl-matt-mullenweg-and-automattic-vs-wix\/","url_meta":{"origin":16614,"position":0},"title":"GPL : Matt Mullenweg and Automattic vs. Wix","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The General Public License (GPL) has been the source of many discussions since it was created in 1989 (with a few versions in following years) and applied to numerous Open Source Software projects. 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