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We are joining Automattic

Everything I’ve done has led me to this point. What point is that you ask? Let me tell you a story… In 2006, I discovered WordPress, a content management system used for blogging, which helped me make...

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Working at Automattic – The Sabbatical

If you’ve worked for Automattic for more than 5 years, we encourage you to take a paid sabbatical of 2 – 3 months. Taking an extended leave allows you to break away from the usual routine and return to...

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Tech Bubble?

Are we near a new dot-com bubble? Some good insight in this slide deck from a16z. U.S. Technology Funding — What’s Going On? from a16z

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Impostor Syndrome

To begin in a new company can be overwhelming, especially Automattic which hires only the brightest people. Feelings of not matching up to you new colleagues are often described as impostor syndrome,...

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WooMattic Deal Is Officially Complete

Yesterday marked the official closing of the acquisition of WooThemes by Automattic! After several months of due diligence, we inked the deal in the middle of May and were waiting for closing items to...

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Wtf is a8c?

Going through due diligence with Automattic meant learning a lot about the company. One of the amusing things to discover was all the acronyms used, and the first time I saw “a8c” I had no idea what it...

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Fishing in British Columbia

I had the chance to visit the beautiful British Columbia on my last fishing trip. We flew from Vancouver to Smithers, a cozy little town over the mountains, and we fished for Chinook (King) Salmon on...

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Map of Automatticians

We have a cool dynamic map of all Automatticians (a12s), and I’m proud to be the first ever Norwegian in this globally distributed company! http://automattic.com/map/

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From Commercial Themes to the Fastest Growing eCommerce Platform – The story...

Mark (my co-founder at Woo) spoke at WordCamp Europe on the story of WooThemes. If you are interested in how we grew Woo from 3 to 55 people in just under seven years, and how we were eventually...

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Why is remote distribution (possibly) the future of work?

Hiring people that don’t live near you or your office is becoming more common, and we have embraced this from the start at WooThemes (and Automattic). At WordCamp Europe, Tom Wilmot from Human Made did...

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The Who’s Who of Woo (2012)

Back in 2012 we had a talented designer do some posters for WooThemes dubbed WooVille, and this is one of my favorites. I’m in the process of getting our WooVille comic series printed as posters for my...

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Drone – Tananger Sunset

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WordPress now powers 1/4 of the Internet

When we launched WooCommerce back in 2011, WordPress only powered 13,1% of all websites online, but it has almost doubled that since then, and now powers a whopping 25% of all sites on the Internet. I...

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Office Today

This isn’t my office today, but one of my team members. We’ve got a pretty cool page at Automattic which showcases our office space for the day. Check it out! Our distributed team at Automattic hail...

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Internetdagarna in Stockholm

I told the WooThemes story at Internetdagarna in Stockholm. Our @mjepson telling the Woo story at #ind15 in Stockholm #wordpress #wpdagen RT from @bloggcoach pic.twitter.com/ErAvFOUY4J — WooCommerce...

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WooCommerce powers over a million!

We use BuiltWith to measure WooCommerce growth and compare to our competition. They just updated their entire database which includes 332 million domains, and WooCommerce just passed a million websites...

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Surfing Reve Havn

December 7th was a calm day after one of the most rainy storms in 50 years. Reve Havn had some nice 3-7ft waves rolling in with water temperature about 6 degrees celcius, perfect for winter surfing.

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WordCamp Norway 2016

Had a good time at WordCamp Norway listening to talks about WordPress being used for sites like Miljøpartiet De Grønne, Fnugg.no and United Influencers. Talking to agencies like Dekode, Maksimer and...

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Where in the world is it easiest to get rich?

Loved this TEDx Talk by Norwegian comedian Harald Eia on why socialist Scandinavia is a breeding ground for rich people.

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WooConf – State of the Woo

Matt Mullenweg kicked off WooConf 2016 in Austin, and gave a good overview of the State of the Woo. Still waiting to hear the story behind the green hair-do.

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