One the reasons why I love about Automattic - is its freedom and community-driven development: We are announcing today that all of the official Simplenote client apps are now Open Source Software under the GPLv2 license. Automattic As an avid notes keeper, I used to try various apps: Evernote Mou MacDown So far, Simplenote stayed longer than all of the above. Minimal UI, that has only what’s required to keep notes organised....
Great article describes how Automattic handles most of the managerial routines, and keep things running: The great irony in this, of course, is Mullenweg himself. In the jazz ensemble, Mullenweg’s notes overrode everything. “I’m married to WordPress,” he told me. All the high-stakes decisions for all three organisations were made by him - and often low-stakes ones as well. Employees jokingly referred to the following common occurrence as “Matt bombing,”...
Great products, small productive teams. A place to work! Automattic Raises $160 Million, Valued at $1.16 Billion http://t.co/o5BWgJBKHy — Hacker News Bot (@newsycombinator) May 5, 2014 Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and other Web publishing tools, has raised $160 million from investors. Including Insight Venture Partners, CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed. The round values the nine-year-old company at $1.16 billion. After the investment, which is its first since it raised $12 million in 2008....