WordPress
Mullenweg, the state and power of WordPress: you get ownership of the code running your data as well; http://eicker.at/WordPress
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker
Real Artists Ship
Mullenweg: 1.0 is the loneliest number. Usage is like oxygen for ideas. Jobs (1983): Real artists ship; http://eicker.at/10
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Gerrit Eicker
Gravatar Hovercards
Automattic introduces Gravatar Hovercards: Is WordPress(.com) becoming a social network? http://eicker.at/Hovercards
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Gerrit Eicker
The (last) missing link: following and/or reciprocal friending of (Gravatar) profiles, including their posts and/or comments via “My Subscriptions”…
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Paul Herwarth von Bittenfeld
WP rulez! I like this new feature. For all that, it takes a lot more to become a social network. A better integration of Intense Debate would be a smart step.
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Matt Thomas
I like to think of us as a sociable network. :)
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Gerrit Eicker
Nice one. And so true. – Still, I’d really like to read a vision statement: Where’s WordPress (Automattic) heading to? Possibly something more precise than “making the web a better place”. ;) Will BuddyPress/MU become some kind of “default” for WordPress.com?
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Martin Seibert
After seeing Ping from Apple, it seems to be at least “en vogue” to head in this direction. And I agree, that WordPress.com has significant potential to be successful in this area.
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Gerrit Eicker
Windows Live Spaces goes WordPress.com
WordPress.com is now the default blogging platform for Windows Live Spaces users; http://j.mp/d6uiip
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Gerrit Eicker
WordPress.com: “We’ve worked with our partners at Microsoft to create a simple migration service for Spaces bloggers to easily bring all their posts, comments, and photos to WordPress.com. – Over a six month period, beginning today, Windows Live Spaces users will have the option to move their blogs to WordPress.com. To make this possible, we’ve created a brand new importer for Windows Live Spaces to WordPress.com. New Windows Live users will also be offered a WordPress.com blog when they choose to create a new blog. … We’re very happy that Microsoft chose WordPress.com as their preferred new blogging service for Windows Live users. It’s a sign of how strong WordPress.com has become, and credit for that goes to every one of you who’s been creating here.”
WordPress.com: “WordPress.com has partnered with Windows Live Spaces to upgrade your Space to a new WordPress.com site! This article will walk you through the upgrade process step-by-step to get you started. The upgrade is very easy to use and takes only a few steps to complete.”
Windows Live: “As we looked at customers’ blogging needs and what different companies were providing, we were particularly interested in what WordPress.com is doing. They have a host of impressive capabilities – from a scalable platform and leading spam protection, to great personalization and customization. WordPress powers over 8.5% of the web, is used on over 26 million sites, and WordPress.com is seen by over 250 million people every month. Not only that, Automattic is a company filled with great people focused on improving blogging experiences. So rather than having Windows Live invest in a competing blogging service, we decided the best thing we could do for our customers was to give them a great blogging solution through WordPress.com. … We’re very excited to work with WordPress.com to give our shared customers a great experience that connects the fantastic blogging capabilities on WordPress.com with the leading communications and sharing services on Windows Live. We hope you enjoy this too, and we look forward to partnering with even more great services from around the web.”
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Gerrit Eicker
WordPress Trademark Goes Non-profit
Automattic has transferred the WordPress trademark to the non-profit WordPress Foundation; http://j.mp/dwyvpy
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Gerrit Eicker
Gravatar Profiles
Automattic expands its Gravatar Profiles: aggregated content, updating avatars in multiple places; http://j.mp/cuRcrh
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Gerrit Eicker
Automattic: “We’re continuing the tradition of complete openness and transparency that Gravatar (and WordPress) has been known for, so nothing you put into your profile will be locked behind proprietary APIs or a scary terms of service – what you choose to share in your profile will be open to the world. – You’ll find some cool features on the new profiles: you can have a gallery of your favorite photos, add a variety of contact methods, and link your other profiles. Every linked account is verified so you know it’s not an impostor, and we also might be able to do cool stuff in the future like aggregate your content or update your avatar in multiple places when you update Gravatar.”
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Gerrit Eicker
BuddyPress
Automattic’s BuddyPress transforms installations of WordPress MU into a social network; http://tr.im/kc6e
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Gerrit Eicker
BP: “BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact. … As all BuddyPress plugins are independant, they can be used in two different ways. All of the plugins could be used to create a complete social network from scratch, or you could use specific plugins to add desirable features to your existing blog network.”
TC: “But there’s also a catch to BuddyPress for the time being: To install it, you have to be using WordPress MU, the multiple-user variety of the blogging software that is a bit more complicated to set up and is used much less than traditional WordPress. But Mullenweg’s comment that BuddyPress ‘currently requires‘ WordPress MU, would seem to indicate that eventually it will roll out to the larger WordPress community as well.”
VB: “WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told TechCrunch that BuddyPress is like a sort of ‘Facebook in a box’ a few weeks ago, and the new plugin sort of is, considering its features. To further that analogy, there’s another plugin that lets you invite friends from Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and more. And Facebook Connect integration is already available so you can sign in using your Facebook identity.”
Mashable: “If there is anyone that can make it work, it’s Automattic, who already powers more of the top 100 blogs in the world than anyone else. Some of those, as well as other popular blogs hungry for more page views, may very well be looking for a solution like BuddyPress, that can keep readers on their sites for longer, engaging both around the content and with each other.”
Gerrit Eicker
Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate
IntenseDebate became an Automattic (WordPress) joint: There should be interesting developments ahead; http://is.gd/312v
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Gerrit Eicker
TC: “WordPress has long been in need of an upgraded commenting system, which has led to a number of replacement and augmented systems in the last year, including Disqus and JS-KIT. WordPress CEO Toni Schneider says that better commenting has been on the blogging platform’s roadmap for some time, and that IntenseDebate’s team and technology made the company a good target for acquisition. – WordPress 2.7 will include some of IntenseDebate’s features by default, including threaded commenting. The service will also introduce a plugin that tightly integrates the rest of IntenseDebate’s other features, like aggregated commenting across multiple blogs.”
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Gerrit Eicker
Blog Herald: “According to a CNet article, Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg has said that IntenseDebate software could become the default commenting option on both WordPress.org and WordPress.com, citing email replies and comment rating system as the two of the main reasons for taking on the service. – IntenseDebate features comment threading, reply-by-email, and importing and exporting of comments from and to other systems. It’s already available for other blogging platforms including Movable Type and Blogger.“
Gerrit Eicker
TypePad AntiSpam
Six Apart’s AntiSpam aims to challenge Automattic’s Akismet: it classifies comments as ham, spam, unknown; http://is.gd/nZf
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Dr. Mike Wendell
Nice to know. We’ve had too many problems with Akismet and its rate of false positives.
Gerrit Eicker 10:04 on 20. August 2011 Permalink |
Mullenberg: “WP.com is different from every other social platform out there because in addition to giving you ownership of your data you get ownership of the code running your data as well, you could run the same Open source software yourself, and in fact we’ll even help you do it. – Open Source is like a Bill of Rights for software that protects your essential freedoms. When you bring a friend to WordPress you can do it without worry because we’re building something to be around ten, twenty, thirty years from now.”
Mullenberg: “This has been an exciting year for WordPress. We’ve grown to power 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5%, and the latest data show 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress. – We also conducted our first ever user and developer survey, which got over 18,000 responses from all over the world: We found a few interesting tidbits from the survey responses already, including that 6,800 self-employed respondents were responsible for over 170,000 sites personally, and charged a median hourly rate of $50. In tough economic times, it’s heartening to see Open Source creating so many jobs. – We know there’s more good stuff hidden in there and we’re open sourcing and releasing the raw information behind it. If you’re a researcher and would like to dig into the anonymized survey data yourself, you can grab it here. (Careful, it’s a 9MB CSV.)“
Gerrit Eicker 08:51 on 21. August 2011 Permalink |
VB: “One year ago, WordPress was used by 8.5 percent of the world’s top million sites, so it’s astounding how many domains are using it now. In July, WordPress-based sites passed the 50 million marker. And many of the most prominent blogs around the web, including VentureBeat, are also using the platform. … Mullenwag gave some examples of sites he thinks exemplify the future of WordPress and show off what it can do, including Jay Z’s Life + Times lifestyle magazine, art project Clouds 365, and awesomely designed time-waster Who Would Win a Fight. – Mullenwag also sees developers using WordPress more often as a platform for web applications. ‘Because it’s open-source, there isn’t an exact end point for what developers can do with it,’ Mullenwag said. ‘A lot of big businesses and startups are interested in using it.’”
TNW: “The popularity of microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr has led many to wonder if the long-form blogging medium is on the decline. However, while microblogging as an activity may appeal to a distinct user base, WordPress is a robust, customizable publishing platform that powers the websites of many top media brands, including The Next Web.”
RWW: “Mullenweg’s address at the WordCamp conference in San Francisco this week goes through the history of the WordPress user interface, showing how its features developed over time and were then pared down to today’s minimal, efficient design. With its frequent adjustments to UI and its healthy market for ready-made and custom themes and plug-ins, WordPress’ user friendliness is key to its broad and rapid adoption by content creators.“