When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. Matt Mullenweg More Quotes by Matt Mullenweg More Quotes From Matt Mullenweg I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. So, on the whole, I think the power that online distribution confers is a positive thing for society. Online we can act as a fifth estate. Matt Mullenweg expressionbelievethinking A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers. Matt Mullenweg readingsuccessfulpeople Technology is best when it brings people together. Matt Mullenweg technologytogetherpeople If you're building a startup or any sort of organization, take a few moments to reflect on the qualities that the people you most enjoy working with embody and the user experience of new people joining your organization, from the offer letter to their first day. Matt Mullenweg qualityorganizationpeople I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out. Matt Mullenweg entrepreneurwork-outideas I believe that software, and in fact entire companies, should be run in a way that assumes that the sum of the talent of people outside your walls is greater than the sum of the few you have inside. None of us are as smart as all of us. Matt Mullenweg wallsmartrunning Usage is like oxygen for ideas. Matt Mullenweg usageoxygenideas If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long. Matt Mullenweg shipslongfirsts One thing about open source is that even the failures contribute to the next thing that comes up. Unlike a company that could spend a million dollars in two years and fail and there's nothing really to show for it, if you spend a million dollars on open source, you probably have something amazing that other people can build on. Matt Mullenweg twopeopleyears Usage is like oxygen for ideas. You can never fully anticipate how an audience is going to react to something you've created until it's out there. Matt Mullenweg usageoxygenideas If you make the Internet, live on the internet. Matt Mullenweg internetentrepreneurifs Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70. Matt Mullenweg dollarsmonthstogether My own personal dream is that the majority of the web runs on open source software. Matt Mullenweg majoritydreamrunning One of my favorite programs that we didn't make is Rescue Time. It runs in the corner of my computer and tracks how much time I spend on different things. I realized that even though I was doing e-mail only a couple of minutes at a time, it was adding up to a couple of hours a day. So I'm trying to reduce that. Matt Mullenweg trackcouplerunning As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software. Matt Mullenweg horribletragedywould-be Do what you love and don't focus on money - life's too short. Matt Mullenweg lifes-too-shorttoo-shortfocus I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight. Matt Mullenweg sleepmorningnight I drive a Prius and drink $10k bottles of wine. The wine isnt on Instagram. The Prius is. Matt Mullenweg instagrambottleswine 130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working? Matt Mullenweg san-franciscofactorieswork-out You can learn practically anything you want in the world online. Matt Mullenweg onlinewantworld
