Quotes by Matt Mullenweg

Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.

Everybody jokes about that old story about the world only needing five computers, but when you think about it, thats where were heading.

In my brief sojourn in college, my favorite classes were political science because I loved the idea of systems we can set up that benefit society - rules we can put in place that sometimes you run against, sometimes theyre painful, but ultimately they benefit the world.

I like to read first thing in the morning. Im addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that Im not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.

I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people dont need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. Ill catch naps in the afternoon, or Ill 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.

In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because its just nice to wake up without one.

Historically, WordPress has been purely focused on the writing side. However, were thinking about mobile completely differently, and I think theres a big opportunity to take the community of creators that loves WordPress and deliver an audience to the amazing things theyre making.

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 theres 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.

Ubuntu is doing amazing things, and I think its going to change the face of the desktop.

When I travel, which is most of the year, I live in TripIt.

There are two main methodologies of open source development. Theres the Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. Thats what Ubuntu is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth.

The themes in WordPress drive a lot of design trends. It democratizes design... You make a theme, and suddenly its on hundreds and thousands of sites.

The promise of the early web was that everyone could have a website but there was something missing. Maybe the technology wasnt ready.

In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors - a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. Ill typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC.