“ERROR | [ ] Use Yoda Condition checks, you must.”— WordPress Coding Standards for PHP_CodeSniffer, github.com
“WordPress is in a market as competitive as it has ever been, especially on the proprietary and closed side. I believe WordPress will win, first and foremost, because of its community — the hundreds of core developers and large commercial companies, the tens of thousands of plugin and theme developer…”— Matt Mullenweg, ma.tt
“One major mistake Schneider had seen was how companies confused supporting roles, like legal, human resources, and information technology, with product creation roles like design and development. Product creators are the true talent of any corporation, especially one claiming to bet on innovation. T…”— Scott Berkun, amazon.com
“The most dangerous tradition we hold about work is that it must be serious and meaningless.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.com
“The honest test of the value of any management activity is to run projects without some of them and observe how well people perform with a lighter touch. It’s a test few leaders have the courage to take.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.com
“People who love great things but are ignorant of how they’re made are mystified by how dirty they have to get their own hands to make anything at all: they think the mess means they’re doing something wrong, when mostly it just means they’re finally doing real work.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.com
“Here’s why famous experts who write books never go back to regular jobs: regular jobs are hard. Regular jobs mean you answer to others. Regular jobs mean you do regular, often repetitive, things. Regular jobs mean you are not the center of attention and have to follow rules made by other people. Any…”— Scott Berkun, amazon.com
“Actually it is the Press, more specifically the daily newspaper...which makes Christianity impossible.”— Søren Kierkegaard, socrates.berkeley.edu
“Basically if you believe in Moore’s Law and you believe that hosting is going to become more and more commoditized over time, not being a host is a good idea. WordPress.com is a host at the end of the day. But we want to be able to provide a lot value and create a lot of value regardless of whether…”— Matt Mullenweg, forbes.com
“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