How many people know that #WordPress was co-founded by a black man, Mike Little?
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How many people know that #WordPress was co-founded by a black man, Mike Little?
Or that he's from the north of England? A self-taught coder from #Stockport, just south of #Manchester? Or that he never received so much as a share, cent or job offer from the $7bn+ valued Automattic after spending five months working exclusively with Matt Mullenweg on the B2 fork?
After @bevangelist told me about @mikelittle I interviewed him for a documentary I never got round to making. Back then I was left with two certainties: he's Wozniak to Mullenweg's Jobs. Among other things he added the one-click upgrade that's been central to WP's bonkers 45%-of-the-web-success. And he's one of the nicest people I've ever interviewed, which is also bonkers given that he not only didn't share in WP's financial success, but that he's barely known.
But he should be - so, better late than never - please meet #MikeLittle, perhaps the most-influential-least-known person in #foss… https://25.netribution.co.uk/nic/mike-little-the-british-co-founder-of-wordpress-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
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How many people know that #WordPress was co-founded by a black man, Mike Little?
Or that he's from the north of England? A self-taught coder from #Stockport, just south of #Manchester? Or that he never received so much as a share, cent or job offer from the $7bn+ valued Automattic after spending five months working exclusively with Matt Mullenweg on the B2 fork?
After @bevangelist told me about @mikelittle I interviewed him for a documentary I never got round to making. Back then I was left with two certainties: he's Wozniak to Mullenweg's Jobs. Among other things he added the one-click upgrade that's been central to WP's bonkers 45%-of-the-web-success. And he's one of the nicest people I've ever interviewed, which is also bonkers given that he not only didn't share in WP's financial success, but that he's barely known.
But he should be - so, better late than never - please meet #MikeLittle, perhaps the most-influential-least-known person in #foss… https://25.netribution.co.uk/nic/mike-little-the-british-co-founder-of-wordpress-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
If anyone's struggling with the video embeds on the WordPress site (I am on my phone), there's direct links for both the videos on #PeerTube. If that goes down (and I’ve no reason to think it should) I have got Vimeo links - but 🤞
- Mike Little, Part 1: co-founding WordPress and watching it grow (from afar): https://open.movie/w/hzQjFV6xJF9agsn5ERz4Kz
- Mike Little, Part 2: his life in code: https://open.movie/w/rdot9DoygXTXzLM4ZnJjTf -
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@GiorgiaMecojoni @politica @informapirata
Vi piace vincere facile con lo #stabilicum??
Ma come fate a garantire la stesss maggioranza al senato e alla camera?
https://www.youtube.com/live/HKqDi-E9Fdw?si=FN4xPOojktnse_M3
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@ed questo mi sa che non lo seguo. L'ho già visto e per quanto non mi sia dispiaciuto non ho nemmeno 'sta gran voglia di rivederlo (peraltro visto anche di recente).
Buona visione!
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Current* conditions near Alexandria Bay, NY:
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Inauguriamo la rubrica #laScuolaDimenticata #nonPiuScuola con un articoletto sulla #provaDelNove
https://wok.oblomov.eu/mathesis/prova-del-nove/
Menzione speciale alla #provaDellUndici che piace tanto a @mau
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@cm that too
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@afreytes Or did you just have it all in your head and just needed to type it now, while you spent your morning thinking about the problem at hand, searching reference docs, etc?
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I... Uh... Lost all four hours of my morning's code...
And I redid all of it in 15 minutes. No I'm not that good. I just accomplished very little this morning.
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@mattblaze Damn you for being nuanced Matt.
