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How I view WordPress


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I had my first confrontation about what's stirring in the WordPress world.

I've tried to record this podcast a few times before, but today it became clear that I could get embroiled in the emotions flowing around WordPress now. There's a strong community there, and the angst is familiar, I've had it myself, because the people and companies we depend on rarely live up to our expectations of them.

Since most of the people who lead my industry are either my age or younger, I never idolized them. I certainly respect people like Bill Gates and others who made great fortunes and had great power for a long time. But I usually only care about that when it's in my way.

Right now I see a huge need for a tools for writers that builds on WordPress. The opportunity has been there for the full 20+ year history of the product. Because of who I am and what I did in blogging systems before WordPress, I have a perspective on what's missing, and I see the potential for a large market for writing and other creative tools that simplify the process.

There's too big an opportunity to let the economics of the platform on a large scale get in the way of moving forward. I'm going for it.

In this podcast I offer some of my experience being deeply entrenched in platforms that were going in directions I couldn't go in with them. It's painful to give up. I empathize. But I'm in a different place. I'm a 50+ year developer, about to turn 70, and feeling my age. This may be my last big project.

I think WordPress will be around and evolving for many years to come. I want to make a contribution, and I don't have time to wait for all this to be resolved. There is no other platform that can do what WordPress can do now. So this is where I've made my bet.

So I'm going ahead, and I'm going to try to stay away from the problems, and just try to make some good software and make some users happy. 😀

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