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year of my thirties! <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wp20.wordpress.net/">WordPress turns twenty this year</a>. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> is now ~2,000 people across 98 countries. There’s so much that has happened in the past decade yet it feels very much like we’re on the cusp of something even more exciting.</p> <p>This morning started well; I pulled the hammock out of the garage (it had been hiding from the rain) and read for a bit, trying to get my 5-10 minutes of sun in the first 30 minutes <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://twitter.com/hubermanlab/status/1481842978117271560?lang=en">like Huberman suggests</a>.</p> <p>Candidly, the last year was a really challenging one for me personally. There were some beautiful moments, and I consider myself the most lucky in my family, friends, and colleagues, yet among that same group there was a lot of loss, existential health challenges, and that weighed heavily on me. It’s also my last year to get on 40 under 40 lists! 😂</p> <p>Usually when people ask me what I want for my birthday I don’t have a good answer, but this year I do! As <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-bay-bridge-lights-17708825.php">Heather Knight wrote about in the SF Chronicle, the beloved Bay Lights are coming down in March</a>. This has to happen — the vibrations and corrosive environment of the Bay Bridge is taking lights out strand by strand. Fortunately it’s now been a decade since the lights first went up, and there’s much better technology both for the lights and how they’re mounted and attached to the suspension cables. Finally, the lights were not visible from Treasure Island or the East Bay before, but this new version 3.0 will be, which is why the artist behind the lights, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/http://villareal.net/">Leo Villereal</a>, is calling it Bay Lights 360.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="75257" data-permalink="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2023/01/thirty-nine/thebaylights_leovillareal_jamesewing-8863-ed/" data-orig-file="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://i0.wp.com/ma.tt/files/2023/01/TheBayLights_LeoVillareal_JamesEwing-8863-ed.webp?fit=1800%2C794&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1800,794" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="TheBayLights_LeoVillareal_JamesEwing-8863-ed" data-image-description 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series</a>, we can’t stop the coming period of darkness from happening, but if we raise $11M we can bring the lights back. If we raise it soon we can shorten the time they’re down to just a few months, so I’m working with the 501c3 non-profit <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://illuminate.org/">Illuminate</a> to help fundraise. The idea is to find ten people or organizations to put one million each, and raise the final million in a broader crowdfunding campaign, to re-light the Bay Bridge and give an incredible gift to the people from every walk of life that see the bridge, and hopefully have their spirits lifted by the art. I’ve heard 25 million people see the Bay Lights every year.</p> <p>It’s a lot to raise, but every little bit helps so <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://illuminate.org/baylights360/">please donate here</a>, and if you are interested to do a larger gift please get in touch. I’m committing a million dollars to the fundraise, and myself, Illuminate director Ben Davis, and the artist <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/http://villareal.net/">Leo Villereal</a> are happy to personally connect with anyone considering a larger donation.</p> <p>Because of some family health reasons I’m back in lockdown, so going to try and throw an online party tonight in the “Matterverse.” We’re going to party like it’s late 2020. 🎉</p> <p>All birthday posts: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2003/01/bday/">19</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2004/01/so-im-20/">20</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2005/01/hot-barely-legal-matt/">21</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2006/01/matt-22/">22</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2007/01/twenty-three/">23</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2008/01/twenty-four/">24</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2009/01/twenty-five/">25</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2010/01/twenty-six/">26</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2011/01/twenty-seven/">27</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2012/01/twenty-eight/">28</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2013/01/twenty-nine/">29</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2014/01/matt-3-0/">30</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2015/01/thirty-one/">31</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2016/01/thirty-two/">32</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2017/01/thirty-three/">33</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2018/01/thirty-four/">34</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2019/01/thirty-five/">35</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2020/01/thirty-six/">36</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2021/01/thirty-seven/">37</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2022/01/thirty-eight/">38</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2023/01/thirty-nine/">39</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-75018 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides" id="post-75018"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span 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<p>A few weeks ago, but what feels like a lifetime ago, I was in New York City with a few dozen extra special people from around the WordPress world. Alongside <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://josepha.blog/">Josepha</a> and the community we presented this review of how WordPress did in 2022, and vision for what’s coming:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="580" height="327" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/VeigCZuxnfY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span> </div></figure> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" 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There are a lot of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://chat.openai.com/">big deals</a> happening right now, it’s honestly a very exciting time to be in tech. I feel like a sailor in a tumultuous sea, and they should have sent a poet. T. S. Eliot was actually the inspiration for WordPress’ tagline “Code is Poetry” and I’m reminded of this from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://stuff.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/poetry/poems/fareForward.html">The Dry Salvages</a>:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"> <p>O voyagers, O seamen,<br>You who came to port, and you whose bodies<br>Will suffer the trial and judgement of the sea,<br>Or whatever event, this is your real destination.”<br>So Krishna, as when he admonished Arjuna<br>On the field of battle.<br>Not fare well,<br>But fare forward, voyagers.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-67415 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides" id="post-67415"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div 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</header> <div class="post-inner thin "> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Automattic <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/16/22580023/automattic-pocket-casts-podcast-app-tumble-wordpress">acquired Pocket Casts last July</a>, and since we’ve been tapping away trying to make the best podcast client for people who love listening to podcasts.</p> <p>And!</p> <p>The team has been working really hard to make those clients totally open source and available to the world, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/19/pocket-casts-mobile-apps-are-now-open-source/">and it’s now happened</a>. You can see all the code <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios">behind the iOS app</a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android">the Android app</a>, and modify it, make it your own, suggest a change, fix a bug, add a feature, fork it and make your own client, anything!</p> <p>If your code gets merged into core, it’ll go out to users listening to literally <strong>millions of hours</strong> of podcasts a week. It’s also unusual to be able to peek under the hood of a consumer mobile app that is this widely used and see how it works.</p> <p>Audio publishing and consumption is a beautiful complement to the web publishing that <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> is already so good at, and that <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> tries to nurture an ecosystem around. I love Spotify and Apple, and I hope that <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://pocketcasts.com/">Pocket Casts</a> can do for podcast clients what Firefox in the early days and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/">Chromium</a> now does for browsers — push the state of the art, be manically focused on user control, and grow a more decentralized and open web.</p> <p>If you haven’t tried Pocket Casts yet, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pocket-casts/id414834813">install for iOS</a> or <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts">Android</a>, and here’s <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://support.pocketcasts.com/article/opml-import/">how to import your subscriptions using a format called OPML</a>. 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It’s gone pretty well so far. We’ve still been getting a lot of questions if it’s going to be free-for-all with adult content again, and the short answer is no, but the longer answer is covered in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/696629352701493248/why-go-nuts-show-nuts-doesnt-work-in-2022">Why “Go Nuts, Show Nuts” Doesn’t Work in 2022</a>.</p> <p>If you haven’t tried out Tumblr in a while, check it out. Lots of improvements the past few months, and it can be a refreshing alternative or add-on to your online social life. 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It felt like a throwback because of the venue we had to limit tickets quite a bit, so it felt like a WCUS from a decade ago.</p> <p>I’ll probably do this year’s State of the Word in December again with a livestream and small live audience, so for WCUS we did a brief introduction to the upcoming WordPress 6.1 release, and focused on audience Q&A. Those are always fun for me because you never know what question will come next. Here’s the video if you’d like to catch up on it:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="580" height="327" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/7x74kWqWMDY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span> </div></figure> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-60315 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides" id="post-60315"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/asides/" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2022/08/sonic-sphere-and-empyrean-gate/">Sonic Sphere and Empyrean Gate</a></h2> <div class="post-meta-wrapper post-meta-single post-meta-single-top"> <ul class="post-meta"> <li class="post-author meta-wrapper"> <span class="meta-icon"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Post author</span> <svg class="svg-icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="20" viewbox="0 0 18 20"><path fill="" d="M18,19 C18,19.5522847 17.5522847,20 17,20 C16.4477153,20 16,19.5522847 16,19 L16,17 C16,15.3431458 14.6568542,14 13,14 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class="screen-reader-text"> on Sonic Sphere and Empyrean Gate</span></a> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </header> <div class="post-inner thin "> <div class="entry-content"> <p>If I had to pick one reason why I’d suggest every person should attend Burning Man at least once, it would be the art. (Second reason would be seeing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://burningman.org/about/10-principles/">the principles in action</a>.) This year I am particularly excited to support two pieces, the first being the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://sonicsphere.art/">Sonic Sphere</a> which has this great video introducing it:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Sonic Sphere for Burning Man 2022" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520if_/https://player.vimeo.com/video/733407945?h=5569004681&dnt=1&app_id=122963" width="580" height="326" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>I got a chance to try out a smaller prototype of this and it was a great experience. You can read a bit about the history of the Kugel Auditorium that this is based on on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ed.blog/2021/02/28/which-is-better-a-bitcoin-or-a-spherical-concert-hall/">Ed Cooke’s blog post Which is more memorable, a Bitcoin or a Spherical Concert Hall?</a> The Sphere will be in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://what3words.com/circulation.later.chart">Deep Playa (what3words)</a>. </p> <p>Another exciting new project is the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.entheosrising.org/empyrean-gate-art-installation">Empyrean Gate at the Entheos camp</a>, which will be at 3 and Esplanade. 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—<em> yes,</em> people still use Tumblr and it’s far more popular than most people think. Neil Gaiman has been an active Tumblr user since 2011, and he still actively uses the microblogging platform to this day. This is notable, because celebrities have notoriously been bullied off of Tumblr. Yet somehow, Neil Gaiman has outlived them all, watching from the shadows of his own dashboard.</p> <p id="boJiHf">He keeps his ask box open and answers questions from fans. He <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/689452050371723264/getting-my-wisdom-teeth-out-today-any-wise-words">gives life</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/688900605247438848/dear-neil-i-used-to-love-reading-id-stay-up">and</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/688102709959835648/hi-neil-i-hope-youre-well-i-really-enjoy-your">writing advice</a>. He talks about the various adaptations of his works, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/688701872087990272/hi-neil-im-sorry-to-bother-you-i-was-just">giving information he is able to give</a> and answering with a signature <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/688351019503058944/hi-neil-please-tell-me-if-number-one-song-in">“wait and see” when he cannot</a>. He plays <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/690151373249085440/glanced-at-your-wikipedia-page-and-was-absolutely">along with dumb jokes</a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/655191408578265088/who-even-are-you-like-what-did-you-write">reblogs additions</a>. He helps fans track down <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/689935702067200000/i-read-this-quote-attributed-to-you-but-i-cant">obscure lines he’s written</a>. And as is the reality of the internet, he deals with his share of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/690075850470768640/a-short-story-in-two-asks-i-wonder-where-the">haters and trolls</a>, but he’s always remarkably graceful toward them.</p> <p id="7FY6Dx">He also reblogs posts, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/689248951545806848/neil-gaiman-ewan-mcgregor-food-in-movies">adding on new information</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/688076462799175680/an-elaborate-decade-long-imposter-at-this-point">providing funny commentary</a>, or <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/689454123592171520/50-words-to-use-instead-of-said">giving helpful tips</a> (this usually causes some surprise from people who organically stumble upon a comment from Neil Gaiman in the wild, and it’s always really amusing to see).</p> <p id="ebhxNC">He’s just a good presence on the internet, which is exceedingly rare to see these days.</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m seeing more and more people use Tumblr in this way, and it’s nice to be part of making the web a more interesting place. If you haven’t tried Tumblr recently, download the app and start <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/">with Neil’s blog</a> as a subscription. <em>Hat tip: Matthew Ryan.</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-56325 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides" id="post-56325"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/asides/" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2022/05/wordpress-19/">WordPress 19</a></h2> <div 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wp19.day</a>.</li><li>We just had an <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.org/news/2022/05/arturo/">awesome 6.0 “Arturo” release</a>.</li><li>Next week June 2-4 <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://europe.wordcamp.org/2022/">WordCamp Europe returns in-person in Porto, Portugal</a>, and I’ll be there and so excited to connect with the community! Tickets are still available.</li><li>Nineteen seems like an in-between number, but actually it’s very salient for me because now WordPress is the same age I was when the first release came out.</li><li>Which means I’ve now been working on WordPress half my life! </li></ol> <p>Cheers and here’s to many more years together. 🥂</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-55744 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides" id="post-55744"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/asides/" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a 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We discussed my time at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNET">CNET</a>, how I accidentally invented a new way to spam, why we didn’t sell Automattic, my feelings on Wix and competitors like Shopify (sponsor of this episode, hah, in which I speak about how their dashboard looks just like WordPress’s). Guy pivoted the conversation to grief that came with the loss of my father and challenges we faced during the pandemic. He kept the conversation going effortlessly and I had a great time taping the episode. 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I picked up a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08WK5CZYY/">Jabra Evolve2 30 UC wired headset, with USB-C</a>, because my friend Hugo loves the wireless Jabra and I’ve been using an older USB-A headset and thought it would be nice to not need an adapter. I also thought for $89 it must be good. The reviews were also really solid (4.3 on Amazon right now).</p> <p><strong>Do not</strong> buy this headset. There was a constant buzz/hum in the speaker, people sounded lower quality, and the mic also was lower quality. On the plus side, it was a nice build quality and comfort.</p> <p>For <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P76F99F/?tag=photomatt08-20">$29 cheaper ($60) the Sennheiser SC 135 USB-C</a> had better speaker, way better mic quality, very nice build and comfort. Get that one instead.</p> <p>So <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2020/03/dont-mute-get-a-better-headset/">don’t mute, get a better headset</a>. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://krisp.ai/">Krisp.ai</a> is still great, too.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-55514 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-birthday" id="post-55514"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/birthday/" rel="category tag">Birthday</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a 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I woke up on my actual birthday and was not feeling it. I was locked down even more strictly than January 2021 because I was trying to be extra cautious prior to a surgery my Mom had later in the month. I was also on a fairly strict diet and exercise regime after slipping into a weight range I wasn’t comfortable with.</p> <p>So I was feeling extra isolated, had a strange pain in my lower back, and I just felt old all over. I thought of the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://genius.com/12523">Drake line</a>, “I’m really too young to be feeling this old.” (Maybe <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://genius.com/Garth-brooks-much-too-young-to-feel-this-damn-old-lyrics">originally from Garth Brooks</a>?)</p> <p>I meditated with a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.calm.com/">Daily Calm</a> from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://jeffwarren.org/">Jeff Warren</a> called “The Boggle,” which unfortunately I can’t hotlink but here’s how it starts: <em>Sometimes we’re in the boggle, life is throwing everything at us: complicated situations, complicated relationships, we have all these feelings, all these impulses pulling us in different directions, and we have no idea what to do. No idea how to resolve it all. Even no idea what self-care strategy to implement right now. So what’s interesting about the boggle is that there’s the challenge of the situation itself, or situations, and there’s the added challenge of the confusion of it, the scrambling to make sense of everything. So we’re going to try something different, we’re going to stop scrambling and accept, even forgive, the boggle. We’re going to let ourselves be right here, inside any confusion, and take a break from trying to fix any of it. That’s the itinerary, let’s go.</em> It hit close to home, and I’ve ended up returning to that meditation several times since.</p> <p>The day really shaped up, though! Friends surprised me with a trip to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.teamlab.art/">a Teamlab exhibit</a> at a museum that was closed on Tuesdays but they got opened up just for us. The museum was magical, but the best part was seeing friends I wasn’t expecting to, even if masked and relatively distanced. I wore a new <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/files/2022/02/IMG_7081-scaled.jpeg">comfy matching tie die outfit too</a>, because, why not? Ended the day with a small dinner with Mom and three friends.</p> <p>I don’t have any particular wisdom from this birthday except no matter how you feel, take some Advil and keep going.</p> <p>This year on the personal side I’d like to take more silent retreats, get settled at home and out of liminal states, particularly construction projects, and listen to more operas. On the work side I’d like to set up alternative ecosystems for people tired of the traditional options for social with <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>, listening with <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.pocketcasts.com/">Pocket Casts</a>, and writing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://dayoneapp.com/">with Day One</a>. (Update: A few weeks after my birthday <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://photomatt.tumblr.com/post/675023779369566208/how-the-snowflakes-won">I announced I’m working on Tumblr full-time</a>.) Finally, I’d like to do my birthday post on time next year, but I’m forgiving myself for prioritizing friends and family that day. 😄</p> <p>All birthday posts: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2003/01/bday/">19</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2004/01/so-im-20/">20</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2005/01/hot-barely-legal-matt/">21</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2006/01/matt-22/">22</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2007/01/twenty-three/">23</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2008/01/twenty-four/">24</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2009/01/twenty-five/">25</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2010/01/twenty-six/">26</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2011/01/twenty-seven/">27</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2012/01/twenty-eight/">28</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2013/01/twenty-nine/">29</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2014/01/matt-3-0/">30</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2015/01/thirty-one/">31</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2016/01/thirty-two/">32</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2017/01/thirty-three/">33</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2018/01/thirty-four/">34</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2019/01/thirty-five/">35</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2020/01/thirty-six/">36</a>, <a 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good run in the post-vaccinated-and-boosted part of 2020 that felt relatively “normal”, including traveling almost 200k miles, I’m going back into a pretty locked-down state of things. Omicron has just been catching too many friends and loved ones, even with fairly careful measures and testing. So what’s happening on January 11th?</p> <p><strong>What I’m asking for my birthday is for people to blog!</strong></p> <p>Whether professionally on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.com/">WP.com</a>, socially on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>, or privately journaling with <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://dayoneapp.com/">Day One</a>, there’s never been a better time to stop being a passive consumer of the internet and join the class of creators.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2014/01/intrinsic-blogging/">Write for a single person</a>. Share something cool you found. Summarize your year. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.com/blog/2021/07/13/blogging-reminders-push-notifications-wordpress-apps/">Set a blogging goal with reminders</a>. Get a Gutenberg-native theme and play around with building richer posts. Start a nom de plume. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://help.dayoneapp.com/en/articles/3750565-daily-writing-prompts">Answer daily prompts on Day One</a>. Forget the metaverse, let’s hang out in the blogosphere. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.com/domains/">Get your own domain</a>!</p> <p>If you’re a close friend that feels intimidated by the software at all or that you don’t know where to start, I’m happy to hop on a Zoom to go through everything on a screen share. That will also be a great learning for me for places we can improve things, which is also a fantastic gift!</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-55240 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-wordpress" id="post-55240"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/wordpress/" rel="category tag">WordPress</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2021/12/saving-the-internet/">Saving the Internet</a></h2> <div class="post-meta-wrapper post-meta-single post-meta-single-top"> <ul class="post-meta"> <li 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http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520im_/https://i0.wp.com/ma.tt/files/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-24-at-2.40.36-AM.png?resize=2048%2C1553&ssl=1 2048w, http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520im_/https://i0.wp.com/ma.tt/files/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-24-at-2.40.36-AM.png?resize=1200%2C910&ssl=1 1200w, http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520im_/https://i0.wp.com/ma.tt/files/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-24-at-2.40.36-AM.png?resize=1980%2C1501&ssl=1 1980w, http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520im_/https://i0.wp.com/ma.tt/files/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-24-at-2.40.36-AM.png?w=1740 1740w" sizes="(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" data-recalc-dims="1"/></noscript></a></figure> <p>Which brings to mind <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines">Betteridge’s law of headlines</a> (née Hinchliffe’s rule), “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word <em>no</em>.”</p> <p>I can’t save the internet. But you know who can? A movement. A community of like-minded individuals, unified by a common philosophy, and working together to create <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.org/">tools of freedom</a>.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>It’s a human right to be able to see how that technology works and modify it. It’s as key to freedom as freedom of speech or freedom of religion. So that is what I plan to spend the rest of my life fighting for.</p></blockquote> <p>Working together we’ve created something special, unlike anything the internet has seen before, and I’m excited to continue.</p> <p>Thank you to David Pierce for taking such an in-depth look at the history of WordPress and Automattic and talking to dozens of sources. Thank you to the people quoted in the article: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://scottbeale.org/">Scott Beale</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://om.co/">Om Malik</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://toni.org/">Toni Schneider</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://rustyshelf.org/">Russell Ivanovic</a>, Deven Parekh, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://paulmayne.org/">Paul Mayne</a>, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://anildash.com/">Anil Dash</a>. Thank you to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://arturoolmos.com/">Arturo Olmos</a> for the photos, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://www.odilidonaldodita.com/">Odili Donald Odita</a> for the amazing painting behind me.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-55181 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-wordpress" id="post-55181"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/wordpress/" rel="category tag">WordPress</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2021/12/state-of-the-word-in-person/">State of the Word… in person!</a></h2> <div class="post-meta-wrapper post-meta-single post-meta-single-top"> <ul class="post-meta"> <li class="post-author meta-wrapper"> <span class="meta-icon"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Post author</span> <svg class="svg-icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="20" viewbox="0 0 18 20"><path fill="" d="M18,19 C18,19.5522847 17.5522847,20 17,20 C16.4477153,20 16,19.5522847 16,19 L16,17 C16,15.3431458 14.6568542,14 13,14 L5,14 C3.34314575,14 2,15.3431458 2,17 L2,19 C2,19.5522847 1.55228475,20 1,20 C0.44771525,20 0,19.5522847 0,19 L0,17 C0,14.2385763 2.23857625,12 5,12 L13,12 C15.7614237,12 18,14.2385763 18,17 L18,19 Z M9,10 C6.23857625,10 4,7.76142375 4,5 C4,2.23857625 6.23857625,0 9,0 C11.7614237,0 14,2.23857625 14,5 C14,7.76142375 11.7614237,10 9,10 Z M9,8 C10.6568542,8 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<span class="meta-text"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2021/12/state-of-the-word-in-person/">December 10, 2021</a> </span> </li> <li class="post-comment-link meta-wrapper"> <span class="meta-icon"> <svg class="svg-icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="19" height="19" viewbox="0 0 19 19"><path d="M9.43016863,13.2235931 C9.58624731,13.094699 9.7823475,13.0241935 9.98476849,13.0241935 L15.0564516,13.0241935 C15.8581553,13.0241935 16.5080645,12.3742843 16.5080645,11.5725806 L16.5080645,3.44354839 C16.5080645,2.64184472 15.8581553,1.99193548 15.0564516,1.99193548 L3.44354839,1.99193548 C2.64184472,1.99193548 1.99193548,2.64184472 1.99193548,3.44354839 L1.99193548,11.5725806 C1.99193548,12.3742843 2.64184472,13.0241935 3.44354839,13.0241935 L5.76612903,13.0241935 C6.24715123,13.0241935 6.63709677,13.4141391 6.63709677,13.8951613 L6.63709677,15.5301903 L9.43016863,13.2235931 Z M3.44354839,14.766129 C1.67980032,14.766129 0.25,13.3363287 0.25,11.5725806 L0.25,3.44354839 C0.25,1.67980032 1.67980032,0.25 3.44354839,0.25 L15.0564516,0.25 C16.8201997,0.25 18.25,1.67980032 18.25,3.44354839 L18.25,11.5725806 C18.25,13.3363287 16.8201997,14.766129 15.0564516,14.766129 L10.2979143,14.766129 L6.32072889,18.0506004 C5.75274472,18.5196577 4.89516129,18.1156602 4.89516129,17.3790323 L4.89516129,14.766129 L3.44354839,14.766129 Z"/></svg> </span> <span class="meta-text"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2021/12/state-of-the-word-in-person/#comments">4 Comments<span class="screen-reader-text"> on State of the Word… in person!</span></a> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </header> <div class="post-inner thin "> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Update: Here’s the recording!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="580" height="327" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/OpiH_P9aGhQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span> </div></figure> <p>I’m very excited that <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/state-of-the-word-2021/">we’ll be broadcasting the State of the Word “live from New York City” this coming Tuesday, December 14th</a>! There will be a very small “studio audience” of community members there in person. </p> <p>Recording <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.org/news/2020/12/state-of-the-word-2020/">the solo version last year</a> was actually one of the hardest things I’ve done in a long time. It’s funny, with a live audience I can comfortably present for an hour no problem, but recording that 25 minute presentation, alone in a room staring at a camera, was an excruciating process over two days and dozens of takes. I got the advice afterward that even if you’re just staring into a camera, it can be helpful to have an “audience” of a few friends in the room.</p> <p>Even more than that, though, I’m positively giddy to see some of my friends from the WordPress community in person for the first time in several years. Please join via streaming on the 14th, and also <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/watch-state-of-the-word-at-a-watch-party-with-your-wordpress-friends/">there will also be at least 20 watch parties around the globe</a> if there’s one in your neighborhood. Looking forward to catching up, celebrating the community’s accomplishments over the last year, and hopefully raising a torch for our march toward freedom on the web in 2022.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-inner"> </div> </article> <hr class="post-separator styled-separator is-style-wide section-inner" aria-hidden="true"/> <article class="post-54801 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-wordpress" id="post-54801"> <header class="entry-header has-text-align-center"> <div class="entry-header-inner section-inner medium"> <div class="entry-categories"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span> <div class="entry-categories-inner"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/category/asides/" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </div> </div> <h2 class="entry-title heading-size-1"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230203013520/https://ma.tt/2021/09/print-magazine-on-wp/">Print Magazine on WP</a></h2> <div 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