The Year Without Pants
WordPress.com and the Future of Work
by Scott Berkun
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Business.
A behindthescenes look at the firm behind WordPress.com and the unique work culture that contributes to its phenomenal success50 million websites, or twenty percent of the entire web, use WordPress software. The force behind WordPress.com is a conventiondefying company called Automattic, Inc., whose 120 employees work from anywhere in the world ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Business.
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Matt Mullenweg
“This is the book about the early days of @automattic, in case it's helpful for anyone working distributed or remote.”
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