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I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

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Author Profession: Businessman

Nationality: American

Born: January 11, 1984

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Big, Big Ideas, Ideas, Out, Seem, Small, Sometimes, Which, Work, Work Out

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Has anyone ever said, 'I wish I could go to more meetings today'? Matt Mullenweg

Today, Wish, Meetings, Said, I Wish, Go

Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term. Matt Mullenweg

Good, Money, Long, Salary, Long Term

When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. Matt Mullenweg

Technology, Writing, Important, Software

I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work. Matt Mullenweg

Work, Good, Care, Someone, Matters, Text

If you think of the ideas of open source applied to information in an encyclopedia, you get to Wikipedia - lots and lots of small contributions that bubble up to something that's meaningful. Matt Mullenweg

Ideas, Think, Information, Small, You

With Akismet there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective? It seemed more people would be helped by blocking spam. Matt Mullenweg

Good, World, People, Interesting, Open

No matter what I do, I always come home to my blog. Matt Mullenweg

Home, Matter, Always, Blog, Come

When there's no one you can point to, or when something goes wrong, it's your fault - that level of responsibility and accountability is pretty interesting. Matt Mullenweg

Responsibility, Accountability, You

There are two main methodologies of open source development. There's the Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. That's what Ubuntu is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth. Matt Mullenweg

Great, Doing, Design, You, Development

I think that all services will have downtime. No matter how much you prepare, have redundant systems, or audit, there will periodically be a black swan event that is completely unlike whatever you've experienced before. It even happens to Google! Matt Mullenweg

Black, Think, You, Matter, Will, Google

Don't think about work in your bedroom or relaxation area. Matt Mullenweg

Work, Think, Bedroom, Relaxation, Your

Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery. Matt Mullenweg

Humor, Craft, Educated, Ability, Imagery

The biggest challenge for open source is that as it enters the consumer market, as projects like WordPress and Firefox have done, you have to create a user experience that is on par or better than the proprietary alternatives. Matt Mullenweg

Experience, Challenge, Better, You, Done

For me, open source is a moral thing. Matt Mullenweg

Me, Moral, Open, Source, Open Source

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