In my previous post Playtime, I briefly talked about Matt. About how he seems to blend worktime and playtime into contributing to WordPress and open source, which in my opinion is a pretty good inspiration for everyone to achieve.
That is the first time I mentioned Matt in my blog. And to be honest, I wasn’t so sure whether I should really mention him. How many people would publicly mention their CEO in their own blog?
But in the end, I told myself, “Hey, don’t think of him as your CEO. Think of him as a person. Think of him the way you think before you join Automattic.” In other words, put aside the possible conflict of interest, or possible threat or risk from anyone. Look at the bigger picture. A world perspective.
He is indeed a good example and inspiration. It is what it is. So I did it.
After publishing the post, I was looking for some UI and theme inspiration for my new blog here.
Of course, what other better place to find good inspiration than Matt’s blog.
And I happened to stumble upon his new post Birthday Gift.
In my mind, I was like: “What a great coincidence!”
I just created this blog over the last weekend, on the night of 30th December 2023.
And I just happened to mention him in my Playtime post.
And he just happened to say: “I want you to blog.” in his post.
So, yeah. There is a warm fuzzy “great coincidence” feeling, that I can’t really describe.
Thank you, Matt, for all the things you do. For WordPress and open source and communities. For making Automattic the Most Loved Workplace, and all the great Automatticians that you bring in, me included. For being an inspiration for so many people, me included.
Dedicating this post as my birthday gift to you.
Happy Birthday, Matt!
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