Today is my first day working for Automattic! For the past several weeks I’ve been talking with Matt and Toni about the direction of BuddyPress and what I did last year with the ChickSpeak project. They have given me the opportunity to come on board and concentrate on the development of BuddyPress under the Automattic umbrella.
The talent they have on board at Automattic is incredible, some of the brightest minds in the game. I’m really excited to have the opportunity to work with everyone on a daily basis and soak up some of the tremendous knowledge available.
I’ve been all consumed in WordPress for the past two years now, I think almost every single site I’ve built since working as a freelancer has used WordPress in some way. To get the opportunity to concentrate fully on WordPress everyday, and also the chance to help mould WordPress in new ways is a fantastic one not to be missed.
Also, the buddypress.com domain is in the process of being moved, so further updates on the project will be available there once the move has been completed.
Jim Rutherford 10:06 pm on March 3, 2008 Permalink |
WOW! That is freaking awesome news! Congratulations and good luck working with the crew at Automattic.
Raanan Bar-Cohen 12:04 am on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
Hey Andy –
Been following the BuddyPress project for a while and I can tell you that we are all super excited to have you on our team. Welcome aboard !
Dave 8:41 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
Fantastic! Congrats Andy. Been waiting to see what happens with BuddyPress and very happy to see its in a much better state.
Brad Touesnard 9:34 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
Congrats on joining Automattic Andy! It’s good to hear there’s at least one solid WordPress developer in this Drupal dominated town.
J.J. Toothman 9:42 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
Wow. Thats awesome. I remember reading your write up on Chickspeak a while back, bookmarking it, and thinking to myself “This is a guy I need to touch base with at some point in the future.” I didn’t even realize you had packaged up the Chickspeak work into Buddypress. Very cool. Congratulations!
Automattic Assimilates BuddyPress, Moves To Social Networking 9:43 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
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Wordpress bald mit integriertem Social Network? | Von Oliver Wagner | Beitrag | agenturblog.de 10:03 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
[...] ab sofort Teil von Automattic, dem Unternehmen hinter WordPress. Sowohl Matt Mullenweg als auch Andy Peatling, der Entwickler von Buddypress, kommentierten dies in ihren Blogs. Beide äusserten sich [...]
kevin 10:11 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
That is awesome man.
Vancouver’s BuddyPress goes Automattic | Techvibes Blog 10:59 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
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Automattic Takes Over BuddyPress 11:02 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
[...] Andy Pealting, the creator of BuddyPress has joined Automattic according to a post on his blog. [...]
Photo Matt » Backing BuddyPress 11:11 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
[...] I’m happy to announce that Andy has joined Automattic full-time and we’ll be taking the BuddyPress project under our wing. We will grow it and support it the [...]
hash 11:35 pm on March 4, 2008 Permalink |
Just read the news via GigaOm and followed the story to you here. Congrats on the new job, Matt and his team are awesome.
Trace 12:38 am on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
Andy, Congrats! This is a no brainer… I was eagerly awaiting your release in December or Jan and was bummed when you became to busy to focus on buddypress, but understood exactly where you were coming from…. if I had the coding skills, I would have been doing this myself…. Now you are on a killer team and working on a great project…. again, congrats!
Automattic Assimilates BuddyPress, Moves Towards Social Networking : Tech Web Daily 1:50 am on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
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Andy 1:52 am on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
Thanks for all the kind comments!
BuddyPress to help Automattic and WordPress go social 2:52 am on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
[...] Another Andy at Automattic [...]
Claude 4:54 am on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
Saw BuddyPress a while ago but lost track, and now this. Congratulations! Hope the site is live soon again! Want to try it out
WordPress se hce BuddyPress para ser más social Loogic.com Blog Archive 8:48 am on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
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[...] we announced that Andy Peatling, who created BuddyPress, has joined our Automattic team. In addition, the BuddyPress project will [...]
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blogshop 12:24 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
BuddyPress…
Matt hat angekündigt, dass Automattic Andy Peatling an Board geholt hat. Andy ist der Entwickler des Projekts BuddyPress, das er aus zeitlichen Gründen vor einiger Zeit eingestellt hat. BuddyPress erweitert WordPress MU in eine “Social …
New WordPress hire hints at a more social future | Site Toolkit 1:32 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
[...] site I’ve built since working as a freelancer has used WordPress in some way,” Peatling wrote in a blog post Tuesday. “To get the opportunity to concentrate fully on WordPress everyday, and also the chance to [...]
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WordPress hire hints at a more social future | Site Toolkit 2:42 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
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BuddyPress under the Automattic umbrella at Bandwidth Blog - South African and global internet startup news 2:49 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
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Nitin 2:49 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
Congrats buddy.. Hope to see something cool soon
Daniel Holter 2:56 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
Sure hope I can delete my myspace/virb/facebook accounts soon…. would love to have my entire online presence in WP.
Best of luck at Automattic and with the future of BuddyPress!
TightReviews.com » Blog Archive » BuddyPress under the Automattic umbrella 3:32 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
[...] platform“. I was expecting something like this to happen considering the long hours spent by Andy Pealting to improve the functionality of a WMU install into a functional social network so as you read [...]
Paul 5:17 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
I read your story on CNET and have been following you since you released Chickspeak. I truly can’t wait to see what happens next. Tell Matt that we BuddyPress ASAP =)
.: GAFNO.com - Hot World News Blog :. » Blog Archive » New WordPress hire hints at a more social future 5:59 pm on March 5, 2008 Permalink |
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BuddyPress Founder Finds New Job At Automattic 4:15 am on March 6, 2008 Permalink |
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Michael Kelly 9:39 pm on March 6, 2008 Permalink |
WP Forever! Congrats. Love the WP team and mentality.
BuddyPress: Du social networking chez WordPress ? 8:16 pm on March 8, 2008 Permalink |
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The last two months « Toni’s Garage 12:39 am on March 22, 2008 Permalink |
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Lis 6:02 am on March 26, 2008 Permalink |
Andy can’t wait for BP to be completed. I’d love to be a beta tester. I have several networks to test on from small (10-15 people) to large (1500+ people).
WP will be unstoppable with you on board.
Prem 7:40 pm on March 29, 2008 Permalink |
Big congratulation Andy. As lots of other people here I am really looking forward to BP release.
On the other hand I am just in finalizing of planning of one social network in Central Europe which is focused on legal services. Could you please indicate when the first BP release can be expected? I will be very hapy to use it for this new project because we use already WP on our key projects.
Adrienne Adams 11:58 pm on March 30, 2008 Permalink |
Great news, Andy! Congratulations on your new gig,and I’m really glad that BuddyPress is back on track. Looking forward to seeing it develop.
Like the new site look, too!
Dalton 8:53 pm on March 31, 2008 Permalink |
Congratulations! I am very curious to hear about the status of this project as well. I suspect that you have to sync it with the new version of MU that should be coming out in a few weeks in support of WordPress 2.5. Can BuddyPress be far behind?
Hot WordPress Tips » WordPress as a Community Network Site 12:24 am on May 11, 2008 Permalink |
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