krogsgard

I am also talking to the CEO of Automattic live about this story... not a duplicate.

Fwiw the mixed content warning is from VideoPress, which is also used in the WordPress.org announcement and also throws the same error. That said, I reported it to the right people and it's likely getting fixed across the board. So while I highly doubt that's what the commenter was referring to, your followup made the web just a bit better, so thanks!

I wrote about a lot of developer facing features and linked to source materials to help folks get more information that are not blogspam at all. I appreciate your feedback on my work though, really; you're such a nice guy.

Wasn't paid at all. I just liked it, and it was good timing w/ my friend.

If I have a friend that can't pay what I find it worth, I usually just do it for free. As soon as someone pulls out their wallet, expectations go way up. Another good tactic I've heard is to put the value price (what you'd charge someone legit) and then discount it to their price, but show it all. Then they value it what it should be.

People build a lot more than blogs with it now. It goes head to head with just about any CMS now, and dominates the broader CMS market. That said, it's just now being included in more enterprise and government style projects.

One downside is that the very platform he is broadcasting on could help pressure cable companies, but is perfectly fat and happy propping them up. HBO is a huge influencer and should join the others against these changes. Though I completely agree with his points.

Here's a rundown of the whole thing, including some discussion with and a response from WooThemes: http://www.poststat.us/woothemes-investigating-alleged-websi...