Read Write Web Interview

I was recently interviewed by Jolie O’Dell from Read Write Web. Check it out!

Source: Video Interview with Founder of Vanilla, “A WordPress for Forums”

Jolie did an awesome job of editing so that I didn’t look like an idiot. For example, I am 6’4″ tall, and I accidentally kicked the camera during the interview. She ninja’d that right out of there.

Regarding “A WordPress for Forums”: I’ve heard a lot of people saying that since I got down here to Boulder & TechStars. I think people see the correlation because WordPress and Vanilla are both open source projects, they both focus on delivering something elegant and easy to use, and Vanilla is now trying to do what WordPress has done by turning it into a real business through these various revenue streams. I met Matt Mullenweg this past Monday and joked with him that I had purchased VanillaPress.com!

The bottom line is that WordPress is amazing, and I find the comparison very flattering.

Thanks to Jolie for the interview!

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7 Responses to “Read Write Web Interview”

  1. John (Human3rror) • July 1st, 2009 at 10:18 am

    freaking spectacular. thanks again!

  2. Evdawg • July 1st, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Nice shoutout to yayhooray ;)

  3. I Love Forums and They Aren’t Going Anywhere (They’re Actually Getting Better) - ChurchCrunch • July 1st, 2009 at 11:46 am

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  4. Minisweeper • July 1st, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    At the risk of speaking slightly out of turn…..that lady is hot!

    (the interview is pretty good too)

  5. Adrian • July 2nd, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Wow, I almost want to build forum software to get to talk to her…

  6. Jazzman • July 12th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    lol! How cool is that! The first time I actually see and hear Mark on a video :D You did great! Keep up the good work!

  7. Raize • July 21st, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    What about BBPress? I’m pretty sure Mark has a significant stake/interest in that forum product as well. Glad to see he is not being competitive.

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