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Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

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Sinopsis

I had the opportunity to interview Matt Mullenweg about an   ambitious project that included more than a year and a half of development to create an all new WordPress.com interface, both for the web and a desktop app. The project was codenamed Calypso, and we talked about many aspects fo Calypso, as well  as a   variety of subjects that relate to it. Why  did you make such a big bet on Calypso? Matt has talked for a while now about his vision that WordPress can become an "app platform", and this is an example of what that meant to him. He also notes how he's always  looking for things that will "move the needle" for greater WordPress adoption. We were both thinking about the same statistic: that roughly 96% of WordPress.com users (and probably a high number of WordPress.org users too) essentially abandon their websites after a short tenure. So anything that can increase that number, to say 8% or 15% of folks that stick with it long term, can make a huge difference. How do you think about investing i