First blog from space on WordPress
Posted By Lid On May 17, 2007 @ 4:15 pm In WordPress | No Comments
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Launch of Soyuz TMA-9, Source: NASA
I had the pleasure of meeting the world’s number one Matt [2] earlier this week; Matt Mullenweg [3], of WordPress [4] fame, and founder of Automattic [5], the company behind all great things–like Akismet [6]–sat down with me at Pier 38 [7] for a Tech Talk Radio [8] story about the collaborative Web [9].
During our chat, I learned much, but I thought this was just too great to wait!
Anousheh Ansari [10], the first female private space explorer [11], made history in September 2006 as the first person to blog from space [12].
The Iranian [13] born American businesswoman [14]blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome [15] in Kazakhstan [16], as part of the Expedition 14 [17] crew of the Soyuz TMA-9 [18], to spend nine days on the International Space Station [19].
Ansari, who returned with the Expedition 13 [20] crew, makes history as the first person to blog from space, describing life in zero gravity and interacting with her supporters on planet Earth [21]; her Website and blog received in excess of 50 million hits from readers around the world.
But…
Did you know?
Ansari’s blog software of choice? WordPress [4]!
The full interview with Matt will go to air in the land down under [22] on the 27th May, which, incidentally, is the 4th Birthday of WordPress [23], so don’t forget to send out your Congrats!
The podcast will be available the following day at
Tech Talk [8].
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[1] Image: http://blog-well.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/soyuz-tma-9-launch.jpg
[2] the world’s number one Matt: http://www.google.com/search?q=matt&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SNYI
[3] Matt Mullenweg: http://photomatt.net/
[4] WordPress: http://wordpress.org
[5] Automattic: http://automattic.com
[6] Akismet: http://akismet.com
[7] Pier 38: http://www.pier38.com/
[8] Tech Talk Radio: http://techtalkradio.com.au
[9] collaborative Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
[10] Anousheh Ansari: http://www.anoushehansari.com
[11] the first female private space explorer: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/157366main_ansari.pdf
[12] blog from space: http://spaceblog.xprize.org/by-anousheh/
[13] Iranian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
[14] American businesswoman : http://prodeasystems.com/about/
[15] Baikonur Cosmodrome: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/baikonur.html
[16] Kazakhstan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan
[17] Expedition 14: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html
[18] Soyuz TMA-9: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_soyuztma9.html
[19] International Space Station: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
[20] Expedition 13: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition13/index.html
[21] Earth: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
[22] land down under: http://www2.australia.com
[23] 4th Birthday of WordPress: http://wordpress.org/development/2003/05/wordpress-now-available/
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