Wordpress the Conqueror

For the past two mornings in my rather cold but lovingly quaint flat (its those windows there above the dairy - shannylea at flickr) I have been struck with premonitions, small, dusty thoughts that emerge from nowhere. I am not ashamed to admit that they are the most important thoughts the world has ever seen. Today, for instance, I was struck with this doozie: WordPress is going to take over the world (yesterday’s portent, by the way, was far less important - John McCain is the next president of the United States. I am hoping it is more unconscious prediction/fear than unconscious desire).

My ghost thoughts are very demanding and declarative, aren’t they? But rightly so, I suppose, I do think, even now in the bright light of day, that WordPress, a blogging platform created by Automattic (who just got some investment from the New York Times), might actually be a world conquerer. What has swung me from dispassionate user (this blog is on WordPress) to faithful follower is the revelation that the platform is powerful and extensible enough to allow people like you and me (or even my little nephew) to create viable, modern and beautiful newspaper or magazine websites. From scratch. For free. And this isn’t just pie in the sky, its already being used by the Express and Star in Wolverhampton.

I admit that I am a tad late to this but I promise to make up for my tardiness with some good old-fasionhed zealotry. And I have a feeling both of the readers of this blog will have my back. Just look at the various themes that I discovered today. With a tweak here and there these could be just as good as The Guardian, The New York Times or the Telegraph. Amazing. And game changing. I just hope my little premonitions are always so right on.

2 comments February 5th, 2008