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# Hullavu Birthday, eh Matt?
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/hullavu-birthday-eh-matt/
- Published: 2006-01-12T02:42:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:33:53.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Open source, Technology, WordPress

![Automattic](http://static.flickr.com/36/76003509_1c21b35658_m.jpg)

Well, I have to say, PMatty is turning out to be quite the [quintessential capricorn](http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2005/12/21/announcements-galore-from-pmatty/?ref=chrismessina.me). On the day that he turns [twenny-two](http://photomatt.net/2006/01/11/matt-22/?ref=chrismessina.me), he [lands](http://gigaom.com/2006/01/11/automattic-wordpress/?ref=chrismessina.me) [a CEO](http://photomatt.net/2006/01/12/automattic-toni/?ref=chrismessina.me) for [Automattic](http://automattic.com/?ref=chrismessina.me), his new [WordPress](http://wordpress.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) startup. ...Yeah, and not just any CEO... [Toni Schneider](http://toni.schneidersf.com/?p=55&ref=chrismessina.me) of Yahoo, [OddPost](http://www.oddpost.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)(*read:* [Yahoo Mail](http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20050922.html?ref=chrismessina.me)), [Konfabulator](http://www.konfabulator.com/cartoon/partOne.html?ref=chrismessina.me) (*read:* [Yahoo Widgets](http://widgets.yahoo.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)), et cetera and so on. And speaking of Yahoo, I take it back. Google doesn't [own my life](http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2005/05/11/google-aquires-my-life/?ref=chrismessina.me). Turns out (quite to my surprise mind you) it's a [Yahoo!](http://flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe?ref=chrismessina.me) [Yahoo!](http://delicious.com/factoryjoe?ref=chrismessina.me) [Yahoo!](http://upcoming.org/user/14992?ref=chrismessina.me) . . . [Yahoo!](http://wordpress.org/development/2005/12/wordpress-on-yahoo/?ref=chrismessina.me) ... world after all. Weird.

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**yabby** · 2006-01-13 23:16:22

i must know