Mike Little
| Mike Little | |
|---|---|
 Mike Little at Young Rewired State 2012 | |
| Occupation |
Co-founder, WordPress[1] Founder, zed1.com Limited Co-founder, Maverick Marketing Ltd Freelance Technical Editor[2] |
| Known for | WordPress |
| Website | |
| mikelittle.org | |
Mike Little (born May 12, 1962) is a British web developer living in Stockport, England and co-founder[1] of the free and open source web software WordPress along with American Matt Mullenweg.
WordPress
WordPress is the official successor to a blogging tool developed by French programmer Michel Valdrighi named b2/cafelog,[3] which launched in 2001. In 2002 Valdrighi stopped developing b2, and on January 24, 2003 Matt Mullenweg, a user of b2/cafelog, wrote on his blog that he’d be willing to create a fork of the project.[4] Mike Little soon contacted Mullenweg by leaving a comment on Mullenweg's blog that read "If you’re serious about forking b2 I would be interested in contributing. I’m sure there are one or two others in the community who would be too. Perhaps a post to the B2 forum, suggesting a fork would be a good starting point."[4] – following which Little and Mullenweg began working together on the development of WordPress, releasing the first version on May 27, 2003.[1][5] In June 2013 Little was awarded the SAScon's "Outstanding Contribution to Digital" award for his part in co-founding and developing WordPress.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "History". WordPress Codex. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Mike Little". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ "About WordPress". WordPress.org. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matt Mullenweg (January 24, 2003). "The Blogging Software Dilemma".
- ↑ "How a Stockport developer helped create the world’s biggest online publishing phenomenon – for free". Prolific North. February 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Unsung Internet Visionary to be Honoured at SASCON". SAScon. May 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Internet Visionary Honoured". Cheshire Border Independent Newspaper. June 26, 2013.