The founding developer of WordPress — the open-source blogging software that The Rumpus runs on, as well as millions of other great sites (including the New York Times!) — was recently featured in Inc. magazine’s monthly column, “The Way I Work.”

Because of the magazine’s rules about the column — they’re authored in the first person but subjects don’t write them directly, and they aren’t allowed to vet them before publication — Mullenweg found his a little misleading and vague on points he wanted to be specific about. So he rewrote it and annotated it, and published it on his own blog.

The piece is an interesting look into the days and nights of a person whose work has been quietly changing the world for the better. And some of the habits he talks about are interesting tips for any creative person, such as listening to a single track on repeat, hundreds of times, in order to stay focused. Link.