Welcome to my blog where I post about web and programming related topics. I write my posts in English and in professional life (working with Automattic), I speak English all day. While I have British roots (still visible in my last name), I am actually a native German speaker from Vienna, Austria.
Some quick facts about me:
- Passionate about using Open Source software and enabling people to take more control over their digital lives (see Why My WordPress).
- Working with Automattic since 2014.
- MSc in Computer Sciences from the Technical University of Vienna (2005).
A quick reflection on my time with Automattic:
- For six years I led the team responsible for making all Automattic assets (for example WordPress.com, Jetpack, apps) translatable and localized.
- Since 2022, I’ve been leading a team contributing to WordPress.org – first on Matrix and internationalization, then Data Liberation, and now WordPress Playground.
- In 2026, I created my.wordpress.net and am advocating for using WordPress for more than just public sites on the internet.
From 2006 to 2008 I worked for Netvibes in Paris, so I speak some rudimentary French but not more, I actually learnt Latin and Ancient Greek in school.
I encourage you to check out my Open Source Contributions and My WordPress Plugins as well as my talks and podcasts.
Check out my Github profile where most of my work is hosted.
Impressum
Alexander Kirk
Gaswerkstraße 5/HO3
1210 Wien
Austria
You can contact via e-mail at ablog25 (a}_ kirk.at or find me on GitHub, WordPress.org, or @alex@kirk.at on the Fediverse.