Chris Pearson Wants Perfection

Chris Pearson, DIY Themes, Theme - WordPress or other

What I admire most about Chris Pearson is the elegance of his WordPress theme. He has a vision of clarity and perfection, and he sticks with it.

But what happens when the world disagrees with his vision?

Chris Pearson

DIY Themes

Chris Pearson is the founder of DIY Themes.

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Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of entrepreneurs. About 10 years ago, I interviewed today’s guest in, I think the only debate style podcast episode I’ve ever done. Chris Pearson created this WordPress.

Is it called a theme or a framework?

Chris: A theme framework was sort of a marketing term.

Andrew: And you know what, and here’s the thing about your stuff. So freaking beautiful down to the frickin pixel, everything that you created for WordPress, every design that I’ve seen you, you put up online, just...

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