[jmelloy]

WordPress isn't really targeted at single-user blogs for technical people... it's targeted at an environment where you can have multiple people writing blog posts and doing design without being programmers or mucking with the server. And it fits that need very well.

[jedimastert]

In a comment from the author[0], he mentions that one of the reasons for making the product was because he likes the collaboration features of Google Docs.

[0]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18077455