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# Video Review: The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/book-review-the-year-without-pants/
- Published: 2013-09-14T23:32:55.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-22T21:02:35.000Z
- Description: Here's my review of my friend Scott Berkun's fifth text. Get it.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Book Reviews, Trends, Email, Web Design, WordPress, #not-too-tall, #no-crop

I just finished my friend Scott Berkun's latest book [*The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work*](https://www.amazon.com/The-Year-Without-Pants-WordPress-com/dp/1118660633/ref=cm%5Fcr%5Fpr%5Fproduct%5Ftop&linkCode=as2&tag=phisim-20?ref=philsimon.com) (affiliate link).

It's awesome. Berkun writes in his usual conversational style. For those who think that large companies need to (over)rely upon e-mail, think again. E-mail is the exception at Automattic, not the norm.

Watch my video review below.