Tag: automattic
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Found GCR0YM Bridge over bridge
I found my first Austrian geocache on a "bridge over a bridge" near the hotel where Automattic are this week having a meetup.
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When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins
Alex Standiford observes that Automattic stand to win from Twitter's losses; I'd like to expand on that a tiny bit.
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Reply to OpenID for WP
Dan replies to Matt's ancient repost of his original OpenID for WordPress implementation.
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Do What You're Bad At [Video]
This video accompanies a blog post of the same title. The content is basically the same - if you prefer videos, watch this video. If you prefer blog posts, go read the blog post. If you're a superfan, try both and spot the differences. You weirdo.
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Do What You're Bad At
Dan digs deep into why he's really bad at some things, and promises to do them more.
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Wonder Syndrome
Ruth writes about "Wonder Syndrome" as a counterpoint to "imposter syndrome", an Dan reflects on how and why he's adopting the term too.
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How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird
The Verge interviews Matt Mullenweg, and Dan says nice things about it.
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Automattic International
Off the back of a colleague's throwaway comment, Dan makes cartograms showing how his coworkers' countries proportionally dominate their world map.
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Automattic Privilege
Dan's thinks about the geographic/cultural privileges he enjoys within his international workplace.
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Automattic Growth
After only two years at Automattic, Dan's now been there longer than most. Wait, what?
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Creed Cult-ure
Automatticians seem to really believe in their creed. Is Dan's employer a cult? Let's try to work it out...
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Tips for Text-based Interviews
Dan shares a post by a coworker on making text-chat-based recruitment interviews work.
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I Will Never Stop Learning
Dan mashes-up one of his favourite part of the Automattic Creed with his Howdymattic "origin story" in a fresh video for his course.
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The Devil's Quoits
Dan talks about a nearby sort-of-megalithic landmark as part of his video presentation skills course.
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The Coolest Thing About GPS
I'm currently doing a course, through work, delivered by BetterOn Video. The aim of the course is to improve my video presentation skills, in particular my engagement with the camera and the audience.
I made this video based on the week 2 prompt "make a video 60-90 seconds long about something you're an expert on". The idea came from a talk I used to give at the University of Oxford.