Tag: WordPress
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WordCamp Buffalo Coming Soon
It’s only a month away — one of my favorite activities each year. The calendar is marked, and plans are made to attend WordCamp Buffalo. Although my job working at Automattic entails helping people daily with WordPress.com sites, I always learn so much at WordCamps. And the community? I’ve never seen anything like it. People…
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Rejuvenation
Life changed, and I was a bit wary about it at first. Near the end of 2017, after 2+ years working in mobile app support for WordPress, I changed gears and went back to the arena I originally worked in–general support for WordPress.com. I love the mobile app. In fact, I’m using it right now…
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Winning Fun Things
Day 24/30 – Today I’m thankful for fun memories of winning things. In September I was at our company meetup at Whistler (since our company is distributed, we gather once a year so all co-workers can be together in person). Some years I take classes, but this year I joined a bunch of others in…
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The WordPress Community
Day 18/30 – I think I will forever be in awe of the WordPress community. Once again we gathered together for a WordCamp in Rochester. I think something was learned by everyone, and the day was incredible. There is just nothing like the WordPress community. For November (the month in which we celebrate Thanksgiving in…
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Customer Support Users who Leave Feedback
Day 6/30 – Today I’m thankful for people who not only use customer support, but also leave feedback. I work at Automattic, Inc., the company behind WordPress.com, and I mostly work on helping people with the mobile app. It’s completely awesome working together with people who use our product, and I especially appreciate it when people…
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Ageism and Automattic
About a week ago I read an article on age and the workplace that was a bit chilling. It linked to a study, which shows that in the tech industry 43% of employees worry about losing their job due to their age The thought was sobering. Downright sad. And scary. What really gets me about all…
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From Snow to the Snows — in June
Our final full day in Utah was spent on the ski/snowboard slopes at Snowbird. Yes, it was June 10. Let me say that again. June 10. And we were at the slopes. Can you feel hear my heart beating faster? Oh the joy of that day! The altitude got to Chris a bit (on his fourth…
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Our Lisbon Meetup Begins 🙂
Since I work for a distributed company, I only get to see my coworkers in person twice a year. Last year my team met up in Durham, and this year it’s Lisbon. Another team is here at the same time, and another team will be coming halfway to the week so I get to see…