My cozy work space Several years ago, I was living in Toronto in a cozy one-bedroom apartment and commuting to work every day. By then I had a regular computer desk, I don't even remember where I got it from, and an Ikea chair. It was all good. I was working at the office most of the day and using…
My cozy work space
Several years ago, I was living in Toronto in a cozy one-bedroom apartment and commuting to work every day. By then I had a regular computer desk, I don't even remember where I got it from, and an Ikea chair. It was all good. I was working at the office most of the day and using my home computer only to edit photos (one of my hobbies) and gaming.
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Good news from around the globe I have been working on some changes in my life lately. Little things here and there in the hopes to make my life a bit better. Don't get me wrong. I love my life and I know how lucky and privileged I am. But existing in this world has become gradually harder. Social…
Good news from around the globe
I have been working on some changes in my life lately. Little things here and there in the hopes to make my life a bit better. Don't get me wrong. I love my life and I know how lucky and privileged I am. But existing in this world has become gradually harder. Social media is, in my opinion, a great contributor for that.
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What keeps a brilliant editor like @cherilucasrowlands.com coming back to Automattic after 13 years? Hint: it’s not just the work—it’s the people, the mission, and the freedom to create from anywhere. 🌍 If that resonates, we’re hiring! 👀
Philly I don't know if you can tell, but fall is my favourite season. 😉 This one is from 2023, close to Philly, when I was visiting friends. It's another one from my Instagram. The weather has finally cooled down around here. The amazing colours are everywhere. The best time of the year (I would…
Philly
I don't know if you can tell, but fall is my favourite season. 😉 This one is from 2023, close to Philly, when I was visiting friends. It's another one from my Instagram. The weather has finally cooled down around here. The amazing colours are everywhere. The best time of the year (I would say the same about christmas and then spring). Cool, sunny days are the best.
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Gutenberg Changelog #122 – Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9 In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderbergh, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The conversation kicks off with reminiscing about…
Gutenberg Changelog #122 – Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9
In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderbergh, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The conversation kicks off with reminiscing about past WordCamp experiences and transitions into a deep dive on block themes, evolving design tools, and the challenges of adopting new workflows. Beth shares practical insights from her agency work, highlighting the benefits of section and block styles, synced patterns, and strategies for cleaning up legacy code as Gutenberg advances.
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Check out all the amazing things coming to Woo developer.woocommerce.com/2025/10/22/w...
WooCommerce 10.3: COGS comes to core and MCP beta
WooCommerce 10.3 introduces Address Autocomplete for Checkout, Cost of Goods Sold tracking, the Woo MCP beta, and improvements to Product Collections, enhancing functionality and user experience for m...
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Inside Automattic’s Collective Brain Can you imagine working on a company where e-mail is not a thing? Weird, eh? I thought so too in the beginning. The truth is, using emails to communicate helps the creation of silos and is the recipe for information to get lost. Think about it. Decision-making,…
Inside Automattic’s Collective Brain
Can you imagine working on a company where e-mail is not a thing? Weird, eh? I thought so too in the beginning. The truth is, using emails to communicate helps the creation of silos and is the recipe for information to get lost. Think about it. Decision-making, thought process, nuances, everything that is discussed in an email is lost if the people involved leave the company.
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You can’t buy, manipulate, or scam your way into this one. You must earn it. I’m proud (but not surprised) to report that Automattic has once again been named a Top 100 Most Loved Workplace. Certified through real employee sentiment data. mostlovedworkplace.com/americas-top...
America’s 2025 Top Most Loved Workplaces | Official List by Most Loved Workplace - Most Loved Workplace®
The official America’s 2025 Top Most Loved Workplaces list showcases the top companies in America where employees feel respected, connected, and valued. Discover who’s leading the future of work…
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The sun never sets at Automattic Last week I joined the 9th edition of the Automattic 5K relay. We do that twice a year. As a 100% distributed company we don't get to be together a lot. So we find ways to connect. I talked more about this here. So, twice a year we run. Separately but together.…
The sun never sets at Automattic
Last week I joined the 9th edition of the Automattic 5K relay. We do that twice a year. As a 100% distributed company we don't get to be together a lot. So we find ways to connect. I talked more about this here. So, twice a year we run. Separately but together. During the 24 hours of a day we have at least one, but usually multiple, Automatticians running somewhere around the world.
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A new-found love I have been home for about 3 weeks now and it's been nice. Am I already planning my next trip? MAYBE. But let's not talk about it now. While I love travelling, it's always good to be back home. I have established my routine again, joined a gym, kept up with my workout and running…
A new-found love
I have been home for about 3 weeks now and it's been nice. Am I already planning my next trip? MAYBE. But let's not talk about it now. While I love travelling, it's always good to be back home. I have established my routine again, joined a gym, kept up with my workout and running habits, back hiking and, the best part, back to my own kitchen and able to try new recipes.
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Today at 16:00 BST (UTC+1), I’ll be live-streaming about REST API Authentication methods 🎙️ Join me live at twitch.tv/juanma_codes 📺 Or watch the recording later on youtube.com/@juanmacode...
Working on a distributed company, having colleagues from all around the globe, means paying attention to communication patterns. Job Thomas posted a while ago about how can we be more inclusive in our communication. Worth reading: lnkd.in/d5zqFJei #remotework #wordpress #woocommerce #distributed
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Block commenting, fun with Telex, from classic to block theme—Weekend Edition 341 Read onlineIssue #341 | September 20, 2025 Hi there, A month before Beta, is the time I get excited about a major release. Many new features—I see it all coming together via GitHub and Trac. The Source of Truth is in…
Block commenting, fun with Telex, from classic to block theme—Weekend Edition 341
Read onlineIssue #341 | September 20, 2025 Hi there, A month before Beta, is the time I get excited about a major release. Many new features—I see it all coming together via GitHub and Trac. The Source of Truth is in the works, but it will take a few more weeks to be published, as only when Release candidate 2 comes out I can be sure about what actually made it into the release.
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The Power of Asynchronous Communication One of the most valuable tools I've worked with in recent years isn't flashy, it's not "AI-driven" and it doesn't even try to solve all problems at once. It's simply asynchronous communication. At Automattic, we use P2 as the heart of that async culture. It…
The Power of Asynchronous Communication
One of the most valuable tools I've worked with in recent years isn't flashy, it's not "AI-driven" and it doesn't even try to solve all problems at once. It's simply asynchronous communication. At Automattic, we use P2 as the heart of that async culture. It is a long-form text-based tool, integrated with several other internal tools, P2 is where ideas live, where discussions grow, and where decisions are documented instead of disappearing into chat history.
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On my way home I've been away from home for almost 4 months straight (with a small stop in Canada to repack for a couple of days in July). I left Noway yesterday (and a piece of my heart stayed behind like every time) and I'm now in Basel, Switzerland, for today. There's a thunderstorm forming…
On my way home
I've been away from home for almost 4 months straight (with a small stop in Canada to repack for a couple of days in July). I left Noway yesterday (and a piece of my heart stayed behind like every time) and I'm now in Basel, Switzerland, for today. There's a thunderstorm forming here, so I don't think I'll go anywhere after work. I'm ready to go back home and get back to my routine.
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Colmar One of the best things about Europe is how close everything is. I feel like in Canada, I could drive for 3 days before getting to the next city. Here, everything is close. So, after our meetup in Strasbourg, I had a few days to travel around before I headed to Norway because my sister was…
Colmar
One of the best things about Europe is how close everything is. I feel like in Canada, I could drive for 3 days before getting to the next city. Here, everything is close. So, after our meetup in Strasbourg, I had a few days to travel around before I headed to Norway because my sister was still in Brazil. So, Damianne and I decided to go on a short trip to Colmar, Basel, and Vaduz.
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Repost: “Sync Overload”—And How to Avoid It Being part of a fully distributed, remote-first, remote-last, remote-all-the-way-to-the-core, remote-always company is an amazing thing. Specially when we are going through a wave of RTO (return to office) mandates lately. I thought the world would be…
Repost: “Sync Overload”—And How to Avoid It
Being part of a fully distributed, remote-first, remote-last, remote-all-the-way-to-the-core, remote-always company is an amazing thing. Specially when we are going through a wave of RTO (return to office) mandates lately. I thought the world would be different, more ready for the remote world after 2 years of statistics showing things get better when you let employees work from home. But nope.
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"You might imagine that as a fully distributed, remote-first, remote-last, remote-always company, Automattic must keep its people constantly stuck in Zoom meetings, but the truth is the opposite." automattic.com/2025/08/20/s...
Sync overload, and how to avoid it.
More creative time, fewer meetings. That’s what keeps the Automattic Operating System going strong.
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Strasbourg I will never complain about having to go to France, especially when I get to visit somewhere new.It’s that time of year again when I get together with my team members for a whole week of work and fun.This time, our in-person meetup happened in Strasbourg, France. I’ve been to France a…
Strasbourg
I will never complain about having to go to France, especially when I get to visit somewhere new.It’s that time of year again when I get together with my team members for a whole week of work and fun.This time, our in-person meetup happened in Strasbourg, France. I’ve been to France a few times before, but never to this part of the country.
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What makes working at Automattic so different? Christy Nyiri has the answer and I couldn't have said better myself
What makes working at Automattic different? | Automattic
What makes working at Automattic different? We’re a distributed company of 1,500 Automatticians in 95 countries, and we believe talent thrives when given trust and flexibility. We partnered with Wel...
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Where it all started A little bit over ten years ago, I was bitten by the travel bug. The first few years after moving to Canada, I basically spent my vacation time travelling to Brazil to visit my family. But after a while this started to bug me a little. I wanted to do more than that. I wanted…
Where it all started
A little bit over ten years ago, I was bitten by the travel bug. The first few years after moving to Canada, I basically spent my vacation time travelling to Brazil to visit my family. But after a while this started to bug me a little. I wanted to do more than that. I wanted to see the world. So I decided to visit a friend in L.A and after that, nothing was ever the same 😃 …
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Lens-Artists Challenge #354 Reflections I love this theme. I have taken a lot of reflections pics in my life. My university graduation project was in photography. You had to pick two themes, one for B&W and one for colour and my colour theme was reflections. So, for a long time I was looking for…
Lens-Artists Challenge #354 Reflections
I love this theme. I have taken a lot of reflections pics in my life. My university graduation project was in photography. You had to pick two themes, one for B&W and one for colour and my colour theme was reflections. So, for a long time I was looking for reflections everywhere XD I still take a lot of reflections pics.
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Today marks 20 years of Automattic! 🥂 We span 82 countries, speak 110 languages, and power millions of sites, stores, and conversations through @wordpress.com, @woocommerce.com, and more. Cheers to user freedom, an open web, and software that serves people, not the other way around—and to 20 more!
Syttende Mai First time in Norway, ten years ago, for my sister's wedding. We spent about 2 weeks there, and we were there for the Constitution Day (May 17th). They have a really fun parade downtown. Men, women, and kids dress up using typical clothes. There's also all sorts of costumes (as you…
Syttende Mai
First time in Norway, ten years ago, for my sister's wedding. We spent about 2 weeks there, and we were there for the Constitution Day (May 17th). They have a really fun parade downtown. Men, women, and kids dress up using typical clothes. There's also all sorts of costumes (as you can see from the pic, we have Stormtroopers.) Norway has become a third home for me since then. It's such a beautiful country.
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