It’s been just over a year since I started working for Automattic; and what an amazing year! I have got to do what I really like doing, which is help people make their websites. I have met a bunch of new people, online and in person. I have contributed to learning and development projects for […]
WordPress.com and Jetpack
Most tutorials and information that you come across about WordPress will be for the open source software that you can install on any server and do whatever you want with; often referred to as WordPress.org or self-hosted (because you have to manage the installation of WordPress on your host). WordPress.com is a bit different. WordPress.com is a […]
Save your MacBook screen
It’s a thing with MacBook screens that sometimes they get marks from the keyboard on the screen. I think it’s most likely to happen with the retina screens that don’t have a significant portion of case around the screen, but it can happen with the MacBook Airs too. It’s also more likely to happen if […]
The WordPress Customizer
The Customizer is the way forward… It essentially removes the fear and disconnect between the WP Admin and the front end of someone’s site. So, it’s a bridge that gives people the confidence to make changes, while seeing those changes in real time. — Matt Mullenweg Matt said that during his Q&A keynote at WordCamp Europe […]
Kristen is an Automattician!
This month I officially joined the ranks of Automattic! For those in the know, I am a Happiness Engineer on the Store team. For everyone else, I do support for WordPress.com, mainly for Business plan customers. I love my new job. Helping people with their websites is what made my blog popular, it’s how my […]
Automattic totally just acquired Woo
WooThemes has been acquired by Automattic! There’s not too much I want to say about this apart from: exciting! The focus is going to be more on WooCommerce than the themes side, at first at least. I hope WooCommerce will be in WordPress.com sooner rather than later. That would be sweet! And since the whole network is […]
