On the first of May, I started a new job at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. I was hired as a “Code Wrangler,” but to date I have not written a lick of code. This is because for the first three weeks new employees must participate in a customer support rotation. I know what you are thinking: “Let the software engineers communicate directly with customers?
We've recently made some updates to the REST API which is available here on WordPress.com and for any Jetpack-enabled site that have the REST API module activated. The API now has full read and write support for custom post types and post metadata.
You can specify a post's post type when you create or edit it. If you're fetching a single post…
Our first team meetup this year was in absolutely stunning city of Rio de Janeiro. Here are a few moments from the trip:
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Between starting the demi-glace and getting the case of chickens out of the walk-in for stock, the last thing we think you should be worrying about as a restaurateur is whether the guests showing up to your soft-open can actually find your phone number and location on your web site. Can phones do Flash yet? How long has that osso bucco been braising?
Enjoying a quick weekend trip to Vegas. First time here and so far so good. It’s definitely a nice break from rainy Vancouver.
I just got back from an exhilarating, week long Automattic company meetup in San Diego. We've now done 9 full company meetups over the last 6 years (plus dozens of smaller team ones), and I wanted to write down some tips on how to run a company meetup while it's fresh in my mind:
1. Focus on connecting people: We call our get-togethers meetups - instead of off-sites or retreats - because our primary goal is to get everyone on the team to meet and to get to know each other better (not to get away or retreat from our office).
