Tales from a Nomad Software Developer in a hostel

Aloha, I’m currently staying in a hostel in Maui. I’ve been here for 6 nights, and am here for 5 more. After that I’m going to the island of Kauai where I’ve also booked a hostel. I actually… Read More

Changing teams

One of the great things about working at Automattic is the flexibility that it allows. As a company, we work on many different things and we’re split into roughly 20 teams working on various projects and maintenance tasks…. Read More

Automattic is on Google Maps

This is about the coolest thing ever. Automattic’s office (as in the inside) is on Google Maps. Everyone at Automattic works from wherever they are (home, cafe, or what not) but we have lounge in San Francisco for… Read More

Current status: coworking in Israel

Current status: co-working with a great team of guys in Herzliya, Israel (near Tel-Aviv). Here we are together earlier today: I’ve been posting a bunch of other photos from the trip on my photo blog as well: http://photos.jkudish.com/…. Read More

Originally posted on WordPress.com News:
At WordPress.com, our mission is making publishing democratic — accessible and easy for anyone, anywhere. And while anyone can start a free blog here, not everyone can access upgrades (like going ad-free…

Originally posted on WordPress.com News:
City administrators: Don’t spend thousands of dollars on a proprietary system for your city’s website. We’ve launched WordPress.com/cities as the go-to place to start a site for your city or other municipal…

Jetpack 1.9

Originally posted on Jetpack:
Jetpack 1.9 is here. That’s right, it’s time for another big helping of Jetpack awesomeness. This release brings you Toolbar Notifications, Mobile Push Notifications, Custom CSS for mobile themes, a JSON API, and improvements…

San Diego Scavenger Hunt

I just returned from a week long company meetup with Automattic in San Diego. As a fun thing to do and to keep me alert, my partner Amy gave me a scavenger hunt for while I was there…. Read More

A distributed company

A little bit of insight into what it’s like to work at Automattic.

P2 Hovercards

Originally posted on Developer Resources:
We’ve released a new plugin for the P2 theme that we’re calling P2 Hovercards. Hovercards are like extra bits of information about particular links that show up when you hover the corresponding inline…