• My People

    I walked into the large hotel meeting room in San Diego with some nervousness. 125 people I’d never met before filled the space, with just as many laptops dotting long…

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  • Press Publish Portland

    If you’re into WordPress, you’ve likely heard of WordCamps – grassroots events held around the world, with sessions aimed at developers, designers, and users of the WordPress open-source software. You…

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  • Hawaii in February

    Earlier this month I took an extraordinary trip to Hawaii. The entire Automattic theme division met for its annual gathering on the island of Kauai – a meetup locale rather…

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  • Growing Garlic Redux

    While we’re contending with frigid temperatures here in Montreal (“feels like” -27C / -17F tonight!), next year’s crop of 101 garlic bulbs happily hibernates beneath the ground in my backyard.…

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  • Hasta la próxima, Miami

    I had the opportunity to spend time in Miami last week after a long time away. A lot has changed but in some ways the city seems stuck in the…

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  • So You Want to Engineer Happiness

    One of the best things about being a Happiness Engineer is telling people I’m a Happiness Engineer. Inevitably, their eyes light up and a smile inches across their face. Sometimes…

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