• Librarians and Happiness Engineers

    I don’t often get out to author readings, but my friend Sarah had an extra ticket to see venerable Canadian Broadcasting Corporation host Eleanor Wachtel interview Michael Ondaatje (of The…

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  • Five

    Five years ago today, I started working full-time at Automattic. It’s the longest I’ve ever worked for someone besides myself. Thanks to Automattic, I’ve eaten pastéis de nata in Lisbon,…

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  • Upcoming Theme Workshops

    I realized recently that when I used to run my own web development business, I was always good about letting people know ahead of time about things I’d be doing…

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  • The CSS Song

    One of my greatest delights as a Happiness Engineer helping users with their WordPress themes is witnessing “lightbulb moments” – seeing people start to understand technical concepts that had been…

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  • Community Interview

    A friendly fellow named John Parkinson got in touch a few weeks back about doing an interview for his community series on WordPress.tv. Of course, I said yes! We chatted…

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  • From Shadows to Limelight: How Women Found Their Voice At WordCamp Montreal

    At WordCamp US a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to share the story of what the Montreal WordPress community has done to get to more women speaking at…

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