I’ve written ad nauseam about how I’d one day like to have a room of my own. A room where I can write, where I can work, where I can think. With our new house, it has finally happened. In our first week at the new place, I took a week off of work to … Continue reading A room of my own
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs_FckMqow This year marks the 10th birthday of WordPress.com and our parent company, Automattic. We are proud to have served this community of millions: from writers, photographers, artists, and small and large publishers, to business owners and entrepreneurs. A quick bit of history: WordPress itself started as an open… Continue reading Celebrating 10 Years of WordPress.com & Automattic
Wow, this is a hard one. Because I don’t feel like I’ve taken the path less travelled. I’m a middle-class white woman who went to high school, went to college, married a man, is raising a family, and now has a job. Isn’t that the most travelled road for my demographic in the developed world? … Continue reading I took the road less travelled by
Do you have a thing you daydream about – an ambition, a wish, a thing you’d love to do but you know it will probably never happen? Some people call it a bucket list, I suppose. I had that thing. I’ve had it since I was about 12, a freckle-faced island girl with a brother … Continue reading I surfed in Hawaii
In the month of October, I focused a large portion of my extracurricular work time on training new Automatticians and Happiness Engineer trials. We covered tools, tickets, tone – and in every session, a trainee taught me something new. This is a reason I love to teach. The joy of a student’s discovery is always … Continue reading The student is the teacher: helping out in Blogging 101
Several friends have asked, “How’s your writing going?” now that I’ve got a full-time job. While I haven’t been writing as much for my blogs as I was when I was a stay-at-home-mom, I am excited that my job as a Happiness Engineer involves writing All. Day. Long. Even more thrilling, especially for a writer … Continue reading A day in the life of a Happiness Engineer: word counts
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