September 2009
4 posts
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
Sep 10th
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…
Sep 9th
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
Sep 7th
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way. Our…
Sep 4th
August 2009
6 posts
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
Aug 27th
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs. Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
Aug 20th
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address: http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about  70% smaller than the …
Aug 14th
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
Aug 13th
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…
Aug 13th
July Wrap-Up →
We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress. Later in the month we…
Aug 6th
July 2009
6 posts
Archives Shortcode →
You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …
Jul 30th
Gravatar Widget →
Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…
Jul 23rd
PollDaddy ratings and polls →
PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since. Ratings The PollDaddy rating…
Jul 17th
Vote for Media Features →
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…
Jul 8th
June Wrap-Up →
Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…
Jul 2nd
National Blog Posting Month →
Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…
Jul 2nd
June 2009
1 post
Saturday’s tour of Upper and Lower Manhattan (May... →
45 pics from a tour on a double decker tour bus of upper and lower Manhattan.
Jun 3rd
May 2009
3 posts
Day of Decision Protest Rally in NYC (May 26,... →
Day of Decision protest rally in NYC. With 11 photos.
May 28th
Road Trip! →
Gaby will be going on a road trip with a final destination of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in late July. Also has links to subscribe to e-mail updates for the WordPress and Tumblr blogs.
May 18th
A Spring Day in New York City →
Just a heads up that I’ll be spending the day in NYC tomorrow so Tumblr might get some updates throughout the day.
May 1st
April 2009
5 posts
New Zealand North Island: a tentative itinerary →
Gaby gives a tentative itinerary for her first two weeks in New Zealand’s North Island. Definite: Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Napier, and finally Wellington Maybe: Mt. Maunganui, Cape Kidnappers, and…
Apr 23rd
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WordPress feed fixed.
Just wanted to say that the WordPress feed should be fixed now so that if you’re reading this on a site that is not Tumblr, the RSS feed for WordPress should just pick up the summaries for future entries and not the full content so I’m not cluttering your reader :) Again, let me know if you want to follow that instead of this, which I envision getting many updates over the course of a...
Apr 21st
4 tags
Heads up!
Okay, so I’ve duplicated the first four posts from here on Tumblr on WordPress since I think they’re more wordy than the typical text post on here and now my posts of that type will be posted over there. But don’t worry! They’ll be imported back over here with just an intro and a link back to WordPress. Every blog system has its perks and its drawbacks. To me, one of the...
Apr 21st
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Reminiscing Post #1: France (July 2005)
Yesterday, I asked my followers on Twitter if I should use this blog to (1) post old travel photos should I come across them or (2) if I should just stick to my upcoming travels. The response was favourable to option #1, so this is my inaugural reminiscing post. I’ll just talk about the pictures I found of France in this post; there’s some UK pictures and some California pictures to...
Apr 20th
3 tags
Another step down.
Well first of all, since it’s approximately been another month since my last post, I probably should mention my questions regarding my ISIC card have been answered. It turns out, yes, the dates should be like that. As long as the dates (as in the validity of my card and my birthdate) are right, I shouldn’t have any problems with the fact it doesn’t say my actual school. So my...
Apr 12th
March 2009
1 post
2 tags
My ISIC arrived today!
Well, folks, I am home on spring break at the moment and found a college locally that allows you to apply for the ISIC (International Student Identity Card) in person. I wanted an ISIC because it entitles students to a great number of discounts domestically and overseas. One of the big bonuses is that you can get EXCELLENT deals on airfare from STA Travel. Just compare a OW (one way) flight from...
Mar 14th
February 2009
1 post
5 tags
Hello, World.
Today, my application for a working holiday visa in New Zealand got approved approximately 24 to 28 hours after submitting it. 81 days until I graduate uni!
Feb 24th