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Net Neutrality
The FCC wants to repeal Net Neutrality. Without Net Neutrality, big cable and telecom companies can divide the internet into fast and slow lanes. What would the Internet look like without net neutrality? Find out by enabling this banner on your site: it shows your support for real net neutrality rules by displaying a message…
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Another view
I’m lucky in my job to be able to work from wherever I want. When I go to work, I work from Henry’s Coffee House in City Square, Dundee. Today I was working from the W Cafe in Waterstones, Dundee. Wifi wasn’t as stable as Henry’s, and I had a team meeting, and a whole company…
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Democratizing Identity
Originally posted on AUTOMATTIC DESIGN (VOICE RIP): One of the core ideas we stand for here at Automattic is Democratizing Publishing—the idea that anyone with a story should be free to tell it, regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world. We support this idea by providing hosted website services…
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1 year at Automattic, and a new video
I’ve now been full time at Automattic for a full year 🎉 I will some day write up more about what it means to work here, what I’ve done, and what I hope to do in the future. Something I was asked to be part of / I offered to be part of, was the Automattic…
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So You Want to be a Happiness Engineer, Huh?
Originally posted on Sandy McFadden: Since joining Automattic (and to the annoyance of some people, I’m sure) I tend to go on about how much I enjoy my job and the company itself. I’ve often been asked what it takes and what you need to know to get the job. Especially since I called people…
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I’m sick of smiling…
…and so is my jaw
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Motivation for the long haul
The motivation in your job should be core to what you do as a career.
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Snorkelling and Cenotes
Wow. Just wow.
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Coworking
Working in person with the team for a week.
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EWR
You haven’t checked in to Newark Liberty International Airport since September ’12. Cheers Foursquare, hadn’t really forgotten about that. 4 years, 5 months, 6 days ago. Funny how life has a way of completely 180’ing your thinking. I left the States that day thinking I had this future planned out with someone. It wasn’t to be. I…
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