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vanity
Did you notice the change? Humbled to now be able to post from the new fancy doug.blog. Thanks Automattic ❤️ Expect to see posting frequency go all hockey stick 📈 Want your own? There are a few services, some offer a platform as well.
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Introducing VR and 360° Content for All WordPress.com Sites
Originally posted on WordPress.com News: Virtual Reality is coming to WordPress.com! As of today, you can create and publish your own VR content on any WordPress.com site, starting with 360° photos and 360° videos (beta), and you can view regular photos and panoramas in VR. Our goal is to make publishing VR content as simple…
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My Support History or I used to be a poker dealer
This is post one in a series of 6 for the Support Driven Writing Challenge For a good while of my career, I wanted to get into web development, but for various reasons, I didn’t get past making a few websites, and doing some testing. I realised looking back, that actually I love helping people as…
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Haircut
I have a bad habit of going months without having a hair cut and it gets out of control. Got a gift voucher for the barbers I like for my birthday so got my hair chopped & beard trimmed as well – very chilly now 😂✂️
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Flexibility
Depending on your job role, Automattic can be really amazing when it comes to scheduling your day. Today I got to take my stepdaughter to school and picked her up. We all ate dinner together, and housework is done. As long as I work my hours, my lead is happy. I’m blessed to have this…
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Mornings with Bam Bam
Bam Bam is a nickname for my 2 years old son, he is just like his namesake. (We’re hanging up clothes washing) “They’re dry clothes, these are wet so we hang them up” “Wet” “Yes, wet clothes” he wanders off comes back with dishtowel “Wet wet wet” he says as he DRIES HIS WET TSHIRT…
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9 years later
I missed the date with the rush of last week. Then Sunday was my birthday. I am just over 5 months into working at Automattic, and never when 23 year old Doug signed up on that afternoon of December 2nd 2007, did he think “Aye, I’ll be working with people who support that”. And now I am. Maybe…
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