A majority of the selfies I see being taken are usually taken wrong. Well, let me clarify - most selfies should never be taken. The remaining ones are taken incorrectly because people tend to look at the camera wrong. What do I mean? Take a look: Looking at the screenIn this example I'm looking at the screen when taking the picture. It feels the most natural since I'm looking at myself and then the picture snaps my eyes looking downward. Now look at the picture when I look at the actual camera lens: ...

We've been using Slack at Automattic for about two years now. One of the biggest challenges I had with it (and any other chat system really) is losing my place. I will frequently read activity in a room, quickly determine it is not immediately relevant, and tell myself to not forget to come back to it later. In reality I never remember and the idea is lost to the ether of my ADHD brain. ...

We have an internal movement at work to have people try out a new keyboard layout like Dvorak or Colemak. Why? I am not really sure other than it is something challenging to take on. I am personally doing it to learn to type with a bit more structure - my QWERTY typing is fast enough but I definitely do not use home row and I feel like it could be better. ...

Interested to see when it's 2016 around the world? Check out TimeAndDate.com's awesome multi-zone countdown chart: http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/multicountdown.html Also their interactive map is pretty slick: http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/newyearmap.html

Here's a quick script that deletes and recreated all of your iOS simulators in Xcode 7. Use it when you get the duplicated nightmare or if you just want to reset everything: https://gist.github.com/cabeca/3ff77007204e5479f7af

This is a clip from the animated short, The Snowman, from 1982. This was adapted from a book written by Raymond Briggs in 1978. I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snow I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the whole world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day... and it was on that day I made the Snowman.This is my favorite scene from the animated short. ...

Every year at the Automattic Grand Meetup the entire company gets together in one place for a little over a week to work and have fun. Part of that meetup requires everyone to give a four minute flash talk on any subject. This year my coworker Carolyn Sonnek and I decided to team up on our flash talk. Carolyn and I are Tater Tot experts. EXPERTS. We dug deep and found some interesting facts on Tater Tots and even a conspiracy! ...

Doesn't the image convey a lot more emotion about my disdain for the ancient real estate agent we're forced to work with? And Justin if you're reading this, it's not you. 🙃

Last week my friend Matt lost his wife Dawn. Nine days earlier they had their third child, a baby girl, Adeline. Dawn was only 42 years old. A friend of Dawn's set up a GoFundMe site to help with the costs of Dawn's passing, Adeline's birth and for the children's future education. If you have a few spare dollars please consider sending a donation in. Dawn was a loving soul and it's quite apparent when you meet her family and pets. ...

I made an observation today while listening to Digitally Imported's Trance channel. There is something intangibly different about listening to a "real" radio channel versus listening to a "radio station" on Pandora. Knowing that others around the area/world are listening and experiencing the same song I am has a bit of magic behind it. Maybe this is why I don't like Pandora as much - the music seems to have less life because its automatically selected and not something shared with others.