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China is changing the future of shopping

A coworker referred me to this recent TED talk about how China is changing how commerce happens. Not only does it involve the ecommerce sales experience but all the way through the supply chain to how products are designed. This definitely has opened my mind to how mobile devices can

Flash Talk: Working Remote Saved my Life

Every year at Automattic's Grand Meetup we're required to give a flash talk of up to four minutes on any topic. This past year I gave mine on a subject related to my post "How Working Remote (Probably) Saved My Life". I'm

RayWenderlich.com Christmas Video

I'm an awful singer but decided to help out the RayWenderlich.com team with the annual Christmas video. Check out our excellent work. Original Post at RayWenderlich.com

This is what 400 Automatticians in one place looks like from a drone

This is what 400 Automatticians in one place looks like from a drone

Watch the drone video below taken at our annual Grand Meetup in Park City, Utah October 2015: https://videopress.com/v/MYKeey35 https://automattic.com/work-with-us/

The Snowman - Walking in the Air

The Snowman - Walking in the Air

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

Tater Tots Through Time

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

iPhone 6 Plus Screen Backlight Issue

I've noticed an issue I've been having with my iPhone 6 Plus a couple weeks ago. After the phone has been in my pocket for an indeterminate amount of time, I would randomly be unable to light the screen back up. The phone would come out

Demoing a fix or feature is better with music

I am implementing a new feature for WordPress for iOS in the site stats and needed to demo the implementation for my coworkers. By accident I recorded my computer audio and gave the demo accompanying music. I liked this so when I recorded the next change I did it again.

Recording Your iOS Device with QuickTime Player

Recording Your iOS Device with QuickTime Player

The Task You need to record your iPhone or iPad's screen to show someone a bug or demo a feature to your customers. In the past the only method available was to use a program like Reflector to emulate an AirPlay/Apple TV and then record on your

Things With Wheels Flash Talk

Every year at Automattic we get together at what we call the Grand Meetup. Everyone is expected to give a four minute flash talk on any subject - literally any subject. Last year I described a funny story about a boss stealing my iPhone. This year I combined another funny

Look Up & Unplug

This is probably one of the best videos I've seen promoting the need for us as humans to reconnect with each other. I work for a distributed company and I call tell you, we realize the importance of face to face interaction. Also we need to make sure

How I Got Well Played Revenge

Last fall I gave a four minute flash talk at our company meetup. Everyone is required to give one and it can be on any topic. I chose to tell a story about how I got revenge on my boss. [wpvideo k15SG13b]