September 2009
5 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…
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…
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…
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…
August 2009
9 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…
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,…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
July 2009
11 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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
June 2009
59 posts
SocialVibe →
You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with…
May Wrap-Up →
Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.
May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…
Bell & Ross Instrument Airborn Watch →
I have to admit, from the beginning, that I am not a big fan of Bell & Ross. However, their latest watch has a story behind it, one that I appreciate.
This watch is a tribute to those who fought in…
Veteran Style, Milan →
One of my favorite blogs for style, is Advanced Style, which showcases the best street style from around the world, focusing on those that made the 50’s classic, the 60’s revolutionary, the 70’s…
Getting Fired From a 5-Star Resort in Five Days or... →
God Is In The Deails As I write this, I’m packed into seat 50k in the back corner of a daunting Lufthansa plane. The person in front of me has their seat as far back as it can go, the person behind…
Hipsters Rejoice… →
A sweet stop-frame short, a cute tatted chick, and a wheelie to boot, enjoy.
Ryan Haigh
Mister Spock is Indian? →
There is no real news here and the image above is actually “Evil Spock” (I guess a beard makes you evil? Sorry Santa.) My girlfriend pointed out that her mother says a phrase to her, Khush ro,…
Street Style, Poland →
Now, if you have been following this blog, you’ll know that I tend to go for the suited style. Today, I have to say this gentleman from Krakow, Poland has put together an outfit for warmer weather…
Editors’ Playlist for the Week →
Our playlist this week is actually on time this week. We are going to keep getting better, we promise. You can check out last week’s playlist here.
Elliott Ebrahimi:
Christian Marchi feat. Dr….
Seinfeld On Blackberries and iPhones →
I debated whether it was Blackberrys or Blackberries, anyways enjoy a laugh.
The Beginning of a Long Summer →
I will be in Addis Ababa until Aug. 1st shooting for I-TECH (an AIDS research organization) in their clinics across Ethiopia. More updates to come!
Follow my travels on my Tumblr and Flickr…
Bow Tie Done Well, Liverpool. →
I won’t even get into the fact that this kid takes his look a little too seriously (stop posing like you didn’t want attention), but I will give credit where it is due. He’s from Liverpool and what…
