Author: Brandon Kraft
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WordPress Tattoo Party
At the Automattic Grand Meetup, we had gold temporary tattoo sheets to take home. Much better than anything I could have bought at the airport for the kids.
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Thanks Aetna
I’m usually quick to poke at insurance companies. https://twitter.com/Kraft/status/125683429315592192 But today, props to Aetna. I’ve been going round and round with a provider insisting we owe them ~$600 for an ultrasound (from over a year ago when Vanessa was pregnant), even though they’re in-network provider and every other ultrasound was covered. I finally called Aetna,…
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Jetpack Juice
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Happiness Badges
A number of Automatticians worked to create these “happiness badges” for a variety of roles that Happiness Engineers serve in. The badges were retroactive to things you’ve worked on in the past too. For me, the badges represent work in our old “Core Happiness” team, Jetpack, VaultPress, WordPress.com’s public forums, Themes/CSS (even though I turned…
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Old Park City
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RIP Bevo XIV
https://www.facebook.com/texasexes/videos/10153168254491500/ Bevo XIV, the mascot of the Texas Longhorns died in his sleep. He started his reign during my time at UT and presided over much success for the University—both in athletics and academics. In an era where very few schools have “live” mascots, I’m glad that UT continues the tradition. RIP Bevo XIV. UPDATE:…