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How To Use Emoji One On Your Site
Emoji One, an open-source emoji set, revealed their 2016 collection last month and it is beautiful! WordPress natively uses Twiemoji, a “competing” set sponsored by Twitter when the browser can…
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2016: The Year of Bad Typing ⌨️
I type a lot. All day, everyday. My primary role at Automattic is of a communicator. 99.9% of which occurs via a keyboard. ⌨️ I haven’t had any problems, except…
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When Are You No Longer Mexican? 🇲🇽
Awhile ago, Vanessa and I attended a panel at SXSWi, “What Would Cesar Chavez Tweet?”, that examined the status of Hispanic engagement via social media, particularly while being leveraged for…
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Working Remotely on a Remote Farm
Our first step was to try and find a house or apartment in the city. It was hard to find something affordable and after a long search we eventually stumbled upon a…
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Snow Day
We planned on returning from El Paso on Sunday, but a bit of snow fell overnight Saturday preventing our return. Even giving it an extra day, the return trip suffered…
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Gas Station Math
We spent a week in El Paso (without solid Internet, thus the radio silence here) and spotted this on the way. I like gas station math. Per the top banner,…
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Serious Decisions
Someone thought long and hard about their priorities over the next couple of days!
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It Begins…
If this is what we get on the door of a room shared by a 6-year old, a 4-year old, and a 3-year old, I’m a bit scared of when…
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There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why.
A deep dive into the unbearable whiteness of brewing. Source: There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why. An interesting read on an aspect of craft beer…
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Hot Dogs Across America—Flash Talk Edition
In October, I joined 400 coworkers in Park City, Utah, for the annual all-hands Automattic Grand Meetup. During the weekend, everyone gives a 4-minute flash talk on any subject they…