Automattic contributes to a number of non-profit and open source projects, including WordPress, which powers more than 30% of websites, including WordPress.com. As part of WordPress’ five for the future…
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Joen A.
Design wrangler at Automattic. I believe in gravity, the moon-landing and well-mixed white russians.
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Whether it’s for demoing an existing feature, recording a “how-to”, or for a product launch, the quality of the demo video you record matters.
You may have heard of Figma recently. It’s a web-app (with a hybrid-native version) that aims to solve the same problem Sketch solves: make it easy and fast to design…
In recent months, we’ve done a fair amount of research on small business owners, and how a website can help them find their presence on the web. As I paged…
The best design is invisible. It is functional to the point that you forget how it works, you just use it. You might even forget it took effort to invent…
“Gutenberg” is the codename for a project to bring a brand new editor to WordPress; an editor that makes it easy to create rich layouts without having to know code.…
The goal of WordPress, from the very start, has been to democratize publishing: to give anyone the freedom to have their voice on the web. But what is a voice…
WordPress is set to receive a new block-based editor in the future, and I’ve spent the better part of this year working on the design. The driving force is that…
On or around the 21st of August, my family and I will welcome a baby boy, officially making me the luckiest man in the world. That also means I’ll be…
Back in the day, I designed Flash websites. I was pretty good at it too, and it netted me a job as a Flash animator and designer at a small…
