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Rick Banister
Don’t block the box
In order to give the new WordPress core editor Gutenberg a test drive I tried to recreate the formatting of the Longreads article A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture by Minda Honey on my own test site. It took me about 26 minutes to get the hang of most of it, and I kind of quit…
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Rick Banister
Sorry Mom
You know that classic parable about the cobbler’s children having no shoes? The shoemaker is is too busy with other work to provide for his or her own children. This is prevalent in the technology industry too! I last updated my personal “website” almost five years ago. It’s hand-coded html instead of WordPress because I…
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Rick Banister
Squad Goals
A few keys to distributed success Since becoming the lead of my team I’ve spent a fair bit of time helping my team members define career growth goals and track their progress. Everyone is different and their growth can obviously take many forms—from skill-building to efficiency to leadership. That said, I have noticed a few…
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Rick Banister
Listen Up
How does Automattic incorporate “listening” into its design process? Two weeks ago Automattic had its annual all-company in-person gathering in Whistler, British Columbia. I got to catch up with dozens of colleagues and meet dozens of new ones. One of my favorite things about distributed work is the melting pot of perspectives it creates. I…
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Rick Banister
Up the hill Backwards
I wrote in June about my early experience leading a remote team and the experimental tool I borrowed from behavioral economics to help foster the growth of my teammates. The ‘tool’ is a set of four questions I ask every two weeks during one-on-one sessions each designer. How do you think you’re doing the last…
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Rick Banister
Remote Leadership
I believe remote work is the future. I’ve been working as a designer for Automattic for three years and I worked from home half time the two years prior. Before that I did freelance work on nights and weekends at my dining room table. Working remotely allowed my wife and I to move from Philadelphia…
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A fully distributed team making the web a better place.
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