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If I wanted a career like his, I would have to seek deeply in my soul.
One of the great things about working for a 100% distributed company like Automattic is the freedom to choose where you do your work. Whether working from a home office,…
1. Celebrate! Congratulations, you’ve been hired at Automattic! It’s surreal to think you’ll be joining this globally distributed team that you’ve long admired from afar. You’ll soon get to design…
This is it. The verge of this 2019, the brink of a decade, and the conclusion of a century from the founding of one of the most significant schools of…
With music, design, and really any creative endeavor I take on, the idea of making “something out of nothing” drives me. The “nothing” here is the often unpredictable process of capturing small, abstract ideas and finding subtle and unexpected inspiration in them.
As designers, we are often very comfortable in working together using the physical space to our own advantage — critiques, workshops, brainstorming sessions, etc. It’s usually part of our education,…
Part of my job as a designer is to search for inspiration. That’s one of the many ways I get to hone my craft and that’s why I usually cringe…
Like 90s hip-hop, The Web We Lost™ retains a near-mystical hold on the hearts and minds of those who were lucky enough to be part of it. Luke Dorny’s recent, lovingly…
Often when discussing about the organizational design of a distributed company the discussion verges on the big things, the structural changes, and the policies. Yet, small changes can mean a…
This is it. The verge of this 2019, the brink of a decade, and the conclusion of a century from the founding of one of the most significant schools of…
I know there’s no such thing as a status quo.
