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Joen A.
Advancing the Block Interface
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 program, Automattic has a number of sponsored contributors who work alongside community members to further the project. In this post, Joen shares his perspective as…
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Filipe Varela
Stream Like a Designer: Democratizing Beautiful Video Calls
Conference video calls have always been a big part of our flows here at Automattic. We all work from home, all over the world, so these calls are an opportunity to see the faces of colleagues — when we do weekly check-ins, connect on projects, review and critique designs from other teams, and occasionally engage…
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Sylvester Wilmott
Designing a Promotional Video for Simplenote
Simplenote is Automattic’s free, open-source, note-taking app. We’ve been working hard to improve its usability and design across all platforms and wanted to promote the latest UX updates along with Simplenote’s fresh new look. An opportunity arrived in a new top-of-the-dashboard takeover ad unit on Tumblr — another member of Automattic’s family of products —which…
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Kjell Reigstad
Designing the Seedlet Theme
A behind-the-scenes look into the design of an Automattic theme.
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Ballio Chan
Designing An Animated Video For Automattic’s P2 Collaboration Platform
P2 is the lifeblood of Automattic’s fully-distributed work culture. P2 is not just a tool we use, it’s become something we do, each and every day; sharing, discussing, reviewing and collaborating with our teams. No interruptions, no time zone constraints. It’s the key to our communication. When it came time to share P2’s newest incarnation…
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Takashi Irie
Crafting Block Patterns
There is currently a lot of excitement surrounding the block patterns that debuted in WordPress 5.5. A block pattern—pattern for short—is a predefined block layout; a collection of blocks or, occasionally, even a single block can make up a pattern. Think of it as a pre-made, artful chunk of a web page that you can…
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Dan Hauk
Behind Every Great Designer, There is a Great Desk!
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, living room, coffee shop, or coworking space (maybe less-so in this post-COVID world), everyone has their own setup to keep them productive and inspired. I…
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Jill Quek
How (Not) To Start a Job at Automattic
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 a well-known, well-loved product and impact thousands of people out there. Feel all the feels! The interview process was intense. The entire thing was text-based…
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Designers – No. 1: Allan Cole
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.
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Erin Casali
Build effective remote design teams with the right communication model
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, and it evolves with our practice and experience. Facilitating an in-person workshop is second nature to many of us. Which is why one of the…
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