Five Minutes with Sara Rosso on Apr 8, 2013 in behind the scenes Hiring Daily Post food blogging Italy Nutella photo blogging travel Weekly Photo Challenge wordpress.com vip World Nutella Day Every few weeks, we’re sitting down with an Automattician to help you get to know the people who work behind the scenes to build new features, keep Automattic running, and make WordPress.com the best it can be. This week, we’re very pleas...
30 Poems, 30 Days: NaPoWriMo Has Begun on Apr 1, 2013 in Community Writing NaPoWriMo National Poetry Writing Month poetry poets Calling all poets! April is National Poetry Writing Month — NaPoWriMo for short. Modeled after National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), NaPoWriMo is an annual project encouraging poets to write one poem each day in April. We love discovering...
A Look at Longform on WordPress.com on Mar 20, 2013 in Community Themes longform longreads wplongform We dive daily into the Reader of WordPress.com just as many of you do, sifting through the latest posts like we’re foraging in a vast forest. One of the things we love about this community is the diversity: from brave pieces of memoir to polit...
Headed to SxSW this week? So are we — don’t be a stranger! on Mar 6, 2013 in Events Matt Mullenweg South by Southwest sxsw South by Southwest Interactive kicks off this Friday, March 8, and you know Automattic will be there! Whether you need some help with your site, want to learn about the future of blogging, or just want to boogie down with a beer and some barbeque, we...
Two Cities, Two Launches: A Pair of Sites Built on WordPress.com Enterprise on Feb 27, 2013 in VIP WordPress.com Enterprise ESPN Moonfrye new york San Francisco The 4-Hour Chef The Crosby Press Tim Ferriss We Are Made in NY Where the World Changes Some say there’s no greater rivalry than the one between the City by the Bay, San Francisco, and the one-and-only Big Apple, New York City. And considering both cities’ contributions to the industry of tech and big ideas, they’re ri...
Need a new online home? It’s easy to import into WordPress.com. on Feb 19, 2013 in HowTo Import Resources Support importing posterous WordPress We think it’s important that you own the content you create online, which is why we make it simple to import or export all your data — you wrote it it, it’s yours, and you can take it where you’d like. If you want to become a...
Education Continues Outside the Classroom on WordPress.com on Jan 31, 2013 in Community Resources Verticals Classrooms Education Schools Last month, we attended the Modern Language Association’s annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, and had a great time talking to educators about how WordPress.com encourages in-class conversations to keep going and keeps students and paren...
New Themes: My Life and Silesia on Jan 24, 2013 in Themes Today, I’m excited to announce the two latest additions to our ever-growing collection of free themes. My Life is a cool, serene blogging theme by Justin Tadlock. With subtle colors, readable typography, and a vintage feel, it offers a classic...
New Themes: Standard and Chalk on Mar 21, 2012 in Themes Today I’m happy to announce two great new additions to our collection of premium themes. First, we have Standard, a sleek, exacting theme designed by 8BIT for professional blogging with an emphasis on contextual display of your content. Your co...
Celebrate Your Milestones on Mar 20, 2012 in Notifications Once in a while, it’s important to stop, catch your breath, and look at your accomplishments before you move on to the next thing — to put a stake in the ground that says, “I made it this far!” Today, we’re rolling out a...
