Category: Blogging
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Treasure Box – 2
Our Golden Week Every May, Japan has a number of national holidays clumped together, forming what is commonly known as Golden Week. Most years, these public holidays create a 5-day weekend and if you take just a day or two off work, it becomes a long week of holidays. This year, Japan’s new emperor ascended…
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Treasure Box – 1
Now that I’m through the application process of becoming a Happiness Engineer, I have spent some time thinking about the future of this blog. While I plan on continuing to write about my experiences working in Automattic and perhaps WordPress in general, I have also wondered what I could do to make this blog a…
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The Trial Has Started!
Hi everyone! It has been a while since I last posted and I hope you all understand. After all, the Trial has finally started! Phase 1 – Self-Paced Training The trial starts off with some self-paced training. This is where we are given some time to get used to the many systems used by Happiness…
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Getting Ready for the Trial – Part 2
Hi all! In my last post, I mentioned a few things I had been doing in preparation for the Trial starting soon. I briefly mentioned how there are some new plans offered on WordPress.com now and that these changes seem to have taken effect within the last few weeks. According to snapshots taken by the…
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Getting Ready for the Trial
Hi all! This week, I have been getting ready for the Trial. All of a sudden, mails from Automattic have increased and I am slowly getting closer and closer to the start date. Here are a few things I have been working on. Security As anyone would expect, Automattic deals with all different types of…
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New Color Schemes on WordPress.com
Earlier today, Automattic announced they had introduced new color schemes for use on the WordPress.com dashboards. I decided to check these colors out and see how they looked. (You can find the original WordPress.com Blog post here: Three New WordPress.com color Schemes) What are Color Schemes? To be clear, these colors do not affect the…