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Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Stephane Daury recently shared a link to a Chrome extension from Flickr that opens up a new image each time a tab is opened. Being a web developer, I am in my browser all day looking at documentation, testing code, learning, and collaborating with coworkers. Having this Flickr extension for Chrome allows me to take…
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Easily Crowdsource Photos of your Wedding
When my mom remarried a couple of years ago, she did something that I thought was really cool. At the wedding ceremony, visitors were given disposable cameras so that they could take an active role in the wedding by helping to take pictures. I thought this was a great idea for a couple of reasons:…
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We Proudly Have Your Back: EFF Awards WordPress.com 5 Stars For Protecting User Speech
Very proud to work at a company that was just awarded 5 out of 5 stars by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for having our user’s backs. But, possibly better, is the fact that WordPress.com maintains a Hall of Shame for those that try to abuse copyright and trademark powers.
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Blogging U.'s Photo 101 Course: Post a Photo a Day
Excited that WordPress.com is hosting a photo a day course for the month of November. Sounds like the push I need to dust off the SLR that we bought and rarely ever use!
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Deploying to WordPress.com for the First Time
This past Thursday began like many other days at Automattic. I woke up a bit late in the morning and reached over to grab my phone so I could catch up on the company chatter. Beau posted a few messages to let me know that he was pushing version 1 of some experimental code we…
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Stop Desktops Automatically Switching Places in Mac OS
For the longest time, I have very quietly been irritated by my desktops (spaces) being rearranged automatically. My workflow usually involves using at least 3 desktops, one each for: – Chrome and Terminal – IDE of choice ( PhpStorm for now ) – Spotify When these desktops periodically reordered themselves it was quite annoying since…
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How American parenting is killing the American marriage
Refreshing thoughts on parenting. I always find it interesting to see people’s reactions when I criticize my son.
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If You Haven’t Worked a Day in Your Life, You Probably Don’t Love Anything
Ridiculous great post that serves to temper expectations that the things we love in life should be easy. https://theindisputabledirt.com/2014/07/10/if-you-havent-worked-a-day-in-your-life-you-probably-dont-love-anything/
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Looking for an Internship?
I’ve been looking at the possibility of getting an internship this summer, and in the process I have built up a large list of possibilities. I decided I would try to compile some of these so other Computer Science majors may find it easier to land an internship this summer. *Note – Many of these…
