WordPress.com has grown into one of the most amazing cloud architectures in the world. This has enabled blogs hosted here to have features unavailable on self-hosted WordPress installs. This makes us sad, since here at WordPress.com we want every WordPress install everywhere to be amazing. In this spirit, we have great news. We are now making the [...]
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Back in the middle of 2009, we launched our very own HD video service called VideoPress. Since then we’ve made a bunch of improvements including the ability to natively share videos in Facebook. Today we are happy to announce a new set of capabilities that we’ve all been eager to see. Starting right now, all [...]
You’ve probably noticed that the ride has been a bit bumpy on WP.com the past week with a widely covered DDoS attack last week and then another interruption a few hours ago from an unrelated network maintenance issue. Our core mission is enabling the world to publish, and anything that affects the availability of your site or [...]
Next week a bunch of us from Automattic, the makers of WordPress.com, will be attending South by Southwest Interactive. It’s one of our favorite events of the year, and we hope to see many of you there in person. This year WordPress and Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg will be interviewed by John Battelle live onstage [...]
There’s only one thing more exciting than an amazing new WordPress theme available for your site and that’s even more amazing new WordPress themes. With that in mind, I’m excited to announce that today we have three new Premium Themes ready for you! Each one features custom support direct from the theme providers themselves and, [...]
Say hello to our newest theme, Choco. If I had to sum this theme up in just one word, it’d be stylish. With dark colors and stitched borders Choco will give your site a classy, contemporary feel. It is well-suited for any site but works especially well for journal-style blogs: the traditional two-column layout with [...]
One of my favorite shows is How It’s Made. I love seeing how things I use every day are actually created. In that spirit, here at Automattic we’ve thought about sharing more about how we work and think. For starters, here’s a recap on a few things. Where are we? Everywhere. People are surprised to [...]
I am rather pleased to announce the birth of a new Automattic theme designed and developed by the Theme Team. It goes by the name of Duster and is quite an interesting theme — if I may say so myself. Apart from the custom possibilities you’re already acquainted with in most of our themes — [...]
Which comment would you rather receive? “Great post! Check out my blog at someblog.wordpress.com.” or “Well said! I know exactly what you mean about X, and I’m glad that I’m not the only one who thinks so. I would even say that A, B, C! Your candor is greatly appreciated.” The second one, of course. [...]
We’ve made some big user experience improvements to how the traffic building feature called Publicize works. This feature allows you to connect your WordPress.com blog to your account on social networking services like Twitter and Facebook, broadcasting your posts to your friends automatically for you. In the past it took a few steps to figure [...]
Today, Saturday 28 March, at 8:30pm (your time) is Earth Hour. Please join me by turning off your non-essential lights for one hour, beginning at 8:30pm. This is an international event sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund to raise awareness of climate change. With the participation of nearly 4,000 cities around the world, Earth Hour [...]
I’ve gotten this query from more than a few people, so the short answer is, I broke my camera. In January. For those counting, yes, that was camera number 3. I’ve been borrowing my sitemate’s when I can, but this is rather inconvenient. Since I’ll be traveling in April, I am hoping to remedy this [...]
It is the end of an era. The better of Seattle’s two daily newspapers publishes its last print edition as of today, March 17, 2009. Hearst put the P-I up for sale back in January and said they’d go web-only if they didn’t find a buyer within sixty days. Somehow that didn’t quite seem real. [...]
The Beatles were right, “Life goes on.” And it does so often contrary to our wishes, dragging us kicking and screaming along its path.
Even before I arrived in Peace Corps, friends who were ex-PCVs regaled me with tales of all the crazy stuff that would happen in the course of two years abroad. I nodded [...]
Caro lettore, I recently discovered how easy and fun it is to make your own peanut butter! Peanuts are a major cash crop around these parts, so maní (peanuts) is plentiful and cheap. By contrast, almonds are imported from Chile and hard to find except in the bigger cities. Half a pound of ground maní [...]
Finally, I can relax because Carnaval is finally over. Carnaval officially took place in Ecuador on February 23-24th. This holiday in Ecuador is nothing at all like the world-famous, boisterous, samba-tastic, musical joyousness that takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Ecuadorian Carnaval is, in my opinion, an ATROCIOUS holiday. All variations on Carnival (Carnaval in [...]
A little belated, but the 101st Omnibus in Peace Corps Ecuador arrived on Wednesday, February 25th. Best of luck to the new group of Natural Resources/Sustainable Agriculture Volunteers! You guys have some awesome trainers - now you just have to make it through training…buena suerte!
Why is Chinese New Year my favorite holiday?
a) It is dedicated to eating a lot of good food with your family and/or friends
b) Children and unmarried people receive money from relatives in little red envelopes (hong bao)
c) Lion dancing
d) No religious affiliation
This is the first year in many that I won’t be home to celebrate [...]
So, it’s rainy season again. I won’t lie, it’s pretty miserable. I have friends who are volunteers in other parts of the country say to me, “But you’re from Seattle. You must be used to rain?”
Actually, NO, the rain here is not at all like rain in Seattle. My hometown gets a bad rap for [...]
Something very momentous happened on Tuesday, and unless you were living under a rock you know that Barack Obama was sworn-in as the 44th President of the United States of America. HALLELUJAH!
I have been waiting for Inauguration Day 2009 for the past eight years, after the first election in which I could vote (for Al [...]
I have recently been made aware of the ongoing violence and bloodshed in Gaza. Please join me in calling for international support for an immediate end to the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. This is not a question of allegiance to either Palestinians or Israelis, this is a humanitarian issue. There is culpability on both sides. [...]
It’s that time of year again…Mango Season! This year, there were far fewer of the big, juicy mangoes that I love so much. Even my friends who bring me mangoes from the Ecuador-Peru border told me that this year had been bad for mangoes, due to too much rain. Despite all this, thanks to shipments [...]
Since I’ve been so lax about updating my blog, I’m going to try to provide a summary of the activities I’ve done recently. In the past few months, I have been:
Teaching nutrition classes to elementary school kids, using the “el cuerpo es como una casa” (the body is like a house) analogy.
Continuing my cooking and [...]
Wow, I can hardly believe that it’s that time of year again! In Spanish, Thanksgiving is called, “El Día de Acción de Gracias.” I apologize for being such a profligate blogger (sorry Z!), but I promise to update more frequently in the future.
I have so much to be thankful for this year - a wonderful [...]
I just got back from attending our Peace Corps summer camp Mid-Service Conference in Quito. The conference itself was asi asi; if I never hear the words “community banks” or “building organizational capacity” it will be too soon. The fun part was having everybody in our Omnibus under the same roof, as some of [...]
You know what really bothers me about Sarah Palin? Besides the fact that she: is anti-abortion even in cases of rape or incest, opposes federal funding for health care, supports the death penalty, opposes gun control legislation, wants to drill in ANWR, does not believe that global warming is attributable to man-made factors, and is [...]
Seattle. Kayaking in Portage Bay, boating on Lake Washington and sunsets over Puget Sound. I miss running around Greenlake and browsing through funky shops in Fremont. I miss the liveliness of Pike Place Market and the excitement of being downtown. I even miss Belltown. I miss brunch at Macrina, pizza at Tutta Bella and the [...]
Exciting news – I bought a refrigerator! This sounds silly to most people who are not Peace Corps Volunteers, but it is a big deal for me. I can finally store leftovers without worrying about them spoiling, I can make ice, and buy yogurt! Now that I have my fridge, I can hardly imagine having [...]
I spent the first week of August volunteering with the Judith Lombeida Medical Foundation. Created in honor of Judith Lombeida, a Colonel in the US Air Force who was born in Ecuador, the JLMF’s mission is “Serving the needs of Ecuadorian people.” This was the JLMF’s second Clinical Mission (the Foundation conducts a Surgical Mission [...]
My good friend Katy recently sent me one of the coolest presents I’ve ever received - a handmade canvas bag with the Obama ‘08 campaign logo on it! Katy is a skilled seamstress, so the bag is not only beautiful but functional, and makes the perfect carrying case for my SIGG water bottle with the [...]
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