Tag Archives: Automattic
Theme Team in Warsaw, 2018
This one turned out to be my favorite meetup so far. Why? Because of the way the team worked together to be better at designing together. Here are a few photos from a June, 2018 meetup in Warsaw, Poland.
Theme Team in Hawaii, 2017
Who wouldn’t like living and working in Hawaii for a week in December? Here are a few photos from a December, 2017 meetup in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. We released a few themes we created with Gutenberg in mind. This was my first meetup as team lead, and I had a blast exploring WordPress’ new editing experience with […]
Themers in a Photo – Grand Meetup, 2017 Edition
A few weeks ago, Automattic held its annual Grand Meetup. That’s where the company I work for gathers together in one place for a week to strategize, work and bond. Every year, we throw a party at the end of the week, complete with a photo booth. Piling into the photo booth (or in this […]
Theme Team in Montréal, 2017
This past week, my team at Automattic – the Theme Team, met in Montréal for a week of work, planning for the future and team bonding. We worked hard, had fun and charted a path for the future of the team. Sadly, I didn’t take as many photos as I normally do. My phone started acting […]
Theme Team in Barcelona, 2016
So I’m posting these photos late. 🙂 Last November the Theme Team, my team at Automattic, spent the week in Barcelona. We worked on Components and saw a few sites: La Sagrada Familia and Parc Güell. La Sagrada Familia from the street.La Sagrada Familia from the sidewalk.A blue door on La Sagrada Familia.A stained glass window […]
Behind the Scenes of WordPress.com Themes with David Kennedy
Sami Keijonen authored a great guest post about what I do at Automattic working on WordPress.com and its themes, plus some of my involvement in WordPress Core. Check out Behind the Scenes of WordPress.com Themes with David Kennedy.
Themers in a Photo – Grand Meetup, 2016 Edition
This past week, Automattic held its annual Grand Meetup, where the entire company gets together to talk about the past year, plan ahead for the next one and work on a few cool things… Oh, and we throw a party at the end with a photo booth. As you can see, my team, the Theme […]
ThemeShaper v. 2016
Yesterday, my colleagues and I on the Theme Team at Automattic redesigned our blog, ThemeShaper. I say yesterday because we really did it in about a day. The project was part of a hack day at Automattic. We hold a few each year, and they allow us to work on projects that we normally don’t […]
Theme Team in Vancouver, 2016
The Theme Team in a frame, in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.A view of people walking across the Capitano Suspension Bridge.A view from from the bridge, showing a Capilano River, in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.A view from from the bridge, showing a Capilano River, in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.A view of the Capilano River in Capilano […]