As I have been thinking about and working on "what's next" for me professionally, a theme has emerged around storytelling. Despite the fairly technical nature of my work to date, storytelling is a concept and a practice that has consistently…
After more than 5.5 years at Automattic, I recently decided that I am ready for something different, and today is my last day at the company. The things about Automattic that excited and impressed me when I first joined in…
It was a sunny Monday morning in August and there we were, standing in the delivery room at the hospital, waiting for a baby girl to be born. That we were invited by our birth mother to be present for…
I recently joined podcaster Dave Albert to talk about my adventures with entrepreneurship, what it was like to start, run and eventually wind down a technology business, what it's like to work for someone else, the joys and challenges of…
What can I contribute to journalism? It's a question I’ve been asking for years now. My questioning has taken a variety of forms, including: writing and editing for my high school and college newspapers, hosting a weekly podcast with analysis…
As I conclude my three-month sabbatical from my work at Automattic, I'm taking a few moments to reflect on what I did in that time, what the sabbatical meant and what I've learned about myself along the way. What did…
In a few weeks I'll be starting a three-month long sabbatical from my work at Automattic. As a benefit provided by the company, it's pretty amazing. After every five years of employment, Automatticians are eligible to take a two or…
Daniel Quinn died over a year ago, but it doesn't feel too late to offer up some remembrances and tributes to the many ways he made a difference in my life, and the lives of so many others. Quinn's novel…
I know, I know. It's the end of March and it feels a little late to be reflecting on a calendar year that has been retired for three months now. But I've gotten in the habit of doing this -…
I've been running a personal WordPress multisite instance for several years now, and I use it to host a variety of personal and organizational sites, including this one. I really like the ways it allows me to standardize and consolidate…