Yesterday was my last day at Automattic. After nearly 6 years, it was time to move on, but it has been a rather emotional transition, filled with memories and tear-eyed smiles. I thought I'd share a few of my favorite moments so far. My Automattic journey really started a few years before I even applied, … Continue reading Seasons of Love
Author: Hugo Baeta
Portuguese designer in San Francisco, with 15+ years experience in interaction design, brand systems design, and front-end development.
2015 – 2016
2015 was one fast paced year. It was also a year of resolutions and closing of cycles in my life. I moved 4 times, found a home that feels long term in San Francisco, finished my university degree, got my US work visa approved. 2015 was a great year! 2016 is setup to be a … Continue reading 2015 – 2016
Freedom
Today I was surprised when I received a text message from someone asking me If I had blocked them on Instagram or if my account had been deleted. I had no idea what they were talking about, so I opened the Instagram app on my phone and was surprised to be greeted with a login screen. … Continue reading Freedom
#LoveWins! LGBTQ Bloggers Make Their Voices Heard
Everybody say Love!
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/614435467120001024 This past friday the United States of America Supreme Court ruled in favor of Love, a decision that has brought tears to my eyes, a shared reaction with some people while attending WordCamp Europe in Seville, Spain. Earlier this month I had the pleasure of designing some WordPress Pride t-shirts and tank-tops for the WordPress … Continue reading Everybody say Love!
My local WordPress development setup
I'm a designer, not a developer. Just in case that isn't obvious, I'll say it again: I'm a designer, not a developer. Ok, now that we established that, I should add I'm a fairly versatile interaction designer that likes to pretend to know what's going on when it comes to developery stuff 😛 In the past, I … Continue reading My local WordPress development setup
Long time no see
It's been quite a while since I last wrote on this blog. Kind of ironic since I work on WordPress everyday... Just a quick update to say I'm still here and have some posts to share soon 😉 Cheers!
The Year Without Pants
Today, Scott Berkun (my former team lead at Automattic, mentor, and friend) is launching his brand new book, The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work. This book tells his personal story of working at Automattic and I'm super excited because I was a part of that! I still haven't had the chance … Continue reading The Year Without Pants
Content Structure in WordPress
I had the pleasure of talking to the San Francisco WordPress Beginners Meetup yesterday about Content and Information Architecture. It was great and I loved the whole Q&A portion of the talk. Thank you for having me! Here's the video of it (my portion starts at 23:35): Check out the slides on Speaker Deck 😉
The Art of Touch
or, how silkscreening changed my creative life I was always a creative kid growing up. The first time my mother realized this was when I started dancing with my fingers on every piano-looking surface I could find. She soon signed me up for music school. I was five. At that young age I was learning … Continue reading The Art of Touch
Just Hugo 