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
Category: Work
Pride and Props
WordPress 3.4 was released today and this is a very exciting release for me as it was the first one I actually appeared in the Core Contributor list for a props I got on a ticket (for helping out with some UX sketches on the theme selector page). Before I was featured as a translation moderator on … Continue reading Pride and Props
2011 State of the Word
Last weekend was WordCamp San Francisco - The annual WordCamp of WordCamps (Meca for WordPress lovers!). In previous years I've always attended, but this year I couldn't make it, unfortunately. It was the biggest WordCamp ever - a success from what I've heard and seen (on the live streaming)! Matt Mullenweg - co-founder of WordPress and founder of Automattic … Continue reading 2011 State of the Word
Browse Happy
If you read my previous post about how I became an Automattician, this might be an interesting post - specially if you are looking to apply for Automattic! So, before going full-time, I had to go through a trial project and I was super excited when I was assigned a redesign of Browse Happy! Browse … Continue reading Browse Happy
New Beginnings (or, how I became an Automattician)
It's interesting to look back in time and see how much change the month of February has brought me in the past few years. Moving to new apartments, relationships that start or end, new job situation and this year a much bigger transformation - much more than just a job change - a life change! … Continue reading New Beginnings (or, how I became an Automattician)
Just Hugo 