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
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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
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
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
WordPress in Hawaii, 8-bit at a time
This past week I've been in Kailua, Oahu island, in Hawaii on a team meetup (Team Social FTW!). This has been a pretty perfect meetup so far: we have an amazing house right on the beach, the balance of work/fun has been spot on and I've had the oportunity of doing some funny creative stuff. … Continue reading WordPress in Hawaii, 8-bit at a time
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
Freshly Pressed
Today was an exciting day! I just flew back from NYC, where I've been hanging out for a week to meet with my team mates (Team Social FTW). After some well deserved sleep, I headed out to Queen of Hearts tattoo parlor for an appointment with my favorite tattoo artist - Pedro Mascarenhas (yeah... flash … Continue reading Freshly Pressed
Just Hugo 