Category Archives: Collaborating

Diversity Depends on Individuality

2. You should write your own biography, not delegate it to invisible masses on Wikipedia.
3. You should write other people’s biographies, from your point of view. Or at least tell true stories about them, which can be assembled by others … Continue reading 

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Decision Making

If you want better communication, clarify the following:

Who is the single person who has decision making authority for decision X
Who should have input into that decision
Who should be informed when the decision has been made

This sets everyone’s expectations for who … Continue reading 

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Measurements That Matter on WordPress.com

I know what measurements matter for WordPress.com, because they’re right there on the front page. Right now in the top left of “Freshly Pressed” it reads:
The best of 252,029 bloggers, 223,676 new posts, 327,799 comments, & 54,240,782 words today on … Continue reading 

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Three’s Company

“Yourself, plus two others. With only two, each person needs to be aware of all the details in case the other person needs to take a break / gets run over by a bus / whatever. With three, the load … Continue reading 

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Read the Prologue, Looking to Twitter to Continue the Dialogue

Everyday it seems I get an email saying that someone is following me on Twitter. I’ve resisted using any of Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, and Facebook status tools… much.
Now, I’m taking another look. Why? Because of the WordPress Prologue Theme.

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WordPress and your Problems at MooseCamp!

Bloggers and problems enter, only bloggers exit!
Friday, Feb 22, day 1 of the 4th annual Northern Voice including an “internet bootcamp” for people new to blogging, Facebook, podcasting, wikis, and more. It is an awesome logging conference being held again … Continue reading 

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WordPress.com Happiness Engineer For Hire

Matt linked to our Happiness Engineer job posting:
Our software and services are far from perfect, and when things go wrong people aren’t shy about contacting us asking for help. We consider the support side of the user experience to be … Continue reading 

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Leslie Hawthorn, Geek Herder

I’m going to try to regular write about the people that inspire me — if I don’t do it every month then hollar at me.
Google Summer of Code has wrapped up, and while I plan to write about my experience, … Continue reading 

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I Want To Be PHP Dangerous

Although, I’m surrounded by PHP masters, and PHP programming isn’t in my job description, I want to be at least “PHP dangerous”.

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BarCamp Vancouver

A day late, but not a dollar short — its a free event… well, I donated $20; it was either that or get one of the pink shirts
BarCamp Vancouver sessions are in full swing.
Generously hosted at Workspace … Continue reading 

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