May 2011
3 posts
Now More Than Ever: Just Write →
Writers are as different as the stories they produce, and their ideal writing environments vary no less. One thing most writers agree on, though, is that one of the toughest challenges is overcoming…
Batters Up: Major League Baseball Now on... →
Attention baseball fans, today we’re launching a triple-header of new themes just for you.
We’ve partnered with MLB.com to bring its Fan, Modern, and Retro blog themes to WordPress.com….
Now share Google Docs and Google Calendars →
For many of you, your WordPress.com site isn’t just about communication, it’s about collaboration, too.
We’re taking collaboration and sharing one step further today at WordPress.com by enabling…
June 2010
6 posts
Overcome Writer’s Block With Plinky Prompts →
Do you ever think “Ugh, I’d totally write a new blog post, if I just had something to say?” Or maybe, “I’m sick and tired of writer’s block but I don’t know what to do about it!”
We’ve all been…
New Theme: Modularity Lite →
Grab your extra-large images and check out today’s new theme, Modularity Lite. If you want a photo blog or portfolio site our one-hundredth theme might be the perfect thing for you. Let’s take a…
New Theme: Koi →
Say hello to Koi, our newest theme. This light and colorful theme provides a beautiful framework for your WordPress.com site with delicate, hand-drawn illustrations and refined typography. The…
200,000,000 Posts… and Counting →
This month we passed an impressive milestone: 200,000,000 posts have been published on WordPress.com.
Does this number surprise us? Not at all. Because we’ve long known that you — our users — have…
Downtime →
As some of you noticed, including a number of major media organizations, WordPress.com had some unexpected downtime on Thursday evening. Whether you’re eating delicious BBQ, as I was, watching a…
New Theme: Wu Wei →
The Taoist concept of “Wu Wei” involves knowing when to act and when not to act. It’s also the name and neat description of the design philosophy behind today’s new one-column theme. Let’s take a…
September 2009
4 posts
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our…
August 2009
7 posts
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
RT @Cre8Con: Portland Creative Conference (Cre8Con) to be featured on @StrangeLoveLive videocast on Friday 10pm PDX time http://bit.ly/XaJ7m
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.
Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address:
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…
July Wrap-Up →
We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.
Later in the month we…
July 2009
7 posts
Archives Shortcode →
You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …
Gravatar Widget →
Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…
RT @Summit: Right now there are over 260 people registered for the Internet Strategy Forum Summit on Thursday. Join us! http://ow.ly/hDjJ
PollDaddy ratings and polls →
PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.
Ratings
The PollDaddy rating…
Vote for Media Features →
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…
June Wrap-Up →
Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…
National Blog Posting Month →
Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…
June 2009
4 posts
RT @Summit: Katherine Durham (VP Mktg @ HP) to discuss Digital/Social as part of Integrated Marketing mix at ISF Summit http://bit.ly/SYiFr
SocialVibe →
You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with…
May Wrap-Up →
Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.
May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…
RT @Summit: New Internet Strategy Forum Summit speaker confirmed: CIO of the Year Chris Dill (Portland Trail Blazers) http://bit.ly/SYiFr
May 2009
1 post
RT @Summit: New Internet Strategy Forum Summit speaker confirmed: VP Marketing for Hewlett-Packard Imaging & Printing http://bit.ly/SYiFr
February 2009
2 posts
Video post of MIT Convergence Culture Consortium’s Joshua Green speaking at Inverge 2008. MadMen and Twittergate http://snurl.com/bsz9c
Will soon announce a 2009 Inverge speaker from GarageGames.
December 2008
3 posts
#CyborgCamp getting underway!
I keep forgetting to mention that Inverge is a sponsor of @CyborgCamp this Saturday in Portland. See http://snurl.com/78avs
November 2008
10 posts
Global Flows, Global Deals panel at #foe3.
Great conversation at #foe3 about the intersection of industry & academia. I think there is real value in the broader academic perspective.
Lots of transmedia talk at #foe3. Some good examples are emerging. This will be one focus of Inverge 2009 http://www.inverge.com
At #foe3 — How to get transmedia efforts to move beyond just marketing one type of property (i.e. a movie or TV show).
At #foe3: Who knew that “The Ghost Whisperer” was a transmedia innovator? Impressive strategy and measurable results.
Recruiting some great Inverge 2009 speakers at the MIT Futures of Entertainment conference.
Meeting some great people at the Futures of Entertainment conference #foe3 at MIT. A good mix of content companies, agencies and academics.
Saw Henry Jenkins speak at #FOE3, which is great since his book “Convergence Culture” was big influence on development of the Inverge conf.
Inverge founder at the Futures of Entertainment 3 conference at MIT. Glad to see that Inverge draws more people!
The @Inverge - MIT connection continues. Inverge presenter @caseorganic to present at MIT’s Futures of Entertainment. http://snurl.com/5ae6s
October 2008
1 post
Inverge article in current issue of Oregon Business Magazine. http://snurl.com/4l861
September 2008
1 post
#Inverge & @Cre8Con now both have over 375 registrants. The Biz Journal article sparked some weekend registrations. http://snurl.com/3m3x2
August 2008
15 posts
Worked out details for having @ravenzachary do 2 related lightning talks at #Inverge. Really looking forward to it. http://snurl.com/3fg7f