Celebrating Pride at Automattic
In the US, June means Pride Month—and those of us in Automattic’s LGBTQ+ resource group want to share an update about our recent efforts at the company.
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How This Mindfulness Coach Uses Day One to Stay Present
Katie Seaman on how the Day One app has become a trusted companion in her personal and professional journey.
Celebrating 20 Years of Automattic
What began with the bold idea that publishing should be free and open has evolved into a fully distributed software company that powers tens of millions of sites, stores, and conversations worldwide.
Automattic Welcomes Clay
Clay helps people and businesses manage their connections more effectively. The platform offers unique value through AI-driven insights, comprehensive coverage, revolutionary search, instant notes and more, all designed to simplify the way we build and maintain relationships.
Dome Is Where the Heart Is: How BFI.org Honors R. Buckminster Fuller
With Pressable and other Automattic solutions, the BFI’s site is as strong and stable as a geodesic dome.
Returning to Core
After pausing our contributions to regroup, rethink, and plan strategically, we’re ready to press play again and return fully to the WordPress project. Expect to find our contributions across all of the greatest hits—WordPress Core, Gutenberg, Playground, Openverse, and WordPress.org. This return is a moment of excitement for us as it’s about continuing the mission…
Automattic Donates $30,000 to Launch the Open Horizons Scholarship
This program helps active contributors attend WordPress flagship events by removing financial barriers so they can connect, collaborate, and grow their impact within the community.
The Power of Kindness—and the Power of Automattic
Every person has the capacity to be kind, and Jaclyn Lindsey’s organization wants us all to know that.
Restructuring Announcement
Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared with Automattic employees the following message.
Open Sourcing Knowledge in the Middle East—and Beyond
When Faisal Saeed Al Mutar founded the nonprofit organization Ideas Beyond Borders (IBB) in 2017, he wanted to uphold critical thinking, science, and civil rights in the greater Middle East. Even better, he wanted to do it with an open source approach.
The Dress Turns 10: Tumblr’s Cates Holderness on Unraveling the Internet
Unlike so many viral memes with cloudy origins, we know exactly who to thank for The Dress: Automattic’s very own Cates Holderness.
Parenting While Working: Nicola Hodd’s Story
While some people choose not to have children, others make this decision due to workplace constraints rather than personal preference, underlining the importance of employer flexibility.
How a Single Mom of Six Got a Whopping 7,724% ROI with Blaze for WordPress
Dawn Scott spent $6,135 on ads with Blaze for WordPress—and turned it into $480,000 in sales.
Jeff Gothelf’s Recipe for Success: Clear Goals, User-Focused Design, and Automattic
Putting something new into the world is a big undertaking with lots of moving parts: conceptualizing a new product, making it real, and making it useful. Jeff Gothelf’s mission is to make that big undertaking feel a little bit easier.
Aligning Automattic’s Sponsored Contributions to WordPress
Automattic has always been deeply committed to the success of WordPress, dedicating significant resources and talent to its development for almost two decades. However, we’ve observed an imbalance in how contributions to WordPress are distributed across the ecosystem, and it’s time to address this. Additionally, we’re having to spend significant time and money to defend…
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