Phone Your Blog
A broken telephone I saw while wandering around Bangkok It’s happened to all of us. The night starts off innocently enough with a little gin and tonic, maybe a mojito, then next thing you know you’re...
View ArticleSome Turbulence
You’ve probably noticed that the ride has been a bit bumpy on WP.com the past week with a widely covered DDoS attack last week and then another interruption a few hours ago from an unrelated network...
View ArticleSecurity Incident
Tough note to communicate today: Automattic had a low-level (root) break-in to several of our servers, and potentially anything on those servers could have been revealed. We have been diligently...
View ArticleGrowth of WordPress
Over on the WordPress.org blog, there’s an interesting story about the growth of WordPress, the software that powers WP.com here, and the ecosystem around it. WP.com is different from every other...
View ArticleRetro Mac Theme
It’s impossible to overstate the influence of Steve Jobs on technologists, particularly his passion for beautiful, usable products. We work harder and have higher standards because of the bar set by...
View ArticleIt’s getting cold in here
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but this blog is sooo delightful Until the internet gets slow, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! That’s right, it’s that special time of year where you can...
View ArticleThe Long and Short of It
Would you like some more Twitter in your WordPress? We got ya. As an update to our ever-popular Tweet embedding functionality we’re supporting Twitter’s new embed API to enable richer, better looking,...
View ArticleAround the Carousel Again
You might recall the photo carousel feature we launched a few months ago. It has been incredibly popular with both bloggers and visitors, racking up over three quarters of a billion views since then....
View ArticleA High Resolution Experience
There’s a new generation of devices really changing how we look at the web, Apple calls it Retina, others call it HiDPI (high dots per inch), but it’s been trickling its way up mostly through mobile...
View ArticleIt’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
You’ve already been asking… where’s the snow? For those new to the WordPress.com family, every year we allow our users to spread a little holiday cheer by having snow appear to fall on their sites,...
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