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April Wrap-Up
In April we introduced Instant Findability, TED video embeds, a springtime theme, a cool new domain, and reply-by-email for comments, now open to all. A pretty busy month, with more awesome features on the way, plus WordCamp San Francisco, on May 30.
I <3 Blogging Design Contest
We’ve teamed up with the crew at Infectious for the first-ever “I <3 Blogging" design contest!
Show off your creative talent and express why you love blogging (and WordPress) through an original design, to be printed and sold on laptop and iPhone skins to adoring bloggers everywhere.
Tune in to WordPress.tv
Today we’ve switched on WordPress.tv, your visual resource for all things WordPress.
WordPress.tv helps you get blogging fast and hassle-free with tutorials for both WordPress.com and WordPress.org.
It’s also the place to find all that cool WordCamp footage previously floating around the web without a home. Check out presentations from WordCamps around the world and get a peek at behind-the-scenes action. We call it WordCampTV.
2008 Year-End Wrap-Up
Another year, a few more blogs.
2008 has been a pretty groovy year for WordPress.com and the company behind it, Automattic. We doubled in size and brought new talent on board including some through the acquisition of two companies: Intense Debate and PollDaddy. This fine crew has helped bring new features to your dashboards, along with other goodies to be revealed in the new year. The growth has helped us to keep up with you guys in terms of service and new features.
Thanksgiving 2008
From us at WordPress to you in the States: Happy Thanksgiving!
Today, we’ll be passing the turkey and stuffing, and sharing what we’re thankful for. Such as…
Jane: “Puppies and rainbows.”
Heather: “Good friends, good food, and good websites.”
Maya: “Cashew, Peanut, my job, my house, and the sun.”
Matt: “The internet.”
What about you?
Community, Gender, and Free/Open Source Software
Just came across yet another excellent post from Alex Russell of the Dojo project (and foundation): “The Price of Anonymity: Our Principles?”
Russell uses the occasion of some nasty comments in Digg on a Caryl Shaw article for PC gamer (and a series of presentations at OSCON a few weeks back) to reflect on the issue of sexism in free and open source software communities. Ultimately, the issue is really about what kinds of communities we want to be building. As he notes:
