The Remote Team Who Raised Me
Cathy Mitchell writes about how being consistently kind, quiet, and steady for her customers has led to success for her whole team.
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Growing Up in WordPress
MK Keefer was accomplished in business and knew the culture. Then she met WordPress and its culture changed the way she did business.
How I Found My Place
Dr. Rhiannon Little-Surowski writes about finding the WordPress community and growing those relationships into a company.
Nine Years Of HeroPress, A Retrospective
Topher looks back at nine years of HeroPress.
WordPress Is My Ball And Chain
This month marks the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacked on the World Trade Center in the United States. I can still remember exactly where I was that morning, as I had an argument with my girlfriend the night before, and was sleeping on the couch of someone with whom I used drugs. It had…
New life thanks to WordPress – Una nueva vida gracias a WordPress
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. Hello, my name is Jennifer Farhat, and I reside in Burnaby, a charming city nestled in British Columbia, Canada. My role as a Frontend Engineer at WebDevStudios, an amazing and globally distributed company entirely devoted to WordPress, allows me to collaborate with a diverse team across the world….
Because of WordPress
When we choose a spouse, we choose someone who matches our values. When we choose a home we choose a space that matches our needs. We look for all the green flags, all the boxes to be checked, and we don’t accept red flags. We say no to cockroaches, no to cheaters, no to leaky…
About how WordPress saved my life. – Sobre como WordPress me salvo la vida
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. Hello, my name is Rita Robles Loaiza, I am a computer systems engineer and I live in Cartago, Costa Rica. Today I want to tell you a little bit about my story and how WordPress saved my life. About the beginnings I am the youngest of 4 siblings,…
Everybody is a Node: Connecting and Growing
Starting with a Definition Google defines the term node as “a point at which lines or pathways intersect.”It’s a connecting point. For the use of node in botany, Google offers a second definition: “the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge.” It’s a point for growth. Today, I’ll provide a…
Alice, Robert, and WordPress
Prologue – WordPress Alice and Robert are my father’s parents. They never knew what WordPress was. My grandfather’s technical sophistication ended in turning on the screen of the desktop my father had purchased for him years ago. But as they crossed into their 90s, WordPress would come to be instrumental in their lives and mine….