I recently attended my sixth Grand Meetup, the yearly tradition at Automattic where the entire company gathers together for a week. This year’s GM is a blur, as usual. I taught a class on user interface design (my first time!), played in the Automatic band, had lots of one-on-one meetings, spent a full day with […]
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On Threaded Comment Design
Rian Van Der Merwe has an excellent write up on designing comment threads, comparing Reddit, Facebook, NY Times, and more. I really dig the explanatory graphic he made to show the different approaches: We’ve been working on the comment design for WordPress.com’s Reader, and this post falls in line with our thinking. Here’s some of the early […]
Red Sauce or White Sauce?
“WordPress.com is built upon copy pasta, all you have to do is change the sauce.” — Overheard in an Automattic Chat Room
My First Meetup
Here’s a picture from my first Automattic Grand Meetup in Budapest. Hard to believe it was over 4 years ago. I’m looking forward to my 5th Grand Meetup this October in Utah.
What I’m working on right now.
Its 10:01 AM on a Wednesday morning. I’m creating some blueprints to outline the spacing and layout for the WordPress iOS app.
What I’m working on right now.
Its 10:02 AM on a Wednesday. I’m designing and building a prototype for the WordPress iOS app. The screenshot shows the project in Marvel. I’ve tried a few other prototyping tools, including Invision, but Marvel seems to be the smoothest and locks into my existing workflow in Sketch.
Rick and Dave
Yup, that’s Automattic‘s Creative Director, Dave Martin.
What I’m working on right now.
Its 11:26 PM on a Monday. I’m designing and building a prototype for the WordPress Android app. This is my first time prototyping an Android; I expect to learn a lot. Here’s the iOS prototype I started last week: