How to Build and Strengthen Distributed Engineering Teams
The term “digital nomad” appeared in the ‘90s to describe an emerging class of globetrotting workers….
How Many PHP Workers Do I Need for My WordPress Website?
What Are PHP Workers? How Many PHP Workers Do I Need? What Happens if You Don’t…
Leadership Coach Leo Widrich on Emotional Wellness for Distributed Workers
Read more about Leo Widrich in “How to Stay Connected in a Distributed World.” Pocket Casts,…
How to Stay Connected in a Distributed World
When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich reached his breaking point, his company was pulling in millions in…
How To Add Estimated Reading Time To WordPress Posts (With PHP)
The new blogging trend is letting your readers know how long a post will take them…
Helping Creativity Happen from a Distance
Design is visual and tactile. It plays with the form and function of objects and systems…
Design leader John Maeda on how to foster creative collaboration on distributed teams
Read more about John Maeda in “Helping Creativity Happen from a Distance.” Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts,…
Four New WordPress.com Color Schemes
We heard you: You want bolder and brighter colors on WordPress.com. Today we’re bringing your WordPress.com…
More Stats, Better Stats, Faster Stats: A Whole New Mobile Experience
If you’re like me, Stats is one of your most-visited screens in your WordPress app —…
Engineering with Empathy
When you supervise a team of engineers hailing from over 40 countries, the way Upwork’s Senior…
How to do HR in a Blended Company
Upwork is the largest freelancing platform, operating across 180 countries. It’s a company that deals in…
Upwork’s Zoe Harte and Han Yuan on Managing People and Products in a Distributed Company
Read more about Zoe Harte in “How to do HR in a Blended Company” and about…
[Case Study] How Nodored streamlined their customer support with Heroic KB
In this case study, we’ll take a deeper look at Nodored’s experience with our Heroic Knowledge…
Medium vs WordPress: Which One Should You Choose?
Trying to decide between Medium vs WordPress for your blog or website? Both platforms make it…
On Building Automattic
Launching the Distributed podcast has given me space to reflect on the last 14 years at…
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on building a fully distributed company
Read Matt’s history of Automattic: “On Building Automattic.” Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS, or wherever…
Want to See a More Diverse WordPress Contributor Community? So Do We.
The mission of WordPress is to democratize publishing: to make it possible for anyone — no…
Is remote work ‘Bull***t’?
We believe that distributed work is great for many reasons, and will eventually replace most traditional…
VC Arianna Simpson on Distributed Work and the Blockchain
Read more about Arianna Simpson in “Is Remote Work Bull***t?” Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS,…
Celebrating Pride Month with WordPress.com
Happy Pride Month! My favorite parts about celebrating this month are the stories shared from LGBTQ+…
Pluto VR Cofounder John Vechey on the Virtual Office
Read more about John Vechey in “For Years, VR Promised to Replace the Office. Could It…