May 2011
3 posts
Now More Than Ever: Just Write →
Writers are as different as the stories they produce, and their ideal writing environments vary no less. One thing most writers agree on, though, is that one of the toughest challenges is overcoming…
Batters Up: Major League Baseball Now on... →
Attention baseball fans, today we’re launching a triple-header of new themes just for you.
We’ve partnered with MLB.com to bring its Fan, Modern, and Retro blog themes to WordPress.com….
New Theme: Vertigo →
Today we are excited to introduce a new, beautifully designed, free theme called Vertigo. It makes great use of WordPress post formats. It has a charming, hitchcockian typeface for site and post…
September 2009
4 posts
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our…
August 2009
5 posts
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.
Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address:
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…
July 2009
6 posts
Archives Shortcode →
You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …
Gravatar Widget →
Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…
PollDaddy ratings and polls →
PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.
Ratings
The PollDaddy rating…
Vote for Media Features →
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…
June Wrap-Up →
Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…
National Blog Posting Month →
Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…
June 2009
2 posts
SocialVibe →
You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with…
May Wrap-Up →
Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.
May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…
April 2009
17 posts
Trio depart Beijing on epic horse ride to London →
Chavez Gifts Obama With Book That Assails U.S. for... →
American Ship Don't Take Shit....From Pirates →
I want to know more specifically how a group of unarmed guys took on a bunch of pirates no doubt armed w/AK-s and what have you.
Student Takes on Rep. Frank →
Personally I think Barney Frank is a bafoon who is incapable of taking responsibility and a pretty crooked guy to boot!
Towns/Communities Printing Own Currency →
Pretty neat idea…can’t really imagine this working in any large cities, but, seems to achieve its purpose for small towns
George Soros is a Douche →
The Stranger!
Regards, Wilbur
BBC NEWS | Business | Will the US dollar remain... →
The answer is no…very very sad, but, no.
Jamie Foxx Fights Off Intruder Inside Philly Hotel... →
Damn Jamie Foxx is trill…I am sorry, that was pretty white.
March 2009
46 posts
Fuck You Bud! →
I hate that watery trash beer. I never understood why the worst of the major domestics was/is the best selling. Hell, I would drink damn near anything before a Bud of any variety.
Man Sleeps on Job...Flies to Boston →
This guy has got to be a shitty employee or the victim of a mean prank…Either way we get a funny article.
US Companies Finally Forced to Do Right Thing →
Imagine that, US companies feel political preassure to keep jobs in US…Never thought I’d see the day!
China 2009/US 1929 Similaraties →
I always thought that China’s middle class was something to be concerned about, but, everytime I read about China there is something new to be worried about…
Obama Aunt's Continuing Controversy →
Probably smart for Obama to stay out…I bet the Aunt ends up staying, but, Obama should hope that it stays quiet as there is nothing good that can come out of it. Either he is soft on immigration or is anti-immigrant. Either way intrest groups on the far end of both sides will grill him no matter the ruling.
Khmer Rouge Torturer Aplogizes for Deaths →
When I was little my father went to South Asia for a few weeks and visited one of the work/torture camps. His description of what it must have been like was horrifying. I hope this guy rots in hell.
Cheating husband caught on Google Street View →
Only a matter of time really, only a matter of time.
Fat People to Get Own Romantic-Reality Show! →
I won’t watch it, but, the concept is brilliant!
13 Creepiest Characters from Television Shows →
I don’t know how creepy Tobias Funke is…Except for the whole Analrapist thing he isn’t too bad.
