When I talk to people about Automattic, remote work is often a topic of conversation. And along with that usually comes some version of my personal story: my kids are homeschooled, I work from home 100% of my time, we spend an insane number of months traveling in a motorhome, etc, etc. How *do* you…
Having worked in customer support for over 5 years, I’m always noticing good or bad experiences with support staff out in the world. Spoiler alert: We had an amazing experience at the Jayco Motorhome Factory yesterday. Here’s the story. Some time ago we noticed a bump under the linoleum in the kitchen area of our…
Last week I gave a talk at WordCamp Buenos Aires on Trabajando a Distancia: Retos y Oportunidades. In English, that’s Remote Work: Challenges and Opportunities. I’ve been wanting to speak about remote work for a while since it’s what I do and have done for years. They approved my talk with a few adjustments and I…
A friend of mine, Amylee Udell, recently interviewed me for a series about work from home moms (WAHMs) on her site. You can read the interview over at Productive Mama. It was an honor to be asked to share my thoughts as Amylee is someone who I admire a great deal. Enjoy the article!
It just makes my day when a company takes responsibility for errors, even when, actually *especially when*, the error isn’t their responsibility. Mid February, I was with my husband and kids at the Albuquerque Sunport, waiting to get on a flight to Costa Rica, connecting through Atlanta. We had to wake up super early to…
I went to Vegas for work. Yup. Vegas. That place where people go to gamble and party and all that? I even managed to sort of very vaguely learn how a person might play craps should they be inclined to do such things. Which I am not, but it was fun to watch the gambling skills…
I am a list maker. But I am also a list avoider, I think this is also sometimes called being a procrastinator. And I am inconsistent about my organizational strategies. But I have a job where it rather helps to be on top of things. So I recently made a resolution to be very very consistent…
