One of the greatest benefits of working at Automattic is that I’m continuously challenged by my colleagues to be a better designer. We have an incredible pool of diverse talent with different perspective from all over the world, which means that we’re all in a position to teach and to be taught. A few weeks … Continue reading Utilizing Growth Design to create a better experience for our customers
“I have no idea what I’m doing”
I didn't go to design school. Truth be told, I fell into this whole design thing by accident. Looking back, I've noticed that, each time I had to design something (a project, CD cover for my band, or even wedding invitations for relatives), it was because there was nobody else who was available or willing. … Continue reading “I have no idea what I’m doing”
Building 10 non-profit sites in 8 hours on WordPress.com
This past weekend, a few of my colleagues and I participated in Out in Tech's Digital Corps hackathon in NYC. Along with about fifty other volunteers, we worked to create websites on WordPress.com for ten international organizations fighting to protect LGBTQ+ rights. Because participants were constrained to building sites on WordPress.com, it was a great … Continue reading Building 10 non-profit sites in 8 hours on WordPress.com
Computer, do my design work.
Imagine you step into your car for your morning commute, then the car starts driving itself. You realize you need to make a stop at the cell phone store, so you tell your car. You walk into the store where you’re greeted by a shiny humanoid who offers you the latest model of its product. … Continue reading Computer, do my design work.
Part 2: To be a design-led company
Learn about Automattic's journey to become a design-led company and the importance of embedding design across the entire business.
Contributing to Gridicons
Designing an icon might appear super easy, perhaps because of the size of it, some people may think there’s only minimal work involved. Very recently, I was working on a set of icons for WordPress.com’s Reader. For the uninitiated, Reader is a tool for you to be able follow all your favorite sites (even ones … Continue reading Contributing to Gridicons
Artboard bounds
Every medium has it's tools and every tool has it's quirks. Like us though, it's those quirks that either form strong attractions, mild apathy, or even sometimes loathing towards the... tool itself. Once you find the right tool however, things start to just "click". It might not happen at first mind you. As sometimes there's … Continue reading Artboard bounds
Lessons from Hong Kong
I grew up in Hong Kong and have since moved to America during my last year of high school. After spending half of my life in America, I’ve realized it has made me very US-centric when it comes to designing for our customers. But after spending a month in Hong Kong, where I grew up, … Continue reading Lessons from Hong Kong
Automattic IRL
Automattic is a digital company, with digital products. We don’t get to hold the things we make in our hands, instead we interact with them through computers and mobile devices. Even our interactions with the people who use our products are digital and text based. Beyond that, our team at Automattic is distributed internationally, and … Continue reading Automattic IRL
Guitar Effects and Themes
A long time ago in a theme shop far far away, well, not so far away....a few kilometers in fact from where I work out of now (home), I used to work on themes that had a lot of features and custom code in them. A sort of, multipurpose theme so to speak. Themes that … Continue reading Guitar Effects and Themes
AUTOMATTIC DESIGN (VOICE RIP) 