April 2011
2 posts
New Theme: Tapestry →
We love blogging, and we know you do too, but we also have a special interest in making blogging lovely for your readers as well. It’s for that reason that we’ve taken a shine to Post Formats and…
New Theme: The Morning After →
Say hello to The Morning After, a classic and popular magazine-style theme that has withstood the test of time. Based on its great success for self-hosted sites we’re excited to bring it to you for…
September 2009
9 posts
Men’s Magazines, Libraries, & Literacy: http://bit.ly/4dIrFx
Hellish Was My Day: http://bit.ly/2NL54g
Ode to Civility: http://bit.ly/17ktjb
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…
fuck me: http://bit.ly/bJhal
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…
Gandalf Batman the Sneezer & 7 Martini Lunch: http://bit.ly/3qrQHc
August 2009
9 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…
Contact Your Congresspeople about the “Public Option;” http://bit.ly/dTQIP
4:45: http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/445/
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…
Twitter gone the same was (yo) as MySpace: http://bit.ly/CYfEH
July Wrap-Up →
We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.
Later in the month we…
July 2009
13 posts
Buckaroo Banzai: http://bit.ly/dxPM4
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 …
Tony: http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/tony/
Soap: http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/soap/
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…
One Small Step: http://bit.ly/U3Byi
Vomitorium: http://bit.ly/8MWXP
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…
Metal up your ass: http://bit.ly/35lAR3
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…
Chlamydia: http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/chlamydia/
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…
Top 25 Most Played: http://bit.ly/11TMly
June 2009
13 posts
Chris Has a Story: http://bit.ly/4xjDj
Questionable Acquisitions: http://bit.ly/cxBLu
VERY Lost & SELDOM Found: http://bit.ly/FMXEW
Good post by the ZenfoPro: http://bit.ly/wLqbF
Check this shit out: http://bit.ly/R7xKt
Hi everyone Max needs you to vote for her She needs the job http://bit.ly/fSwAd
Vote For Max: http://bit.ly/argQw Do it!
Froot Loop Has Arrived: http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/froot-loop-has-arrived/
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…
Same as it ever was: http://bit.ly/fz0EC
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…
yawn
May 2009
10 posts
The Tower Of God’s Love →
So I’m sitting at the Reference Desk and the phone rings… I pick it up and this guy wants to know if we have the book, The Tower Of God’s Love. We don’t. So I began checking the State catalog,…
Tower Of God’s Love: http://bit.ly/1TdR3G
SexyLady Needs a Bone: http://bit.ly/OSDa2
SexyLady Needs a Bone →
A while back I blogged about an elderly woman who frequently comes into the Library who has an email address similar to SexyLadyX@YourGramma.com, anyway, this woman paid us a visit recently…