July 2011
3 posts
New Theme: Piano Black →
Say hello to Piano Black, the newest theme to launch on WordPress.com. This dark and elegant theme showcases your content with a design that feels sophisticated yet techy and modern.
WordPress.com oEmbed Provider API Now Available →
Last week, we introduced support for OAuth2 and launched develop.wordpress.com, as we’re eager to empower the developer community to extend WordPress.com in new and meaningful ways.
Today, we’re…
New Theme: Lifestyle →
Got lots of magazine-style content and need a stylish frame? Today we are introducing Lifestyle, a new colorful magazine theme that comes with ten content-friendly, soft color schemes.
November 2009
7 posts
WordPress.com Video Contest: Giving Thanks →
Announcing our first-ever video contest, brought to you by turkey, stuffing, and that gelatinous stuff that grandma calls cranberry sauce. Yes, that’s U.S. Thanksgiving. Appropriate to the…
A new translation platform →
The full translation of WordPress.com is an ongoing process, of which you are a great part and whom we thank for the patience and assistance. Thanks to you, WordPress.com is now available in …
A New P2 →
The New P2
For those of you who haven’t yet tried it, P2 is an awesome micro blogging theme with quick front end posting, live ajax updating, and inline threaded comments. It…
A Blog Near You →
During the Automattic company meetup, Team 21* holed up in a cottage outside Québec to create a new set of features for a blog near you (literally!). Have you ever wondered where in the world a…
WordCamp NYC This Weekend! →
This weekend, November 14-15, a whole bunch of the friendly faces from Automattic and WordPress.com will be in New York City to attend WordCamp NYC. If you’re a NYC area local…
Happy Birthday Firefox →
November 9th 2009 is Firefox’s fifth birthday. Firefox and WordPress have grown up next to each other so we’ve always felt a brethren spirit with their team as we work toward the same…
rssCloud Update →
Two months ago we turned on support for rssCloud on WordPress.com. Today we’re announcing some improvements.
Initially rssCloud limited update pings to the IP address that made the…
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
6 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,…
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 …
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…
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 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
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
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…
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…
April 2009
1 post
Assignment: Dallas →
Just a short note to express my excitement this morning at my very good fortune to be heading to Dallas, TX, this afternoon to attend the annual OCF Heartland Retreat. The idea is that I’m going so…
March 2009
4 posts
Come to Me, MacBook mini →
According to macrumors.com, some “photos” of an Apple MacBook mini netbook have been making the rounds on the tubes lately. I would love an Apple netbook to take to class or pop in my bag when I go…
An Aching Need in the American Orthodox Church →
Disclaimer: The thoughts expressed herein are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of Ancient Faith Radio or Orthodox Christian Fellowships.
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Note: I rarely say bold things in a public…
Back from Exile →
For the last 9-ish months, I’ve been running my blog from my own domain at geekymusic.com (which should redirect here, now). It was a self-imposed exile, my taking the opportunity to go play in…
Moving Back to Wordpress.com →
Garrison Keillor has often commented on unplanned fun being the best kind of fun: when you make plans for fun things, they almost never turn out exactly how you want. Over the past 9 months, I have…
February 2009
2 posts
New Stuff Is On the Way…. →
…stay tuned.
Until then, you can check out new OCF Podcasts, hosted by yours truly. ancientfaith.com/podcasts/ocf
Have a great day!
New Stuff Is On the Way…. →
…stay tuned.
Until then, you can check out new OCF Podcasts, hosted by yours truly. ancientfaith.com/podcasts/ocf
Have a great day!
November 2008
2 posts
Advent Conspiracy →
adventconspiracy.org
“Untitled” →
unattended blog
offers nothing new to read
except this haiku Jonathan is currently taking a break from blogging, but will be back soon….as in, soon enough.
October 2008
2 posts
Fr. Stephen on the Meaning of Scripture →
This semester, I’m taking a class about the origins of the New Testament. I hear about things like “historicity” and “authorial intent” three times a week. It all makes me want to stand up and…
Deep-sixing the Unnecessary →
I’m dropping my minor. No questions, advice, no help, nothing except making sure that I’m not screwed by doing so and by immediately dropping the related classes I’m currently taking….
September 2008
1 post
August 2008
16 posts
HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF →
15, 24, and 30 made me laugh out loud.
Chicken Crap :: Drawings with LSD →
Interesting? You bet.
Violence Invades My Alma Mater →
This morning, a student was shot in the commons area of Central High School here in Knoxville. I graduated from Central in May of 2000. Central is located in Fountain City, a very tight-knit and…
No Longer Hoping →
I’ve done it 8 times before. Only a few of those times have proven to be extremely fruitful attempts. Most of them, however, have ended up being of the variety where you tell people…
“I like to call .pdf “the solid enema for your inbox.”
– Anonymous friend
Puppy-Cloning Kidnapper Lady Also Wanted in... →
The story I commented on last week about insane-in-the-brain animal lover Joyce Bernann McKinney has just gotten weirder. Apparently, she likes horses, too.
Joyce Bernann McKinney, a…
LAN Party Massacre Teaser trailer →
This looks so horribly bad…definitely a must-see. (via boingboing)
Q: What’s Sweeter Than a Handful of Peeps? →
A: My financial aid advisor.
My schedule won’t be cancelled after all. And I have Rachael, my awesome FA advisor, to thank for saving me from the brink of annihilation.
Today and…
1930's Prediction on Year 2000 Fashion - Video →
Wow…someone predicted the advent of the fanny pack. They were just 15 years late.
Q: What’s Slower Than Molasses and Christmas... →
A: Financial Aid.
Not the people. Just the agonizingly slow process. The people (mostly) are pretty awesome. I’m beginning to suspect that financial aid departments are staffed with the most…