July 2025 – agm
1 post published by Anne McCarthy during July 2025| agm
We were about to leave for the night, somehow worn out more than the 92 year old and 93 year old before us. My partner’s grandparents remain so full of life. Introversion is no match for extroversion no matter the age though. The 93 year old was in his chair, half listening to the TV […]| agm
He said he’s meeting with core committers soon to discuss possible contributor pathways that would allow rapid builders like himself to “hand off” their prototypes to seasoned contributors who could then navigate the processes required to bring new features into core. From the Repository’s post on Ollie’s Menu Designer Lands on WordPress.org, Praised as “Game […]| agm
Ever since I first started working within the Gutenberg GitHub repository, I’ve felt my organizational brain cringe at how unwieldy it is. I’ve tried countless methods to help involving various recurring to do items to regularly do my part in keeping relevant issues opened and actionable. As we’ve gone deeper into the AI age, I’ve […]| agm
I haven’t been lugging my nice camera around as much recently and I’ve enjoyed being okay with not capturing some sort of ideal photo. Instead, I’ve returned to the quick impromptu snaps one gets on a phone. Here are some from the last few weeks that all reflect a moment of happiness–a surprising split flower, […]| agm
I have such a mental image of this quote. “We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are when beneath every attitude is the want to be loved, and beneath every anger is a wound to be healed…| agm
With just barely less than one month out from beta 1 for 6.9 and after folks appreciated my last exploration post, I thought I’d continue the fun with another update. Again, this is new so feedback…| agm
I can’t offer you fast response times to your message but I can offer you a real response. This isn’t a “you will receive a response in 1-2 business days” contact form- this…| agm
For a few months now, I’ve been wanting to try out Willow, an AI voice to speech tool. I finally downloaded the free version a few weeks ago and have yet to actually use it. Time and time again, I run into the fact that I think best when writing and spend much of my […]| agm
Last Sunday, I grabbed my cleats and drove to a saved location in Google Maps called “Sunday Soccer” around 2pm. I didn’t check with anyone ahead of time to see if folks would be there, even though it had been nearly two years since I last played with this crew. Somehow, I knew they would […]| agm
As part of my passion project of uniting WordPress YouTubers and growing stronger connections between the WordPress project and content creators, I’ve petitioned and kicked off a new slack channel dedicated to #content-creators. Since posts on Make Core have a much different audience than my site here, I wanted to share some bonus thoughts about […]| agm
While I have another year at Automattic to be grateful for and dig into, I want to call out my former colleagues who are still looking for a job after a workforce reduction in April of this year. I…| agm
As a follow up to my post on former automatticians who were impacted by a layoff, I wanted to highlight some former colleagues who are open to work and ready to be hired. As a reminder, if you’re h…| agm
Last week in a WordPress slack community, I was asked a question publicly about my job. I love questions and, inspired by being asked about my job, I am writing this post to share a bit about what …| agm
This past September, I crossed 6 years of working for Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, Tumblr, and more. I love talking about Automattic and the unique culture that has made our dis…| agm
16% of Automattic has been cut. 281 people across 90 countries. Each person impacted has a unique story and many valuable skills. I can’t possibly tell you about all of them, but after more than a …| agm
For the last 3-4 months, I’ve convened a group of loves ones together to talk about chronic conditions. We jokingly call our group chat “Chronic Comrades” and, after today’s…| agm
