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My life at Automattic

  • Big WP – London Calling

    Big WP – London Calling

    At numerous locations, often in big cities, regular WordPress-themed meetups occur. Anyone can run one and those attending can be anybody from bloggers to developers, with all levels of knowledge. However, probably the biggest in the UK is the appropriately named Big WP, held in London. Less regular than some others it, none-the-less, attracts a big audience and some impressive speakers.

    For this meetup, the first in a while, I’ve attended – my first Big WP.

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  • Why can’t Jo Malone change your account’s email?

    Why can’t Jo Malone change your account’s email?

    This all started, innocently, yesterday as I was going through some online accounts that I have registered to an old email address.

    I bought my wife some Jo Malone perfume last year, I think, and, as a result, I now have an account on their site. But, and unfortunately they’re not the only site to do this, they don’t provide a way for you to change your email.

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  • What’s on my desk?

    What’s on my desk?

    A while ago I wrote posts on ‘What’s in my bag?‘ and ‘What’s in my pencil case?‘. However, picking up an idea that came from an internal discussion amongst some Automatticians, I now present to you ‘What’s on my desk?’.

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  • On Long Passwords

    On Long Passwords

    At the moment, I’m having a ‘discussion’ with British Airways on Twitter. Sadly, it’s not the first time I’ve had a similar conversation with a company.

    Here’s the initial part of the problem – when you try and change your BA password, it gives you the following guidance for the password…

    So, the password has to be at least 6 digits and be numbers and letters. No symbols, mind you, which is a negative point. So, I put in a new password, generated for me. 49 digits no less. It complained..

    The password you have supplied is invalid. Passwords need to be at least 6 characters in length and use a mix of letters (English A-Z) and numbers.

    But my password did abide by those rules.

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  • ONA17: Mr Artiss Goes To Washington

    ONA17: Mr Artiss Goes To Washington

    Just weeks after returning from the company GM in Canada, I’m off again. This time I’m attending a conference in Washington DC -my first visit to the US! The conference in question is ONA17, which is for journalists. My team, WordPress VIP, works with a lot of media companies so we have sponsored a booth at the event and I will be one of a number of the VIP team attending to help run it, provide advice and, hopefully, assist with new client leads.

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