I coded my first website in 1999, two years after I got connected to the internet using FrontPage Express and uploading the files to Geocities. I learned HTML by studying the code generated by FrontPage and comparing it to a laminated reference guide that I still have.
I never uploaded …
The next batch of exciting updates to the block editor is live on WordPress.com. Powerful duotone image editing, a persistent list view to edit your page or post, and an update for picking table colors are all ready for you to build and improve the look of your site. Let’s …
There was a time when I was feeling stuck and didn’t really know what to do next. I came upon Bill Burnett’s TED Talk about Designing Your Life and that got me going. I learned to reframe my problems, to make decisions and above all, I understood that the future …
There was a time when I was feeling stuck and didn’t really know what to do next. I came upon Bill Burnett’s TED Talk about Designing Your Life and that got me going. I learned to reframe my problems, to make decisions and above all, I understood that the future …
A couple of weeks ago I watched the movie Midsommar. For today’s Daily Create, I remixed a portrait that Dan Misdea made of me with some flowers that remind me of the May Queen. …
A couple of weeks ago I watched the movie Midsommar. For today’s Daily Create, I remixed a portrait that Dan Misdea made of me with some flowers that remind me of the May Queen. …
At WordPress.com, part of our mission is to support and empower storytellers and publishers of all sizes. We’re thrilled to announce that the award-winning Atavist Magazine has moved to WordPress.com, joining its sister publication, Longreads, on the platform. Atavist is built on Newspack, a suite of features and …
It’s Pride month; perhaps you’ve noticed from the rainbows all over everything?
A most unusual Pride month it is, too — the familiar sights of parades were missing last year, and those happening this year are somewhat cautious by comparison to years past. The representation and visibility that Pride was …
We’re excited to welcome Day One to the Automattic team. Day One is a private journaling app that makes writing for yourself a simple pleasure. A beautifully designed user experience has earned the app prestigious awards including App Store Editor’s Choice, App of the Year, and the Apple Design Award, …
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Educational simulation is an interesting and, in my view, underutilised area of active learning. Often associated with technology-based approaches, educational simulation is in fact a broader field. In this broad sense it creates a …
All people need to express themselves. Some of them create complex works that elicit a reaction and some of them just throw some things around and put their name on it. I think that art needs to have a transformative purpose.
To the latter I say, …
All people need to express themselves. Some of them create complex works that elicit a reaction and some of them just throw some things around and put their name on it. I think that art needs to have a transformative purpose.
To the latter I say, keep your art to …
At Wonkfest I attended a panel session titled Changing the Culture of Changing the Culture in which Charlotte Summers, who is Head of Commercial Development at the RSA, referred to the RSA’s excellent Future Change Framework.
Admittedly, I am a sucker for a framework, but …
In Mexico City there’s an ice cream shop that sells popsicles of very interesting flavors. Among them, there’s one that has a chocolate bunny inside. My useless superpower would be to make those chocolate bunnies disappear.…
In Mexico City there’s an ice cream shop that sells popsicles of very interesting flavors. Among them, there’s one that has a chocolate bunny inside. My useless superpower would be to make those chocolate bunnies disappear.…
For the past eight years, Review Signal has published its WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks, and 2021’s results are in.
We’re happy to report that not only did WordPress.com earn Top Tier status once again, but we were proven to be the fastest WordPress host in any pricing tier.
WordPress.com … …
I collect LEGO Star Wars ships and mini-figures. I was mind-blown when I saw the massive Star Destroyer set fully assembled at the LEGO Store in Rockefeller Plaza.…
I collect LEGO Star Wars ships and mini-figures. I was mind-blown when I saw the massive Star Destroyer set fully assembled at the LEGO Store in Rockefeller Plaza.…
from the Book i-Land – A double Irish and a Dutch
The next morning Avoka is having her breakfast early and takes a stroll on the beach. Some guys dressed in security uniforms are walking the beach as well. Avoka is not really, sure, as at first sight she doesn’t …
Active learning is essentially conversational – a ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ of ideas, whether this is a collaborative exchange or personal cogitation and reflection. Pedagogically, there is a lot to exploit here.
I was recently involved in a discussion about the difference between dialogue and …
How you can get the total freedom to create without the hassles that come with managing your own website.
The open source WordPress project has given the world a powerful publishing platform that now powers 41% of the web. While this is the most widely adopted CMS on the internet…
Awe walks boost emotional well-being according to a recent study conducted by researchers from UC San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin. The study looked at the effect of a weekly 15 minute walk on adults in which selected walkers reported positive effects on their …
Seven o’clock in the morning and Avoka hears the pinging of her phone: “A good morning coffee cup from Hunt.” She smiles and sends a message back. “What a lovely thing to start the day” and sends a song, …
We have some exciting new block editor updates to share with you today including fresh collection of Portfolio block patterns, a new and improved way to embed a preview of PDF documents, and better editing tools for Cover and Buttons blocks.
Let’s dive in!
One-Click Portfolio LayoutsBlock patterns are …
In Reimagining Spaces for Learning in Higher Education I examine the inadequacies of binary descriptions of space and time for representing contemporary learning experiences. Within the exploration I considered social media for learning and two of the case studies described tweetchats. An analysis of …
In reflecting on this final project, I am happy to say that I was very pleased with how everything came together and flowed in one story together in the end. In my final project I combined 4 different forms of media. Audio, video, writing, and images. All of these media …
