Jane on WordPress

Back to Work

Mexico was lovely, exactly the system reset I needed. Am thinking I should maybe just go live somewhere that I can go snorkeling on a regular basis. Anyway, now that I’m back on the clock, here’s what I’m working on/planning to work on (not in any particular order):

WordPress 2.8. PollDaddy redesign. Intense Debate design stuff. WordCamp stuff. Community volunteer stuff. Google Summer of Code stuff. WordPress.tv stuff. WordPress.com store/domains process. Ideas forum. Start thinking ahead to 2.9. Will be posting the volunteer stuff on the dev blog over the coming week (based on WordCamp Denver presentation).

I’m in Austin already, and will be here for SxSW through the 18th or maybe a little later. I was going to say come and say hi at the WordPress BBQ Meetup on Sunday the 15th, but I see from the signup page that it’s sold out. If you’re already signed up, say hi to me there. If you didn’t sign up soon enough, but will be in Austin, I’ll be wandering around. Feel free to introduce yourself.

I’ll be going back and forth between interactive and film stuff, so anyone who wants to see a movie but doesn’t want to wait in line alone should email me. My usual line-waiting companion is out of commission this year with a new baby, so I need some new film-pass friends to pass the time in long film festival lines at Alamo and the Paramount. It’s a perfect opportunity to have my undivided attention as you tell me all your brilliant ideas/requests for the upcoming WordPress media management overhaul.  :)

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Hmph.

This theme is lame because it wants to be cool and allow you to specify a different middle sidebar for individual post pages than the main page and category landing pages have, but it doesn't allow for users who want to have the same sidebar on all pages. Because you can only use most widgets in one sidebar (Text and RSS are the only exceptions) at a time, I can't put the archives etc. here, because it's in use elsewhere. WordPress 2.8 will introduce multi-use widgets, which should solve the problem. In the meantime, go back to the home page if you want to see a list of posts or archives.

About Me

I'm Jane, which is short for Jenifer, which is a long story. I work at Automattic doing user experience stuff for WordPress and related projects. If you want to contact me, use this form, or @janeforshort on Twitter.

All Over the Map

Thinking About (Projects)

  • Overhauling WordPress media features
  • Improving communication channels/Ideas forum redux
  • Open source UX for WordPress
  • Distributed usability testing
  • Program for girls to get involved in WordPress
  • Blackboard-killer plugins
  • WordCamp NYC stuff
  • Cleaning up Settings screens
  • Theme design
  • Standardized taxonomies for themes and plugins
  • WordPress.tv stuff
  • PollDaddy stuff
  • Volunteers database