Subtitle: WordPress.com as your inspiration resources Presented at Temple University Japan, June 2018

1. Naoko Takano / Temple University Japan, June 2018
Blogging for Your Art Career
WordPress.com as
your inspiration resources

2. Naoko Takano (高野直子）
Automattic
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WordPress.org
(Volunteer)
Japanese Translation
Polyglots Team Mentor
Community Team Deputy
@naokomc
https://naoko.blog/
(Work)
Globalizer @ Team Global

3. https://naoko.blog/

4. ?

5. The company behind

6. vs

9. https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

11. 741 employees

12. 64 countries / speaking 81 languages

13. 100% distributed
since August 2005

14. http://www.businessinsider.com/automattic-closes-san-francisco-office-to-let-everyone-work-remotely-2017-6?op=1

18. WordPress.com:
inspiration resources

19. “Discover”

20. https://discover.wordpress.com/

21. • jonasrask|photography (https://jonasraskphotography.com/)
• SWEETMOON PHOTOGRAPHY (http://www.sweetmoonphotography.ca/)
• Bear’s Photos (https://cornishbearsphotos.com/)
• Spoon & Tamago (http://www.spoon-tamago.com/)
• Design*Sponge (https://www.designsponge.com/)
• Showcase Your Art with These Professional Portfolio Themes
(https://discover.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/professional-portfolio-themes/)
• How to Use Instagram to Promote Your Site and Extend Your Reach
(https://discover.wordpress.com/2018/04/05/instagram/)
• Your Site Is Your Marketplace: Techniques to Sell Your Arts and Crafts
(https://discover.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/sell-art-crafts/)

22. “Blogging University”

23. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/blogging-university/

25. “Reader”

26. https://wordpress.com/read/

27. “Go WordPress”

28. https://wordpress.com/go/

29. Extra:
How We Work @ Automattic

30. https://officetoday.wordpress.com/

31. Source Code Management Team Communication
Full Text Search
Realtime
Asynchronous
Video Meeting
Text Chat, Meeting
Team meetup (1-2/year)
Whole-company meetup (1/year)
Face-to-face meeting at events
“P2” (BBS-style blog theme）
Text-based discussion
Customer Support
WordPress websites
(internal/support docs)
“Matticspace”
Org chart, contact info
Data on user attributes, usage, sales, etc
Documentation Employee Directory
Stats

32. Other Tools We Use
Teams and individuals pick and choose what suits them
Detailed task management Document sharing/company mail/calendar File sharing
Translation issue tracking with a vendor VPN for security & testing
Meeting time coordination Search and other shortcuts

33. Thanks!
http://bit.ly/naokomc-1806
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@naokomc
https://naoko.blog/