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• My talk writing process12/01/2020
  Over the years, the way I write talks has varied. It's morphed and iterated to a place where there is a particular flow … Read more
• Lithosphere: a theme seed06/01/2020
  I took some time over the holidays to plant a seed and create a new theme for this and a few sites. I … Read more
• The start of a block building journey05/01/2020
  Over the holiday break, I set myself a challenge of building an editor block. While I have worked within blocks and the editor, … Read more
• Design Ops in Open Source28/12/2019
  This post is from a talk given as part of the Joint Futures conference and is the transcript presented. You can find the full slides here. … Read more
• Being Brave16/07/2019
  This post is from a talk given as part of the JS for WP conference and is the transcript presented. You can find … Read more
• Thinking back to the role of design in enabling community01/01/2019
  As 2019 begins and the noise of social networks rings in our ears, I can’t but help reflect on the state of communities … Read more
• Speaking when you are not made for speaking28/10/2018
  This weekend I spoke at WordCamp Manchester and again feel privileged for every chance I get to have space for my voice. This … Read more
• Gutenberg design basics08/01/2018
  Have you ever wondered what something is called within Gutenberg? This guide is meant to help by giving the names and the expected … Read more
• Gutenberg inspired redesign29/12/2017
  I set myself a little holiday project this year, to consolidate and create a theme to use across a few of my sites. … Read more
• The importance of triage practice02/08/2017
  Every designer at Automattic is writing a monthly design post, this month my post was about triage practice. For me the process is … Read more
• Back to Qwerty04/07/2017
  A few months ago I began a journey to learn Colemak. Yesterday I switched back to Qwerty. There were a number of reasons … Read more
• A reading list19/02/2017
  It seems over the past few months I've got asked a lot about what books I'd recommend. Passing on good book recommendations is … Read more

Change only happens in the present moment. The past is already done. The future is just energy and intention.

Kino MacGregor