Live Construction Ahead! It’s about time my site gets a much needed appearance overhaul. I’ve been wanting to do this for quite a while now actually. The idea has been sitting on the back burner of things, but just never got around to it. Continue reading “Live Construction Ahead!”
Automattic Grand Meetup 2018: Sunshine State Sun. Food. Drinks. Entertainment. And meeting hundreds of highly talented, creative, and lovable humans wrangled from all over the world to work, collaborate, and just have a grand old time at a single location — what more could I ask for in a company meetup. This is a snapshot of my experience at my first Grand Meetup! 📸 Continue reading “Automattic Grand Meetup 2018: Sunshine State”
Journey Back To America: First Contact Since coming to Japan, I’ve only gone back to the US once, and that was nearly five years ago in 2013. This year will be the first time coming back since then, and I have this opportunity because my company’s Grand Meetup is taking place in America this year. Granted, the meetup is in Orlando, Florida — the opposite end of San Diego (my hometown) — I still feel at home. Leaving Sapporo Bus to the airport Lunch Connecting flight The main leg Upon Arrival Immigration Officer: You currently live in Japan, but you’re here on business? Me: That’s correct, sir. Immigration Officer: And what field of work is this in? Me: Web development. Immigration Officer: Ah, so I.T. then. *stamp, stamp, stamp* Immigration Officer: *hands me back my passport* You have a good day. Welcome home. Me: Thank you, glad to be back, sir. Hotel Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Giant GM decal right when you walk the front! Custom Automattic message in the room as well 😀 Local chocolates for the team My basecamp for the week 🙂 Mandatory Family FaceTime I’ll be in Orlando for a whole week until October 6th, spending time with the entire Automattic crew! I’ll try to make a daily post of my experience if I can. Otherwise, if not, expect a long epic one at the very end 🙂
WordCamp Tokyo 2018: Challenge! I was in front of Automattic booth last year, passing by as an attendee. This year I was behind it — as a representing member of the company 🙂Continue reading “WordCamp Tokyo 2018: Challenge!”
Seven Years. Seven Milestones. August 15th, 2011 was the day I arrived in Japan for the very first time in my life, and since then, have never looked back. Continue reading “Seven Years. Seven Milestones.”
Try Again! Brown Rice Diet Update That was aborted after Day 1. Greatest. Fail. EVER.Continue reading “Try Again!”
Brown Rice Diet: Apparently It’s A Thing I don’t usually do diets, but on a rather spontaneous decision, the other day I decided I’d try this brown rice diet my wife maybe half-jokingly suggest we try. I was intrigued because on the pamphlet she showed me, the catchline went somewhere along the lines of the following: What!? Lose 5KG in 10 days!?Continue reading “Brown Rice Diet: Apparently It’s A Thing”
There’s No ‘I’ In Team I’m grateful to have a joined a company that is built on remote work culture, as I quite enjoy having the autonomy and freedom to work on what, when, and where I want, but more than that, it’s the folks working behind the curtains that make all the difference, at least for me. As of this writing, there are 751 Automatticians in 66 countries speaking 81 different languages distributed across the globe, all working remotely on different teams. I work alone, but never have I felt lonely. For me, opening up Slack on my computer is sort of like the equivalent of walking into an office. Certainly, that’s a major difference between working remotely on your own, versus working remotely with a team. The ‘who’ is really what ties my Automattic work experience all together in this type of remote environment. I’m part of a small team that spans across the APAC region of the world, and we’re known as Team Patronus 🙂Continue reading “There’s No ‘I’ In Team”
