An Automattic family

My work trip to Barcelona has come to an end and yes, there were some dramas and yes, Barcelona is a really cool city, but the best part of the trip was the people. And I’m not referring to the people of Barcelona – although they were, without exception, very friendly and welcoming – I’m referring to the people I work with. I have come away from the trip feeling inspired and motivated and also like part of a cool family: the family of Automatticians.

Inside the gondola.

That’s the chef just behind me and he’s thinking, “Damn this vegan, she better like the meal I’ve prepared for her”. And I did!

Jason is explaining something very complicated to Sandy, I think.

“We want clumping!”

“it’s my birthday!”. Happy birthday to Pam.

Posted

January 11, 2015

Automattic

Rachel M

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Automattic, Barcelona, colleagues, meetup, people, social, travel, work

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17 responses to “An Automattic family”

trablog

January 11, 2015

Looks like a great team to work with!

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 11, 2015
  
  They are fantastic!
  
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anniegoldfisher

January 11, 2015

So glad your workmates are wonderful. Helps a lot. 🙂 No doubt husband and children are dying to see you and you them. Have a lovely reunion.

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 11, 2015
  
  Thanks. It’s really nice to be home.
  
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scifihammy

January 11, 2015

They do look a nice bunch – and I like that you can have purple hair when you work at Automattic! Now I wanna join 😉

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 11, 2015
  
  Yep, purple hair is absolutely fine. I’m sure green, yellow, pink, and orange are all fine too.
  
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ladysighs

January 11, 2015

What a nice photo tribute to your coworkers and team. I not sure what it is you do, but looks like fun and work go together. 🙂

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 11, 2015
  
  Yes, fun was definitely had during our trip to Barcelona but we did do lots of work too.
  
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helenofmarlowe

January 11, 2015

A vegan automattician! Good for you. May I ask a WP Q? How do I search wordpress for subject? For example, I want to find wordpress blogs about fossil fuels, or wordpress blogs about animal rights. I don’t find a wordpress search. Can you point me toward wordpress subject search?
Thanks! Helen

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 11, 2015
  
  Hi Helen,
  
  Feel free to ask questions anytime. The best way is to search for tags (topics) is in the WordPress.com Reader. Go to https://wordpress.com/tags/ and type a search topic into the field at the top and click “Search”.
  
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  1. helenofmarlowe
    
    January 11, 2015
    
    That works — thanks!
Joan Artés

January 11, 2015

It was nice to meet you guys. Hope to see you again! 🙂

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 12, 2015
  
  It was great to meet you too and so good that you could join us for dinner. See you next time!
  
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Siobhan

January 12, 2015

Lovely writeup! It looks like you all had a good time from the photos. 🙂 Barcelona’s one of those places I’ve heard so many great things about. I’ll need to make it there one day!

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1. Rachel M
  
  January 12, 2015
  
  We all had a great time. I’m sure there’ll be another meetup in Barcelona before too long 🙂
  
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Chait

January 13, 2015

Lovely pics! I know you guys got done a whole lot of work too.

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Sherri

January 14, 2015

Glad you had such a great time Rachel 🙂

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