Hey #Django friends. If someone wanted to see the upcoming Django roadmap, where would they go?
Googling "Django Roadmap" produces odd results, and I couldn't find anything on http://djangoproject.org.
(RTs appreciated if you don't know but are also curious!)
Btw, if you want to join a smaller company that thinks a lot about the best of the internet and how to build community around that, come join us at @burbteam.
We have chats like this frequently, and then try to build products that respect those chats.
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There's a feeling of sustainability in @automattic's approach that I hope remains. They're showing a way to be a big tech company (1900 strong!?!) that feels like an alternate universe from MANGA, praise the sun.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk, and find me on @tumblr
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Another piece of proof here is: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/job/senior-software-engineer-engineering-hiring/
(drew don't hate me for posting someone else's job link)
A SWE hired for the purpose of helping hiring? What. An. Idea.
That post links to a great post about the mgmt-eng pendulum, hosted on @WordPress of course.
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So @automattic's opportunity is: get the people creating the web's best to use their products while respecting both its users and the people who run those products.
This (h/t @rosemaryforyou) is the opposite of a particular shop run by a race car driver in the Midwest.
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The fact that every 3rd ad on @tumblr is for an @automattic product speaks to this! As @broderick frequently reminds me, the media ecosystem revolves around Twitter, but a staggering amount of the culture of this site comes from regular injections of @tumblr
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I think this is intentional! I hope it is. It speaks to a strategy at @automattic that I think goes like this:
"We're going to be a complete place for creating and consuming the best of the web. Our brand matters less than folks having the best time on the web possible."
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Every third ad on @tumblr for me is for an @automattic product. Please go look at the list of their products right now: https://automattic.com/
Surprised by how much is there? Me too! What's more surprising is how few of them I knew were Automattic products.
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Tip for people seeing friends join http://counter.social -- it is not a good fediverse neighbor! Myself and a bunch of other admins blocked it a couple years ago because the people who were running it were unfriendly to the point of abusive!
They admit to some of this (1/2)
Hello hello hello. So great to see you all here. Maybe do some #intro s for the new folk?
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I made #wine label #poetry for #poterymonth.
I’d love for you to have the original or a limited-run print.
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