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My personal commandments
I brainstormed my own personal commandments; these are the overarching principles that I live my life by. Some are part of my core personality that I wanted to underline, while others are things I want to strive for.
A day in the life of a Happiness Engineer, October 2017 edition
I’m a Happiness Engineer on the WooCommerce Orion team, and have been working at Automattic for 18 months now.
Sometimes you just need more
In all fairness, I didn’t set out to drink three shots of espresso. I realized that the grind on the beans was a little too coarse, so adjusted and made … Continue reading Sometimes you just need more
Textillia, the Ravelry of sewing?
The sewing world doesn’t have a Ravelry equivalent. Patterns are spread across the Big 4 and the hundreds of indie pattern designers – last week, I was trying to find a specific pants pattern I’d seen a while back and finally gave up.
The art of being on time to remote meetings
I hate being late. It says “I don’t care enough about your time,” so I try very hard to be on time or even better: early. When I worked in … Continue reading The art of being on time to remote meetings
Toodledo and opening links in new tabs
In which I cover some of how I use Toodledo and a nice little script to open the note links in a new tab.
Fred’s monochrome sweater (Jón 91149 by Hulda Hákonardóttir)
This sweater came into being the Sunday morning that I asked Fred, “If you would hypothetically like a sweater, what would you prefer?” I was at a stage where I … Continue reading Fred’s monochrome sweater (Jón 91149 by Hulda Hákonardóttir)
Our deepest fear (Akeelah and the Bee)
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
One year anniversary at Automattic
On the 15th March 2016, I started as a WooCommerce Happiness Engineer at Automattic. What a year it has been!
When good manners and equality clash
I’ve never thought very much about all of the different angles around the concept of men opening doors for women. I mentally shrugged my shoulders, thanked people when they held the door for me, held the door for others and went on with my life. Sweden is very much into gender-equality, so it hasn’t come up. After a few days of having multiple men hold the door for me as a polite gesture, I’m surprised at just how surprised and startled I am by it.
CMS Africa 2017 – WooCommerce payments in Nigeria
Here are the slides for the WooCommerce payments in Nigeria presentation, that was given at CMS Summit 2017 on Friday 3 March 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria.
A (semi) typical work day for me, February 2017 edition
As a WooCommerce Happiness Engineer at Automattic, I spend some of my time directly helping customers. I also get to travel quite a bit, to different conferences and to meet my colleagues all over the world. I’ll focus on a day at home (just outside of Stockholm, Sweden), because the other days are anything but typical.
Hannah Swain Løvik 