Just Hugo

Yesterday was my last day at Automattic. After nearly 6 years, it was time to move on, but it has been a rather emotional transition, filled with memories and tear-eyed smiles. I thought I’d sh...

https://justhugo.com/2016/09/02/seasons-of-love/

2015 was one fast paced year. It was also a year of resolutions and closing of cycles in my life. I moved 4 times, found a home that feels long term in San Francisco, finished my university degre...

https://justhugo.com/2015/12/31/2015-2016/

Today I was surprised when I received a text message from someone asking me If I had blocked them on Instagram or if my account had been deleted. I had no idea what they were talking about, so I...

https://justhugo.com/2015/10/16/freedom/

Originally posted on WordPress.com News : You might have noticed the rainbow banner across the top of WordPress.com over the weekend — our way of marking Pride month, celebrated by cities ac...

https://justhugo.com/2015/06/30/lovewins-lgbtq-bloggers-make-their-voices-heard/

Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins — President Obama (@POTUS44) June 26, 2015 This past frid...

https://justhugo.com/2015/06/30/everybody-say-love/

I’m a designer, not a developer. Just in case that isn’t obvious, I’ll say it again: I’m a designer, not a developer. Ok, now that we established that, I should add I’m a fairly versat...

https://justhugo.com/2015/06/12/my-local-wordpress-development-setup/

It’s been quite a while since I last wrote on this blog. Kind of ironic since I work on WordPress everyday… Just a quick update to say I’m still here and have some posts to share soon 😉 ...

https://justhugo.com/2015/04/23/long-time-no-see/

Today, Scott Berkun (my former team lead at Automattic, mentor, and friend) is launching his brand new book, The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work. This book tells his pers...

https://justhugo.com/2013/09/17/the-year-without-pants/

I had the pleasure of talking to the San Francisco WordPress Beginners Meetup yesterday about Content and Information Architecture. It was great and I loved the whole Q&A portion of the talk. Tha...

https://justhugo.com/2013/03/28/content-structure-in-wordpress/

or, how silkscreening changed my creative life I was always a creative kid growing up. The first time my mother realized this was when I started dancing with my fingers on every piano-looking sur...

https://justhugo.com/2012/10/27/the-art-of-touch/