Jordan Gillman
jordesign.bsky.social
Jordan Gillman
@jordesign.bsky.social
Ex designer, ex-front-end, always WordPresser. Product Experience Advocate at WordPress.com/Automattic
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FALLING 😂✋
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Book: Permission to Feel

It's been a long while since I read this book (I started this draft 6 years ago) but it seemed worth publishing to share the quotes - which I think are still super valuable.
Book: Permission to Feel
It's been a long while since I read this book (I started this draft 6 years ago) but it seemed worth publishing to share the quotes - which I think are still super valuable.
jordangillman.blog
January 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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Periodically I get reminded of how great Betchadupa's debut EP was...
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Periodically I get reminded of how great Betchadupa's debut EP was...
notes.jordangillman.blog
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"aside from Wikipedia, we've organized the sum total of our collective knowledge into formats optimized for making people angry at strangers in pursuit of private profitability."
- @joanwestenberg.com

www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
In 1751, Denis Diderot began publishing his Encyclopédie, a project that would eventually span 28 volumes and take more than two decades to complete. The French government banned it twice. The Catholi...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"Your blog is where you can be you. You post what you want, when you want. Algorithms and mad king tech overlords be damned." - @cagrimmett.com

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Blogging Beyond the Wall
Social networks are walled gardens. They are closed networks that restrict how users interact, what they see, and how data flows. Outside of the walls is the blogosphere. It is diverse and distribu…
cagrimmett.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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I’d see a one man Aladdin with Alex Moffat as every character
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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To cheese, or not to cheese? 🧀
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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🧵Spotted at the beach in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A very content looking man (40s?) is reclining in an orange inflatable dingy on the sand. Reading a paperback novel. Sailing on a sea of chill. (1)
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Film: Good Fortune

I went into Good Fortune optimistically and curious about two things: Aziz Ansari stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut, and Keanu Reeves playing a role unlike anything I'd seen. I was pleasantly surprised :)
Film: Good Fortune
I went into Good Fortune optimistically and curious about two things: Aziz Ansari stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut, and Keanu Reeves playing a role unlike anything I'd seen. I was pleasantly surprised :)
jordangillman.blog
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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🚨 A new episode of Make Some Noise is out now on Dropout!

Join Sam and guests Ross Bryant, Echo Kellum, and Corin Wells for a night of improv pyramid schemes and Star Wars characters!
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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i love the beginning of the year because everyone starts blogging. and if you (yes you) were thinking about starting, this is your sign
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A new year site cleanup

Things have been pretty quiet around here for a while. I've realised that I was placing a lot of pressure on writing 'important' or 'meaningful' content here rather than feeling free to just blog. I'd played with the idea of posting shorter rambles on a separate site - but…
A new year site cleanup
Things have been pretty quiet around here for a while. I've realised that I was placing a lot of pressure on writing 'important' or 'meaningful' content here rather than feeling free to just blog. I'd played with the idea of posting shorter rambles on a separate site - but that ultimately ended up being just another place where I didn't blog
jordangillman.blog
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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scored big time with an $80 LEGO haul on marketplace. It’s a bit of a mishmash of things that need rebuilding, but some gold in there.
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scored big time with an $80 LEGO haul on marketplace. It’s a bit of a mishmash of things that need rebuilding, but some gold in there.
notes.jordangillman.blog
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I've been hearing good things about Telex, the AI Gutenberg block-building tool that my work (Automattic) built, for a while now, and I finally decided to give it a try.

https://jordangillman.blog/trying-out-telex-building-a-ustom-gutenberg-block-with-natural-language/
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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ooh - there's a proposal for WP-Admin to get a CSS reskin as a stop-gap (before a full redesign) for WP 7.0. And there's a Playground to see what it is like. #WordPress
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ooh - there's a proposal for WP-Admin to get a CSS reskin as a stop-gap (before a full redesign) for WP 7.0. And there's a Playground to see what it is like. #WordPress
notes.jordangillman.blog
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Great start to Enqueue conference - reflections on SEO in the AI age, and a primer on cache improvements in WP6.9.
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Great start to Enqueue conference - reflections on SEO in the AI age, and a primer on cache improvements in WP6.9.
notes.jordangillman.blog
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Thinking a lot about the benefit of repetitive feedback, and continuing to raise issues that have been acknowledged, but not addressed.
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Thinking a lot about the benefit of repetitive feedback, and continuing to raise issues that have been acknowledged, but not addressed.
notes.jordangillman.blog
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Ever had that feeling when your brain is both wired and fried at the same time? Excited to keep going with something, but just tired…
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Ever had that feeling when your brain is both wired and fried at the same time? Excited to keep going with something, but just tired…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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gradually getting things hooked up. This post should be federating and also syndicated to bluesky.
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gradually getting things hooked up. This post should be federating and also syndicated to bluesky.
notes.jordangillman.blog
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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★ Stroll with us down memory lane as we celebrate pixel art, the early web, and some of the many artists and design languages the mighty pixel inspired.

zeldman.com/2024/04/13/f...
For love of pixels Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Personal site of author, designer, Automattician, and A List Apart founder & publisher Jeffrey Zeldman. Teaching and writing about web design and web standards since 1995. Also featuring “My…
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September 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM