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War and Life Afterwards: An Interview with Brian Castner
Brian Castner We’re honored that Brian Castner, Iraq War veteran and author of The Long Walk, makes his official online home right here at WordPress.com. Brian’s history and work are fascinating, as...
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Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
This week, we turn up three very different Freshly Pressed posts united by their incisive exploration of unexplored, long forgotten, or unexpected experiences, experiences that have been made somehow...
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The WordPress.com Reader: Follow Your Feeds, Discover Great Reads
As you may have heard, Google Reader is shutting down on July 1. As readers ourselves, we understand the importance of a go-to space on the internet for your daily feeds and regular reads — and a place...
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Weekend Reads: WPLongform Picks
This spring, we introduced the WPLongform tag, as we wanted to give bloggers who write longer pieces (of over 1,000 words) and longform readers a space within the WordPress.com Reader to share and...
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Customizing Koi: 129 Twig & Vine
The past several months, we’ve highlighted a number of sites that use some of the popular free themes available on WordPress.com — Oxygen, Bueno, and Sight to name a few. Visiting a site is a bit like...
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New Theme: Trvl
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means on WordPress.com: new themes! Today we’d like to introduce you Trvl. Trvl is a tumblelog theme that’s all about blogging. With a beautiful and simple design...
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Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
We love how blogs give us glimpses into the lives and experiences of people all over the world. We also love how they offer opinion, analysis, and on-the-ground perspectives on current events that are...
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The TED Blog: Telling Stories, Spreading Ideas
This week, TED’s summer conference, TEDGlobal 2013, kicks off in Edinburgh, Scotland. At TEDGlobal, the world’s innovators and thinkers gather to tell stories and share knowledge — it’s where...
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New Theme: Forefront
Today, I’m excited to announce our newest theme. Don’t worry, your calendar is not broken. It’s not Theme Thursday but we just couldn’t hold this theme back any longer! Front Page Template Example...
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New on WordPress for Android: Notifications
Need to get your WordPress.com Notifications on the go? With version 2.4 of WordPress for Android you’ll see all your Notifications right on your Android device. Step away yet stay connected With the...
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Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
Every post that glides into our Reader offers us a fresh perspective and an opportunity to peer into another blogger’s mind. We’re invited to enter new worlds, and examine the shapes, angles, and...
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New Theme: Profile
It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Profile; the newest addition to our collection of themes. Profile’s Home Page template Profile is the latest premium theme by Organic Themes and is designed to be a...
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The Space Upgrade: Get Extra Storage and Upload Audio
Your blog on WordPress.com comes with 3,000 megabytes (3 GBs) of free space, so you can store all those gorgeous images you upload (and other files) in your Media Library. But if you need extra storage...
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Picking and Choosing: Bloggers as Curators
Your blog is the space where you show the world the things that make you tick. You put together stories and images that entertain and enlighten, and invite your visitors in. It’s your own carefully...
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Vagabond, a Fun New Travel Theme
Happy 4th of July and Theme Day! To all who are celebrating Independence Day, may you have a fun and safe holiday. During any holiday, many of us hit the road to visit family and friends, so it’s a...
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Fueling the Wanderlust: A Look at Travel Blogs on WordPress.com
Photo by Satori Photography We hope Vagabond, the travel theme launched yesterday, inspires the nomad in you. To fuel the wanderlust even more, get blissfully lost in the words and images on the blogs...
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A Blog-to-Book Success: Catching Up with WordPresser-Turned-Bestseller Jared...
Last November, we chatted with New Zealand blogger Jared Gulian, who snagged a publishing contact for a book based on his WordPress.com blog, Moon Over Martinborough. His book of the same name,...
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Customizing Imbalance 2: The Patterned Plate
Imbalance 2 is a clean, modern, grid-based theme great for blogs, portfolios, and magazine-style sites — and one that easily transforms into a cheerful, mouthwatering food blog. Carrie of The Patterned...
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Come Together: A Guide for Group Blogs
Many of the blogs and websites we discover are fertile ground for a mix of voices and perspectives, and for some of you, blogging is a collaborative effort. On WordPress.com, you’ll stumble upon...
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Introducing Panel, a New Theme for Webcomics
Calling all cartoonists! We’re excited to debut Panel, a new theme for quickly and easily publishing serial webcomics. Whether you’re sketching up physics humor or mulling on the ironic nature of the...
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