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Member Since: October 18th, 2004
Location: Denmark
Website: automattic.com
Job Title: Design Wrangler
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

Design wrangler at Automattic. I believe in gravity, the moon landing, and well-mixed White Russians.

Interests

Long walks on the beach.

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Wrote a comment on the post #core-privacy Office Hours Minutes – 13 February 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We certainly don't want lumpy rugs! I can speak to this, as I was part…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Nov 28, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sanity checked the patches, and let me just note that Laurel deserves a massive round…

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #45442, in Core Trac:
Block editor: load wp-block-library as a dependency of wp-edit-blocks

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Nov 28, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'll be sure to take a look at the Twenty theme patches since I've worked…

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #45345, in Core Trac:
Hello Dolly: Don't output lyrics in block editor

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Truly awful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there. I'm helping with date picker improvements in Gutenberg, you can see that tabbing…

7 months ago
Created a new ticket, #44749, in Core Trac:
Redesign input fields, checkboxes and other form components for ...

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting notes for June 27, 2018, on the site Make WordPress Design:
✨ Noting that while you can go ahead and use the library, there are still…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting notes for June 27, 2018, on the site Make WordPress Design:
How we use Sketch Libraries High level learnings: - Sketch libraries can make it drastically…

9 months ago
Created a new ticket, #44281, in Core Trac:
Codepen embeds won't render, lacks "referrer"

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Weekly Design Updates, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Very cool. I do think before too serious work starts on the 18/24px work (which…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Questions regarding Gutenberg and MCE…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wpheck Yes, the "Classic Text" block now shows you all the custom TinyMCE buttons (that…

1 year ago
Committed [1782446] to Plugins Trac:
Fix stable tag regression. Apologies.

1 year ago
Committed [1782444] to Plugins Trac:
Update README for clarity

1 year ago
Committed [1735279] to Plugins Trac:
It's time to retire

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in Gutenberg? (18th August), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks so much for your thoughtful feedback, really appreciate it. You'll be happy to know…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Focus & Paternity Leave, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Thank you! 🎆

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discovering Gutenberg and next steps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The disconnect is my assumption that we want a unified editing experience, so disabling Gutenberg…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discovering Gutenberg and next steps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I wouldn't feel like I was doing a proper job addressing the kickoff goal without…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to A Visit from St. Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Appreciate your time to elaborate, thank you. To clarify, the Gutenberg team is not the…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to A Visit from St. Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Really appreciate your time to elaborate, thank you. > I don’t understand why core team…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discovering Gutenberg and next steps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We know from recent discussions regarding meta boxes and missing hooks that Gutenberg is already…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to A Visit from St. Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@thierrypigot I would really appreciate if you could expand on _why_ you so dislike Gutenberg.…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to What happened to DFW?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Agree, keyboard interactions are super important, and there are many open issues in https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+keyboard+label%3AAccessibility. We…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discovering Gutenberg and next steps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yeah, that does deserve some decompression. We've had milestones for each weekly release, this weeks…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discovering Gutenberg and next steps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Would just repeat what Tammie said: we're not ignoring those. I took a stab at…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Do not make it core, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My deeply personal motivation in working on Gutenberg is to ensure WordPress has a future,…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Not intuitive, not useful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry you had a bad experience, and sorry for the belated response, we've been so…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to On Course to Destruction, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry you had a bad experience testing the plugin. I would note that Gutenberg is…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Please make it a plugin — not part of core., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are many many ways to roll out Gutenberg. Right now we are focusing on…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to [Meta review] 38 out of 57 say its got more problems than it solves, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Absolutely agree that Gutenberg is not ready for prime time. Many rough edges. But we…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Heading for disaster, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry you had a bad experience. We'd love to hear any specific feedback, as we're…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to WordPress, we have a problem., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry you didn't like experience testing our beta version. We're far from done yet, and…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to I tried it and I liked it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for your review, it's very motivating. As you can no doubt…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Keep UP the great job!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So glad to hear you had a good experience, even if Gutenberg is very incomplete…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Not perfect yet definitely the future of editing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for your review, really appreciate it. I agree, there are many rough…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Makes things difficult, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Bummer to hear that you had a bad experience. We are aware of many many…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Great step forward, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for your review. The whole team appreciates that you are able…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Good start. Looking forward to the future of WordPress editing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Really appreciate your thorough and thoughtful review. Some great ideas here, some are already tracked,…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Not necessary, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sad to hear that you had a bad experience testing the plugin. If you have…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Fantastic Plugin for Front end Editing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your review! It's definitely part of the vision to make your editing…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to A Visit from St. Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As much as I'm sorry you had a bad experience testing this plugin, and would…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to This is a new era for WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Philipp, Thanks so much for this review. The whole team appreciates it. It's clear…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Gutes & innovatives Design!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo Photomarkus, Danke schön! Thank you so much, my german is not advanced enough. Really…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Like the concept, but should not replace tinyMCE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for your thoughtful review. I'm glad you're able to see the vision…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to What happened to DFW?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Gutenberg won't reach WordPress until it's ready. We _hope_ that it will be ready for…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Best editor I’ve ever used…., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Really dang thrilled to hear this. Thanks so much, the whole team appreciates it. Regarding…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Please no…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry you had a bad experience testing the plugin. If you have any specific feedback,…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Responsive Embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
🎉 Embeds are responsive in the latest version of Gutenberg. Marking resolved.

2 years ago
Posted a reply to No scrollbar for categories & other minor bugs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Closing as resolved for now.

2 years ago

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Gutenberg

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2013 Blue

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