Management Mistakes I’ve Made
by Steph Yiu
This is kind of like my Greatest Hits album of work screw-ups over the last few years.
Categories: Presentations, Work
Behind The Scenes: Culture and Tools of Remote Work at Automattic
by Steph Yiu
In assembling this presentation, I thought to myself – “Is this way too obvious?” But, the positive feedback from attendees made me realize just how valuable this information could be to newsrooms.
Categories: Presentations, Work
Empathy in Communication
by Steph Yiu
Sometime last year, my friend and I went to see Trainwreck. Me: “That was awesome! It was hilarious and so honest!” Friend: “That was annoying! And trashy!”
Categories: Work
For Abby and Devin: Slackers Gonna Slack
by Steph Yiu
I think about remote communication a lot. I work on a remote team that has 25+ people, and it’s growing. And, we’re starting to span time zones. I told Devin and Abby I’d share some Slacker tips, so here goes.
Categories: Work
Still figuring it out: communicating remotely with lots of people
by Steph Yiu
Our team has doubled in size over the last year, which means keeping track of our team’s communication is starting to become unwieldy. All of the skills I’ve learned over the last two years on how to communicate remotely is being put to the test.
Categories: Work
Working remotely for extroverts
by Steph Yiu
When Matt told me he was thinking about working remotely, I realized that I had to write this post for him, because working remotely can be a tough adjustment for hyper-social weirdos like us.
Categories: Work
Our Portland, Maine Recs
by Steph Yiu
I can’t remember how many times we’ve texted, jotted down on cocktail napkin, or typed into other people’s phones this list of Portland recommendations. It’s time we put it all together in one place.
Categories: Travel
Before & After: Attempting To Garden
by Steph Yiu
In the last 12 months, I’ve killed about eight indoor succulents, three different houseplants, and one orchid.
Categories: Home Improvement
Before & After: Living Room Move-in
by Steph Yiu
The day that we closed on the apartment, we got to work ripping out the closet. That day, I discovered that our dog Fritz really likes eating drywall.
Categories: Home Improvement
Paris, 16 years later
by Steph Yiu
I now understand why people are obsessed with Paris. After spending a week there, I’m now obsessed with Paris too.
Categories: Travel
Photos from our Wedding Weekend!
by Steph Yiu
It all went by in a blur!
Categories: Life
A Year of Planning Our Wedding
by Steph Yiu
I’d been wanting to blog about wedding planning along the way, but I also didn’t want to ruin the surprise for our guests. So, here is a year’s worth of blog posts gathered into one very, very long post.
Categories: Life
No one could guess Fritz’s breed mix
by Steph Yiu
My friend’s guesses came in from Instagram and Facebook: Australian cattle, Airedale Terrier, Border Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Chow, Poodle, Great Dane… I was personally convinced that he was, in large part, an Irish Terrier.
Categories: Dog Mom
Before & After: Back Patio Cleanup
by Steph Yiu
Over the winter, our back fence fell over. In the spring, we decided to replace the fence and clean up the space – our second outdoor space makeover! Here’s what we did.
Categories: Home Improvement
