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[edit] New Dashboard Design

5 December 2008, by Matt You’ve probably gotten tired of hearing about it from us, but the day has finally come and the new dashboard is finally here. It’s now immediately available to everyone on WordPress.com. Change is always tricky, but pretty much everyone who has already switched to the new design and layout (that we affectionately call Crazyhorse) prefers it [...]

[edit] Vocation Vacations « “Speak Your Peace” Blog

4 December 2008, by unknown Vocation vacations are offered to individuals who want to take a spend in a new career field. Some options available are: Actor, Book Store Owner, Bike Shop Owner, Fishing Guide, Guitar Maker, a Pro Wrestler Commentator, ...

[edit] 2.7 Gets Here in Two Days!

3 December 2008, by Jane Wells As promised, here is the advance notice that WordPress 2.7 is coming to WordPress.com, and will go live on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 8pm Eastern Time. That’s 5pm Thursday in California, 1am Friday in London (UTC), 8am Friday in Jakarta, noon on Friday in Sydney…find your time here. Some people like to learn how to [...]

[edit] Go Get A Blavatar

2 December 2008, by Heather Today’s post is dedicated to Chuck Norris: the man, the myth, the legend, and the star in our demo of a brand-new feature: Blavatars. “What-atars?” you say. Blavatars! Blog + avatars. As the incomparable Nikolay explains in the video below, your blavatar automatically becomes your favicon: the little icon that displays next to your blog’s URL in [...]

[edit] November Wrap-Up

2 December 2008, by Matt Howdy! — or should I say “g’day, mate!” since I’m in Sydney for WordCamp Australia? November was a fun month, and the final month of development for WordPress 2.7 — coming very soon. It’s been an exciting process, and we think you’ll become a big fan of the changes that you’ll see in your dashboards. Here [...]

[edit] Thanksgiving 2008

27 November 2008, by Heather From us at WordPress to you in the States: Happy Thanksgiving! Today, we’ll be passing the turkey and stuffing, and sharing what we’re thankful for. Such as… Jane: “Puppies and rainbows.” Heather: “Good friends, good food, and good websites.” Maya: “Cashew, Peanut, my job, my house, and the sun.” Matt: “The internet.” What about you? What has motivated, inspired, enlivened, [...]

[edit] It is the time of year to be extra thankful - Albert Lea Tribune

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[edit] Try out your dream jobs - 750 KXL

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[edit] Project Icon Winners Announced

17 November 2008, by Jane Wells Congratulations to Ben Dunkle and Verena Segert (that’s BD and VS to those of you who voted), the winning designers of our WordPress 2.7 icon design contest. Read all about it on the development blog and see how your votes stacked up to the rest. Go to The Results of Project Icon.        [...]

[edit] Vote for the new WordPress icons

13 November 2008, by Jane Wells Update: Voting has closed, and the winners will be announced soon. If you watched the WordPress 2.7 trailer or checked out the screenshots that were posted a couple of weeks ago, you probably noticed the use of icons in the new left-hand navigation. A handful of designers have submitted icon sets in a competition to choose [...]

[edit] October Wrap-Up

10 November 2008, by Matt In October, we celebrated our first billion-impression month, and continued plugging away on WordPress 2.7 — along with a couple of other fun projects, to be announced. Here are last month’s stats:

323,786 blogs were created.

343,832 new users joined. 4,085,148 file uploads. 1995.86 gigabytes of new files. 531 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters. 8,862,195 comments. 6,680,516 logins. 1,088,583,200 pageviews on WordPress.com, [...]

[edit] If WordPress 2.7 Was A Movie…

7 November 2008, by Jane Wells This would be our trailer. Check out some of the upcoming new features and design changes in this sneak preview video, including how to customize your dashboard, the new comment reply feature, the new navigation system, and the customizable posting screen. When you’re finished watching, take the poll below the video to tell us which [...]

[edit] The Votes Are In

5 November 2008, by Heather Here’s how you voted in our U.S. Presidential Election poll yesterday:

Barack Obama and Joe Biden: 69% John McCain and Sarah Palin: 24% Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez: 3% Robert Barr and Wayne Root: 2% Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente: 1% Charles Baldwin and Darrell Castle: 1% And here are the actual results, as of 12 p.m. PST today: Barack Obama and Joe [...]

[edit] vocation vacations spec ad

23 October 2008, by Martin Jackson this is the picture of my spec ad and here is the original ad that I remixed.

[edit] VocationVacations Launches University Alumni Affinity Program ...

16 October 2008, by Brian Kurth Much more to follow, folks, but I’m SO thrilled to announce that we’ve launched the VocationVacations University/College Alumni Affinity Program! What is it? Well, in a nutshell, university/college alumni associations communicate their ...

[edit] PODCAST #3: Test-Driving Your Dream Job!

29 September 2008, by This week’s episode features talk about how you can help your kids understand politics and democracy, with John Coslowitz - Political Science Professor Emeritus. Also, wish you could test-drive your dream job? Well, you can! Mike Austin interviews Brian Kurth, founder of VocationVacations. Enjoy! Download: Episode 3: Test-Driving Your Dream Job (9.1MB, 9/29/08)

[edit] VocationVacations’ New Website

22 September 2008, by Brian Kurth VocationVacations’ “facelifted” website is coming VERY soon. After a long delay (typical in web overhauls, I guess), we’re very close to launching the updated site. Just days away. Some very exciting other developments will soon to be ...

[edit] interview with brian kurth of vocation vacations

8 September 2008, by Jeri an interview i recently did with brian kurth of vocation vacations is now available as a free downloadable podcast in the itunes music store. just search 'vocation vacations' in itunes to find it. you can also listen to in mp3 format ...

[edit] what is your dream job? among vocation vacations' top 20: actor ...

29 August 2008, by WcP.StoryTeller like rock star fantasy camps, vocation vacations gives ordinary folks the chance to live out a dream for a moment. it is the brainchild of brian kurth, a former business executive from oregon. his company, born in 2004, connects curious ...

[edit] experience your dream job on vacation

21 August 2008, by Katie well, i can sign up with vocation vacations to work at beecher’s cheese in seattle, wa for a day of one-on-one mentoring and learn everything from pasteurizing to aging cheese. the price for this day runs just over $500, a small price ...

[edit] vocationvacations podcast #8

18 August 2008, by unknown jeri sedlar joins brian kurth for this episode of the vocationvacations dream job podcast.

[edit] test drive your dream job through vocationvacations

18 August 2008, by unknown brian developed the company concept during one of his daily, two-to-three hour, round-trip commutes on the kennedy expressway in chicago. this year, business plus published test drive your dream job: a step-by-step guide to finding and ...

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9 August 2008, by scooterhp

[edit] check out: vocation vacations

6 July 2008, by Michelle Demers stop by vocation vacations (www.vocationvacations.com) and check out all of the opportunities they have. while it’s not an internship (no academic credit), it could be the next best thing. if you are contemplating a career change, ...

[edit] Vacationing for a Vocation?

4 July 2008, by Ever fantasize about what it might be like to go into acting, run your own coffee shop become a chocolatier or work in the wine industry? Interested in finding a way to test drive a new career without losing a paycheck or risking the mortgage payment? Missy Grohne did just that. She was working as a consultant in a LASIK eye surgery clinic, but she felt as though her real calling was in entertainment or acting. About 18 months ago, she saw a tiny advertisement about VocationVacations, a busine

[edit] Baby Boomers: Vacation to Try Out a Vocation

30 June 2008, by Baby Boomers: Vacation to Try Out a Vocation Posted by: in Your Business I just found a website for an interesting company called VocationVacations®. The company sends you on a vacation to try out a vocation. Have you ever wanted to be: An alpaca rancher? A bed and breakfast owner? A chef? A dude rancher? An interior designer? A private investigator? A sailing boat captain? A wine bar owner, vineyard owner, or wine retailer? There are many more possibilities. The deal is that you go on

[edit] Baby Boomers: Vacation to Try Out a Vocation

30 June 2008, by I just found a website for an interesting company called VocationVacations®. The company sends you on a vacation to try out a vocation. Have you ever wanted to be: An alpaca rancher? A bed and breakfast owner? A chef? A dude rancher? An interior designer? A private investigator? A sailing boat captain? A wine bar owner, vineyard owner, or wine retailer? There are many more possibilities. The deal is that you go on vacation to try out a vacation. I’m guessing the value of the experience may

[edit] Exploring A New Career While On 'Vacation' -- Courant.com

29 June 2008, by scooterhp

[edit] Career Profile, Salaries,

19 June 2008, by scooterhp

[edit] Tester un nouveau job

2 June 2008, by Tout autour de nous, tout le monde se pose la question : «est-ce que mon boulot me plaît vraiment ?» Vous-mêmes, vous vous êtes peut-être déjà posé la question, alors ce site américain nommé VocationVacations va vous plaire puisqu’il vous propose de « tester » le job de vos rêves ! L’idée, ...

[edit] VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #5 - Professional Baseball Team General Manager

27 March 2008, by Brian Kurth, President & Founder of VocationVacations, along with Jay Miller, President of Baseball Team Round Rock Express and VocationVacations Mentor, and Vocationer Alumni Bob Higgins talk about having a job that is a lifelong passion.  How do YOU turn your lifelong passion ...

[edit] Take This Job & Love It - A VocationVacations Workshop

4 March 2008, by Apr 12: Take This Job & Love It - A VocationVacations Workshop at New Directions

[edit] Amazon.com: Test-Drive Your Dream Job: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding and Creating the Work You Love: Books: Brian Kurth

4 February 2008, by pleasantregion

[edit] VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #2 - Actor

31 January 2008, by Brian Kurth chats with Actor & VocationVacations mentor, Jack Plotnick about his career.  From how he started out to how he continues to be successful.  Joining Brian and Jack is Kay Oldfather-Daigle, a Vocationer who mentored with Jack recently.

[edit] VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #1 - Hotel General Manager

18 January 2008, by VocationVacations President & Founder, Brian Kurth discusses the dream job of Hotel General Manager with Mentor Nabil Moubayed who is the General Manager of Chicago's Hotel Monaco.  Joining Nabil and Brian is Corazon Chacon, a former Vocationer who after her VocationVacation with Nabil ...

[edit] Essay from Brian Kurth, author of Test-Drive Your Dream Job by Rebecca

4 January 2008, by Today we're excited to feature an essay from Brian Kurth, author of Test-Drive Your Dream Job, which comes out on January 7. This guide to exploring career options encourages readers to "vocation"--to spend a few vacation days in a career field you're interested in. The author also provides tips for ...

[edit] How to Embed FLV Flash Videos in your Blog ? at Digital Inspiration - Software Reviews, Internet and Technology Guide

16 October 2007, by scooterhp

[edit] Monster and VocationVacations Announce Test-Drive Your Dream Job(R) Promotion

25 September 2007, by Monster(R) and VocationVacations(R) today announced that Monster and MonsterTRAK site visitors can enter to win one of 12 Dream Jobs as part of the "Test-Drive Your Dream Job" promotion. Monster is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, ...

[edit] Currently Available VocationVacations®

5 April 2007, by lagustin

[edit] TEST-DRIVE YOUR DREAM JOB._

20 January 2007, by dlehman2

[edit] TEST-DRIVE YOUR DREAM JOB._

30 April 2006, by richardforsyth Vocation