Helen Hou-Sandi
- Member Since: September 2nd, 2009
- Jersey City, NJ
- https://helen.blog
- Director of Platform Experience at 10up
- @helen on WordPress.org and Slack
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer
Bio/Description
Interests
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for October 12 (4.7 week 8), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]October 12, 2016 at 20:00…5 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Volunteer effort is not symmetrical - people work on things they have expertise in and…6 days ago
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Wrote a new post, The Road to 4.7 Beta 1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the last 55 days, trunk has been in an alpha state and open for…6 days ago
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Committed [38739] to Core Trac:
Login: Don't rely on `wp_is_mobile()` for functionality. Making behavior ...2 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #38238, in Core Trac:
Sorting a list table by some kind of count should default to DESC ...2 weeks ago
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Committed [38735] to Core Trac:
Taxonomy: Remove the popular tag cloud from `edit-tags.php`. Sorting by ...2 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for October 5 (4.7 week 7), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]October 5, 2016 at 20:00…2 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post HTTPS Working Group, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Well, everybody is "some guy", but Paul Irish is a pretty smart and accomplished one,…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for September 28 (4.7 week 6), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]September 28, 2016 at 20:00…3 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #38114, in Core Trac:
Make it easier to visualize where to put your content in a given theme ...4 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for September 14 (4.7 week 4), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]September 14, 2016 at 20:00…1 month ago
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Committed [38602] to Core Trac:
Customizer: Better hover/focus state for section titles and available ...1 month ago
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Closed ticket #22509, in Core Trac:
No-JS fallback for default color in color picker1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for September 7 (4.7 week 3), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]September 7, 2016 at 20:00…1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for August 31 (4.7 week 2), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]August 31, 2016 at 20:00…2 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #37873, in Core Trac:
Consolidate customizer CSS2 months ago
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Committed [1484439] to Plugins Trac:
You know what helps is actually changing the version number.2 months ago
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Committed [1484437] to Plugins Trac:
deploy from git2 months ago
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Committed [1484436] to Plugins Trac:
tagging version 1.12 months ago
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Closed ticket #34917, in Core Trac:
Use meaningful variable names in wpLists2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A wishlist item from me! #14877 - adding some callbacks for different post edit taxonomy…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ipstenu did not say anything about the content of your actual opinions, issue is being…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for August 24 (4.7 week 1), on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on [time]August 3, 2016 at 20:00…2 months ago
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Helen Hou-Sandi's profile was updated
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think we may be talking at cross-purposes here - I do understand what you…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Opened it yesterday to work on quick-prototyping the flow I'm imagining for clarity, I think…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
FUD and misdirection is not appreciated here. This is an open source software project, and…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am not sure what you are going on about - the two things I…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Calling people names is not exactly a great motivator, and declaring other people's thoughts for…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
See #376862 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A JS-based solution was investigated a while ago (#21456), but CPU usage was quite high.…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes please :)2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Customize Posts absolutely requires that holistic UX+UI explorations of live preview handling be done. The…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I for one could use less panicky confusion from people who don't know you're joking.…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am asking in the context of the request, the boxes on wp-admin/index.php don't make…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Correct, shipping something in core that is vulnerable to the whims of third party services…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What is a "Dashboard Widget"?2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm going to take this as you pledging to help figure out the data storage…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've been talking to some people about this - do you think of it as…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Colors for post statuses as the row background color was asked for in #26928, which…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Leaving aside the oft-repeated "where's the intersection with wishing for content blocks", my personal major…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Which changes and why? I have never personally used the plugin and the screenshots don't…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thoughts on comment 13 and that general direction?2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would like to avoid bickering and "well what about" arguments, as they are not…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This will need an owner in order to move forward, and may not be able…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Field definition will not change the underlying storage of post meta. Fields are not just…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: The Jump Off, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's not quite what a project manager does, and that's also not quite how things…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, WordPress 4.7: The Jump Off, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 4.7 will formally kick off at next week's dev chat on August 24, with…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Trunk has been open for 4.7 commits for a couple weeks now, with 4.7 formally…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Commit announcements for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Happy 4.6 release day! Commit announcements for 4.7 are brief. Andrea Fercia (@afercia) is now…2 months ago
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