Hello. I am Stephen McLeod Blythe, aka Clicky Steve. This site is a collection of blog posts, half finished musings, and other bits and pieces.
Recent Blog Posts
Sabbatical Reflections from 2019
As I prepare to head off on sabbatical later this year, I realise that while I posted my plans for my first sabatical, I didn’t actually share my reflections publicly on return. Instead, I posted on one of the many internal websites that we have at Automattic. Re-reading it recently, I thought that it was…
My Second Sabbatical
Every five years, Automattic encourages its employees to take a three month, paid sabbatical. Different people make use of this in different ways. Some undertake once-in-a-lifetime journeys; others indulge in the realisation of passion projects; while others still ‘just’ relax and unwind. The breadth and diversity of these choices reflect the attributes of the folks…
Books 2023
One of my annual traditions is to compile a list of books that I have read throughout the year, excluding things like academic texts or instruction manuals and the like, because… well, I say so. I track these using GoodReads – something that I was initially skeptical of – but which I have come to…
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