Our Meet the Staff series continues with an interview with software engineer Mark Painter. Mark’s work is often hidden in the depths of the site’s underpinnings, but if you write Hubs, they have most certainly been affected by his influence. To give you a better understanding of the mysterious man behind the code, we’ve given…
Read MoreMeet the Staff! An Interview with Norah Casey
As Chief Moderator, Norah Casey doesn’t have it easy, but she manages the HubPages support team and hundreds upon hundreds of Hubs and emails with superior grace and pose. To give you a better look at this superhuman HubPages employee, we’ve given Norah a bunch of questions asked by HubPages community members as part of…
Read MoreMeet the Staff! An Interview with Simone Smith
Aya Katz was recently interviewed for the HubPages newsletter and suggested that we give a bit of a behind the scenes perspective every now and then by sharing interviews with HubPages staff members. I’ll agree that the folks at HubPages headquarters are a smart, fun, and colorful group, so we’re kicking off a series of staff…
Read MoreHow HubPages Moderation Works
I attended a launch party for a new user generated content startup here in San Francisco three months ago. I asked one of the co-founders how they were going to handle undesirable content. His answer was to make the platform as open as possible and use automated systems to take down rules violations. He figured…
Read MoreA Visit & Interview with Lela Davidson
Not too long ago, Lela Davidson was in the neighborhood (visiting San Francisco on business) and stopped by HubPages headquarters to say hello! Paul and Robin Edmondson, Jason Menayan, Pia Chatterjee, and myself got to catch up with her over lunch, and really enjoyed meeting this long-time Hubber in person- not to mention hearing about…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: An Interview with Christin Evans of the Booksmith
As a part of our On Writing Well series, we reached out to the incredible Christin Evans, the owner of the best bookstore in San Francisco, the Booksmith. Christin’s job connects her to a large number of great writers, and her advice on writing is very welcome. Thanks Christin for your wise words! 1. What…
Read MoreBoston, Ho!
For those who live near Boston, here’s a big heads up – HubCamp Boston is this Sunday, from 3:00 to 6:00pm at the Back Bay Hotel. The hotel is quite the lovely place, and we’ll have plenty of cookies and coffee to keep us going as we chat! Robin Edmondson and I shall be present,…
Read MoreNew Feature: The Tips Box
Happy Tuesday! We decided to celebrate this beautiful second day of the working week by rolling out a new feature. When you create and edit Hubs, you will now see the occasional tip to the right of your screen – right below the Add a Capsule box and right above the box where you reorder…
Read MoreAnswers with Ari
Though it is the fastest growing portion of HubPages.com, the Answers section on HubPages is overlooked by many Hubbers. That, my friends, is a terrible shame, because HubPages software engineer Ari Lamstein has been making some major improvements to it! In the interview above, Ari shares some of these changess, namely spam reduction, improved answering…
Read MoreHubbers Socialize in Melbourne, Australia
Last week, Australia saw its first HubMeet (HubPages social meetup) when Hubbers Suzanne Day, Kangaroo Jase, and May PL got together at the Stolberg Beer Cafe in Preston – the three Hubbers, plus Richard, May’s Husband (and hopefully soon-to-be-Hubber) got together to chat, share tips, and talk all things HubPages in the real world! The…
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