Category Archives: Freshly Pressed

Freshly Pressed Focus: Ophthalmic Photography (via Eyeballs By Day, Crafts By Night)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Joy Victory

Today I stumbled across a post while surfing our Photography tag page, written by a woman who is a professional ophthalmic photographer. Meaning, she takes photos of eyeballs. Now, that’s no ordinary job, so I immediately started hoping the post … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Now on Twitter, Too!

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Joy Victory

To make reading the top daily posts from WordPress.com even more fun and flexible, we’ve created a Twitter account that tweets all the latest picks! Follow us at http://twitter.com/freshly_pressed For those of you who prefer RSS feeds, Freshly Pressed also … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Focus – DIY: Bulletin Board Chic

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Erica

This week, we picked DIY: Bulletin Board Chic, by WordPress user Pradaforbreakfast, for Freshly Pressed. Here’s why: Reason #1: Strong Headline “DIY: Bulletin Board Chic” is both informative and catchy. The “DIY” part tells readers that the post provides how-to … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Focus: Tweet Wisely or Forever Hold Your Peace

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Joy Victory

We selected this post for Freshly Pressed for the same basic reasons we feature any post — it was well written, engaging, and had fresh ideas — but also because the author, Frances Jones, touches upon an important point that … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Focus: Mochar’s ghonto – a quintessential Bengali recipe

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Joy Victory

Today, I’ve selected the food post, “Mochar’s ghonto – a quintessential Bengali recipe” by blogger Naan Therapy for the Freshly Pressed homepage of WordPress.com. I’ll admit, the post isn’t flawless — there are a few typos and grammatical errors that … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Focus — We Remember: Love, Adrian

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Joy Victory

Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a holiday for remembering our war veterans (and increasingly, an excuse to celebrate the welcomed arrival of summer). This morning, while I was looking for homepage posts, I was pleased to come … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Focus: Mad About Bananas

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Joy Victory

Today I selected a post entitled “Mad About Bananas” for Freshly Pressed. It’s not the first time I’ve promoted this particular blog to the homepage — the author, Loreen, consistently writes excellent posts on the topic of all things delicious, … Continue reading →

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The Freshly Pressed Feed (and a Quick Primer on RSS Feeds)

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Joy Victory

I’m excited to announce that we recently added an RSS feed for Freshly Pressed. If you look at the homepage of WordPress.com, you’ll now see a little subscribe button in the upper-left hand corner of Freshly Pressed: When you click … Continue reading →

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Freshly Pressed Focus: To Nap or Not to Nap

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Joy Victory

Today’s homepage includes a parent-friendly post, To Nap or Not to Nap. Why did I pick this post for Freshly Pressed? First, the headline, which popped up in the photography tag pages, caught my eye — it’s a twist on … Continue reading →

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Getting Featured on Freshly Pressed

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Joy Victory

If you’re curious about how Freshly Pressed works — and maybe how to get your own blog post up there – please read my article I wrote for the main WordPress.com blog a few days ago: Five Ways to Get … Continue reading →

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