Mel Choyce-Dwan

Member Since: September 10th, 2012
Location: Boston
Website: melchoyce.design
Job Title: Designer
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I’m a Boston-based designer. I’m currently focused on designing rad, modern themes for Gutenberg, sponsored by my employer, Automattic.

In the past, I’ve contributed to parts of the project like Gutenberg and the Customizer. I’m a core committer, and co-led WordPress 4.9 “Tipton.”

On the community side, I co-organize WordCamp Boston.

Interests

Large type, cold brew coffee, craft beer, drumming, and gaming.

Contributions Sponsored

Mel Choyce-Dwan contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Design.

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Design Contributor
Design Team
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a new post, TT1 Chat Summary: 28 September 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Full meeting transcript here on Slack. I (@melchoyce) facilitated the meeting. Housekeeping Because this was our…

22 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Update in progress: https://github.com/WordPress/twentytwentyone/issues/141

5 days ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/core: Introducing Twenty Twenty One

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Well friends, it’s time for what I’m sure you’ve all been waiting for: an announcement…

6 days ago
Created a new ticket, #51237, in Core Trac:
Twenty Fifteen: Cover block doesn't inherit background color settings

4 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #51236, in Core Trac:
Twenty Sixteen: Quotes don't inherit group color settings

4 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #51226, in Core Trac:
Twenty Thirteen: Quote block font sizing

4 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #51224, in Core Trac:
Twenty Thirteen: Cover block alignment issues

4 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #51223, in Core Trac:
Twenty Thirteen: Button block not inheriting editor colors

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility Team’s goals for WordPress 5.6 and beyond, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Would love to chat more about this!

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51107, in Core Trac:
Twenty Ten: Add Block Patterns

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51106, in Core Trac:
Twenty Eleven: Add Block Patterns

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51105, in Core Trac:
Twenty Twelve: Add Block Patterns

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51104, in Core Trac:
Twenty Thirteen: Add Block Patterns

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51103, in Core Trac:
Twenty Fourteen: Add Block Patterns

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.6 Release Planning, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Stoked.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design Show & Tell notes 29 July 2020, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> The team provided some feedback and questioned why the About page is not being…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
These seem both friendlier and more clear. Great idea @sergeybiryukov!

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Tuesday Trainings: Encouraging Diversity in Meetups and WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you for providing the transcript!!

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
History books provide better context for future generations than the naming structure of code in…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+100

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+100

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Ways to keep up with Full Site Editing (FSE), on the site Make WordPress Design:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/core: Comment on Ways to keep up with Full Site Editing (FSE)

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Ways to keep up with Full Site Editing (FSE), on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/design/

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Online WordCamps – Resources, Tools and Information, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Will online WordCamps still need to be location-based?

5 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe Online 2020

5 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Testing 2050

5 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Boston 2020

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for design team rep nominations, on the site Make WordPress Design:
+1

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post All-women Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Happy to help in whatever ways I can!

7 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2020

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp PWA is now available for all WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
👏👏👏

8 months ago
Reopened ticket #1977, in Meta Trac:
Add "Add New Topic" link to the top / left on forum pages

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Bi-weekly Block-based Themes Meeting, on the site Theme Review Team:
Stoked for this 🙌 Super excited to see how far the community can push the…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I find it useful for all sessions, if only to know the break duration between…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Can we not do a range inside the time cell? ex: 4:45pm – 5:30pm

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Can we show end times for all sessions by default?

9 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block Directory in WP-Admin: V1, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This is an update to the #block-directory project. You can see the first round of…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
FWIW, the current banners are an awkwardly thin size that makes it hard to design…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
If the idea is to base this off commenting, it might be faster/easier to use…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Featured Image Not Displaying in Full Size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah yeah, that definitely looks like it's coming from your theme. It looks like ThemeShift…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Move my website to a new domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you have any content coming from a plugin, like one that enables a Custom…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Do I need this?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Correct!

10 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress wont allow me to upload mp3 to wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Might be a long-shot, but could you try the Health Check plugin and see if…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Font issue…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you haven't customized your fonts at all, they're coming directly from your theme. Try…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Font issue…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How are your web fonts included in your site? If you've created a custom theme,…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to More control over image responsiveness, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @reti, for something like this, you'll want to custom code your image sources in…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Featured Image Not Displaying in Full Size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @speccar, can you take a screenshot of what your featured image section looks like…

10 months ago