Many voices. One Flagrant.
What we did: Finalized a role description for UX researcher / design strategist. Wrapped up some discovery research: Summarized research to date (not quite a report). Prioritized problems to solve by the level-of-effort we estimated it’d take to solve them. Began sketching and writing...
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January 16, 2024
What we did: Finalized a role description for UX researcher / design strategist. Wrapped up some discovery research: Summarized research to date (not quite a report). Prioritized problems to solve by the level-of-effort we estimated it’d take to solve them. Began sketching and writing
December 18, 2023
“I don’t know why I have the ‘yeehaws’ this morning and I’m sorry dude.” What we did: Finished a blog post on styling disabled buttons with Hotwire Learned about using nip.io to allow me to use my mobile device while testing on my local environment Wrestling with inline
December 6, 2023
It’s Wednesday. You’ve passed your Tuesday code-freeze because the project you’ve been working on for 6 months is about to be introduced for the first time at an industry event to hundreds of new users. The sales team is going to be talking individually with dozens of potential clients one-on-one
December 4, 2023
“Here’s the problem with humans…” What we did: Had a 1x1 with a client to check in on progress and talk about resourcing in the new year. Used Ahoy gem to keep track of user events and created tables and graphs to meaningfully showcase those events. Held a planning meeting and
November 20, 2023
“Great minds don’t bamboozle alike” What we did: (Soft-)Launched Madison Ruby 2024 website Attended RubyConf 2023 in San Diego! Guided Jarrod through his first conference and helped him craft a Lightning Talk which he presented Met and talked with a lot of talented early
November 6, 2023
“You know how sometimes you get your bones vibrated?” What we did: Untangled a mess of spaghetti code that handled everything involving the “scope” of a “collection” in a client app (i.e. the search, filtering, pagination, and sorting of a list). Described (and visualized) how users
October 23, 2023
“It’s like /dev/null, but for people.” What we did: Released a new episode of Dev Roundtable on our Youtube! Checked in with our earliest adopter Translated our collaborative sketching from our on-site into slightly-higher fidelity versions Began to wind down the most
October 9, 2023
“What have I told you about listening to inanimate objects?!” What we did: Started to socialize a presentation for a team-wide management retro. Held a two-day on-site with a client in Madison, WI. Prioritized ambitious user stories (epics) for on-site discussion. Reviewed
October 2, 2023
“You can’t scare me, I’m into math.” What we did: Signed an agreement to work with Metis Communications to help get the word out about about our people Represented at Friendly.rb, Your Friendly European Ruby Conference, in Romania Delivered a proposal to a nearly 50 year-old
September 25, 2023
“My mind palace is too full of penguins to hold any user data.” What we did: Saw co-workers in person! Generated a Driver’s Citation Report to assist companies in keeping track of Driver Performance. Added a User Action audit log to a client app Sketched ideas for a
September 18, 2023
“I think we’re caught in an infinite honk loop.” What we did: Held a multi-product-team workshop focused on concept modeling, as well as a follow-up meeting. Identified shared questions and next steps. Held a research-alignment workshop to agree on the user needs we need to address
September 11, 2023
“I’m just going to put my computer in a ring of salt so the AI can’t get it.” What we did: Replaced a third party input mask with a custom currency input component wrapped with dollar-sign icons. Connected with our product stakeholder to learn more about their administrative
September 5, 2023
“It’s very casual and very close to the ground.” What we did: Worked with our client to get a data export to feed the latest information into our new system Got a new production environment set up to host an application we’ve been developing Prepared and delivered a
August 28, 2023
“A highly-tailored sack of potatoes.” What we did: Converting icons to Iconoir adding the ability to change size without affecting stroke width Replacing an input mask with custom vanilla javascript to control the precision of currency number fields. Added user
August 21, 2023
From preparing for a product launch, addressing usability issues, and aligning product teams to battling doggie allergies, vibing to Kai’s 1st mini album, and celebrating personal victories, read on to see how we’re embracing the journey and keeping the innovation going! What we did:
