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In Everybody is a Drawer I discussed how storytelling relies on framing to help define successes and discover capabilities. If I ask most people to picture someone with a disability, there’s likely an image with someone in a wheelchair. It’s the consensus sign (literally) that someone has lost an...
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April 6, 2023
In Everybody is a Drawer I discussed how storytelling relies on framing to help define successes and discover capabilities. If I ask most people to picture someone with a disability, there’s likely an image with someone in a wheelchair. It’s the consensus sign (literally) that someone has lost an
April 3, 2023
New week, new opportunities. What delightful work will you get done this week? What we did: Wrestled some more with Turbo. Finally getting it to call uncle by giving it a turbo frame to post to instead of _top Polishing up designs and creating master components so that everything
March 30, 2023
From The Bird Nest On An Island, To An Apartment In New York, To Moving Five Times In One Year In Canada I was raised in a very sheltered environment, where I didn’t have to lift a finger and my parents did every single thing for me. Having moved from Trinidad to Canada and being exposed, not
March 27, 2023
This week we’re celebrating, on top of everything else, winning work with our client’s customer with their approval. What we did: Drafted a presentation for the company Fixed some decade-old code that was never re-thought when the front-end it supports went from being a web form to
March 20, 2023
Max: “The Gravitron I LOVE, I could just fall asleep in it.” Yossef: “It’s like the biggest weighted blanket.” Interested in attending Flagrant’s Dev Roundtable or our Design Community? Drop us a note via Contact! What we did: Continued loving ViewComponents and adding responsive
March 15, 2023
As a fully remote time, hosting a pie-pot-luck is not an option. So our team is celebrating Pi Day by sharing our favorite pie recipes with you. 🥧 Be rational or be pi! “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” — Carl Sagan Creamy Peanut Butter
March 13, 2023
There will always be fur in the seats behind us. It will cause unexpected wear on our hybrid car; whether it is worth it is up to us. - Friedrich Nietzsche What we did: Wrestled with Turbo (see: https://github.com/hotwired/turbo/issues/893 and
March 6, 2023
Suggestion for today’s self care activity: model your stretches based on your pet’s current movements. What we did: Planned and held concept tests with two users. Held a mini-retro during which we updated our “handoff” process between research and design. Created a discovery plan
March 3, 2023
Pumpkin Spice easily became my favorite flavor from the moment that I had that very first sip. There was something about the aromatic blend of spices that always took me back to when I first moved out and lived on my own in the city of New York. I’d heard so much about pumpkin spice, but I’d
March 1, 2023
Life is an adventure, and you only get one. That’s why I believe that I owe it to myself to do it all, everything that I have ever dreamed of, to go everywhere and see everything in this life. Hi there! My name is Amy Kassim, and I am a part-time copywriter at Flagrant. I can tell you all
February 24, 2023
me: why isn’t the logger working? g: it’s nighttime. me: what? g: it’s a logger. me: …what? g: it’s a logger. a lumberjack. me: … g: it sleeps all night and it works all day. me: OH MY GOD. Monty Python - Lumberjack Song What we did: Met with John Samuelson
February 20, 2023
To the customer that said “Thank you for caring and making it good”, you’re welcome! What we did: Held a management summit. Discussing team expectations so that we can grow our skill sets and clarity on what we all do everyday. Booked tickets/airfare out to
February 16, 2023
Emacs is a text editor that is renowned for its almost comical levels of customizability and for espousing an extreme kitchen-sink attitude toward features. Chances are if you have a need for some desktop app, Emacs probably already has it, or is a small package away from including it.
February 13, 2023
What’s our secret sauce? Never assume every shark has the same fabric preferences; we need user research! What we did: Performed practice interviews with the Hotel 2022 cohort from LEARN Academy. Kicked off another sprint with a client and built up our backlog of prioritized
February 6, 2023
Unveiling what’s been rumblin’ in Flagrant’s belly. What we did Met with the CMO of our client to discuss branding timelines and our application’s value proposition Discussed an improved Kanban-style workflow for our team using Linear Expanded our responsive
