Delightful Reveal #24
A weekly update on all things Flagrant
Origin story time! The word, Flagrant, itself means obvious, undisguised; exactly how we wanted to be able to show up to work.
“The Byzantine problem, but with garbage disposal consensus.”
What we did:
- Told a colleague the story of a year-long product design/development effort for a forthcoming case study.
- Outlined an agenda for a product-ecosystem workshop. Began to collate unmet needs, frictions, usability errors, and pain points as well as potential capabilities we’ve imagined for a forthcoming product strategy workshop.
- Created a slide deck and planned a workshop for how to brand and name said product ecosystem for a client.
- Drafted and shared a pre-session survey. Drafted, prepared for, and led five usability tests. Identified and prioritized metrics for a summative (end-to-end) usability test.
- Struggled with stimulus-dropdown allowing for both an “toggle all” button and individual dropdown toggling working together seamlessly.
- Made it much harder for users to make invalid orders by validating the modifications as well as just the initial submit.
- Wrestled with Turbo, ViewComponents and Tailwind creating responsive icon buttons that open responsive flyouts from different directions.
- Sent an offer letter to a visual designer.
- Designed social posts for Config.
- Design file handoff and transfer of ownership of a Figma project.
- Updating Flagrant design portfolio.
What we’re reading:
- Getting Past The Pain Between Us by Marshall Rosenberg
- A Collective Bargain by Jane McAlevey
- Finally finishing Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
- Elixir cheat sheets
What we’re watching:
- The Bear, season 2
- So many little league baseball games
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Tour de France: Unchained
- A Small Light
- 3 Body Problem trailer
- I asked President Obama if he’s DEPRESSED!?
What we’re listening to:
- Joe Hisaishi (website) going to see him live at the Hollywood Bowl!
- Dad Rock - Spotify Playlist
- Joni Mitchell w/ Brandi Carlile + Joni Jam - Gorge Amphitheatre - June 10, 2023
- Homes
What we’re struggling with:
- Mosquitos.
- Heat.
- A wild animal (raccoon?) pooping on the porch.
- There is something dead in my basement but I can’t find it.
- whether to try to beat Tears of the Kingdom or just explore forever.
- The humidity is causing the doors in my house to swell, which is making them VERY difficult to open.
- Eating my own spaghetti code.
- Power and internet outages.
- Figma settings and ownership hand-off. I have no idea how to help people when there is a yellow “!” even when they have a paid license.
- Rapidly replenishing ceramics inventory and body soreness from working in the studio.
What we’re buying:
- Magic Puzzles
- Local pizza from a new restaurant in Madison, It’s good for you
- An air-conditioner (Midea U MAW08V1QWT — on sale at Costco!)
- A fan (Vornado 610DC Energy Smart Medium Air Circulator Fan)
- Polished Ruby Programming
What we’re celebrating:
- New fancy Figma features.
- The Y’at accent (Wikipedia)
- Where Y’acht, a New Orleans yacht rock band.
- Dog sitting for friends.
- Free tickets to a Green Bay Rockers baseball game this weekend. (Free food and drinks too!)
- The donut guy at the local farmers’ market having a key lime pie flavor this week.
- Joining a collective, The Good Shop, to sell ceramics in a brick and mortar! It features ethical gifts by local makers that make a beneficial impact.
- Giraffe carets.
- Enough rain to last a few weeks.
- Making foghorn sounds with our mouths.
- #Workiversaries!!!
If you’re looking for a team to help you discover the right thing to build and help you build it, get in touch.
Published on June 26, 2023