Delightful Reveal #31

A weekly update on all things Flagrant

We hosted a southern-themed potluck, delivered reports multiple times, and booked lodging for our Madison visitors. But what’s got us celebrating? Our new desk chair, funky little chive and cow pens, and sharing the magic of fantasy books with a thrilled seven-year-old listener before bed each night! 🎉

What we did:

Hosted a southern-themed potluck.
Delivered a usability test findings report, multiple times.
Planned and co-led a kickoff meeting for another epicycle’s worth of work focused on adoption.
👶🏻 Invited our first customer to use the system in earnest (not just for usability testing) and to share feedback whenever they want. Scheduled a team agreements meeting.
Revisited and reworked our problem statement, reviewed the user stories we’ve written to date against the user needs we know about.
Spoke to a new potential client about building an identity integration for them.
Completed a beginner Figma course and started taking an Advanced Figma course.
Started on my first client project at Flagrant!
Caught up with our friends at Test Double.
Booked lodging for our Madison visitors.
Got a refresher on the Null Object Pattern due to a production issue.

What we’re reading:

The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Gideon the Ninth
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Sarah Everts
Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures by André Brock, Jr.
[Artificial Bureaucracy] - 0.0 - Hello World
Language Is a Poor Heuristic For Intelligence by Karawynn Long
We Dogs of a Thursday Off by Alberto Ríos

What we’re watching:

What we’re listening to:

What we’re interested in:

Figma’s new variables features and variable modes
Flight Sim
Scratch
Computer-aided design (Fusion360, OpenSCAD)
Fat washing and milk washing cocktails

What we’re struggling with:

New problems at the climbing gym (also existing ones).
LiveSelect.
Decluttering and maximizing storage space in the pottery studio.
Letting go of old beliefs set during childhood that have no real meaning.
Getting sick.
Ants!

What we’re buying:

A new phone case and Popsocket
A burger shirt
Vaccines for travel
Funky little green onion and cow pens
Teddy bear named Kevin
Merino Wool T-shirts
Sun Hat

What we’re celebrating:

A nice “gaming PC” setup with my Steam Deck.
Client feedback: “Nice work. Looks simple, neat and awesome.” “Thank you everyone for being awesome!!!” 🥳
New desk chair!!
Daily walks. :D
All the farm backgrounds in the company.
Booking a long weekend in Montreal.
Sharing the magic of fantasy books with a thrilled seven-year-old listener before bed each night.
Confederate-celebrating names being changed. (It would be nice to get better names, but this is a step.)