Delightful Reveal #63

“Broken dog butt club” - overheard at Flagrant

What we did:

• MC’d Track 2 at Rails World, sponsored by AppSignal
• Squashed bugs, built flyouts, allowed users to configure colors, ensured Task Type name uniqueness… A slew of stories were completed on Training Tracker
• Shared some Code Wellness Check documents with a client.
• Transformed mid-fidelity designs into a high-fidelity clickable prototype for a client, then ran two user sessions to see what might need adjusting before we wrap up this phase of work
• Going through the Flagrant website page by page and updating styles, content and anything else that needs additional sparkle and denim fringe
• Removing hard-coded things from the codebase and getting them from the database instead

What we’re reading:

• America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
• Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
• Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise
• Impact Players by Liz Wiseman

What we’re playing:

• Days Gone
• Grow: Song of the Evertree
• Bandle’s Tail
• Peek-a-Boo
• Stardew Valley (again)

What we’re watching:

• Dead Ringers (the TV show with Rachel Weisz)
• Heartstopper S3
• Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
• High Musical: The Musical: The Series
• The Durrells In Corfu
• The Brewers lose to the Mets
• DS9 (me too)
• Everything on Dropout +1
• Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power S2
• Pachinko S2

What we’re listening to:

• Matthew Perpetua’s “This Was Autumn 1991” playlist on Spotify
• Florence & the Machine
• Vile bees
• Zoë Keating
• Rotten Mangos

What we’re interested in:

• Heading to a friend’s gallery opening this weekend
• A new Magic Puzzle drop
• Is my blue your blue?!

What we’re struggling with:

• Frogging the same sweater vest 3+ times
• Monotony
• Cat destroying everything
• Mystery digestive system problems
• Smooth brain +2
• Hurricane Helene
• Winter is Coming.
• Finishing the edging on a shawl

What we’re buying:

• Fly zapper
• ISO 3200 speed film
• Doodle Bob costume for nephew
• High lumen light to combat winter affective-ness
• Halloween costume parts to assemble into characters from Monty Python and the holy grail
• Tickets to Haunted Overload, in New Hampshire. Rated one of the best Haunted House experiences in the US
• Some of the amazing books recommended by Clarity Conf speakers:
  • Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers
  • Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art LGBTQ
  • Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
  • Design That Scales: Creating a Sustainable Design System Practice

What we’re celebrating:

• This year’s Clarity Conf — a design systems conf—was awesome!
• Vacation!!!
• Colder weather
• The vile bees are coming back to town!
• Autumnal sweater vibez +10000
• Making some decisions about tile and countertops for an upcoming kitchen remodel
• NHL season starts today
• Visiting sister for Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
• Seeing Jungle live next week at a fancy theater

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