Delightful Reveal #70

“Glaze up my nose goblins” - overheard at Flagrant

What we did:

• Built a DropDownSelect Component in React to wrap the basic html select
• Wrestled database records stored with timestamps and time zones to their proper calendar days
• Shipped an involved UX redesign of a core feature
• Reworked a step in a communication wizard so that users can select contribution forms for their messages
• Began building out a proposal for a sports experience product
• Attended the National Speakers Association (Wisconsin Chapter) Last Story Standing event.
• Designed a Self-Audit sheet for Training Tracker
• Started designed a selfie wall for Training Tracker
• Designed and documented the story-reading experience for an educational app that helps children learn to read

What we’re reading:

• Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
• Pillar of Ash by H.M. Long
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

What we’re playing:

• Squardle (thanks Max!)
• The Case of the Golden Idol

What we’re watching:

• DS9
• Severance (re-watching S1, to prep for S2)
• The Great Pottery Throwdown (S8) +1
• Very Important People
• The Night Agent S1 & S2Mysteries at the Museum (Rewatching)

What we’re listening to:

• Alan Gogoll
• Space Banjo
• tg.blk
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (Goodreads)
• Samara Cyn
• Mose Allison
• Laufey
• Bad Gays podcast
• Humanhood by The Weather Station
• Alligator Bites Never Heal

What we’re interested in:

• Cats
• Magic Puzzles
• Bog butter

What we’re struggling with:

• Insurance & drug prices
• Time
• Reality
• Full body itchiness and other medical mysteries
• Mortality +1
• Lack of sleep +2
• Costume ideas for carnival season
• The Super Bowl being in town—it’s still a week away and there are so many road closures and giant temporary structures and advertisements disrupting everything everywhere already
• Restructuring Training Tracker’s new customer onboarding experienceOne week between 10” of snow and 70°F
• Laptop got stepped on and broken 🙁

What we’re buying:

• Travel size products in prep for trip to Miami in February
• Horror book from a local horror book shop
• Ceramic Glazes and high fire wire
• New laptop

What we’re celebrating:

• A smiling/laughing baby
• Getting to work on a project with Cody!
• Getting to work on a project with Amanda!
• Medical care
• Above average temperatures after several weeks below
• Evening plans to see multiple friends in my first parade of carnival season
• Friday night fish fry

If you’re looking for a team to help you discover the right thing to build and help you build it, get in touch.