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Community Action Teams (CATs) At a small consultancy, sometimes it’s challenging to prioritize internal tasks amid the daily hum of activity for our clients’ projects. We’ve written in the past about experiments, and we also have internal projects, but we realized neither of those are a great...
“Sorry, my left key doesn’t work because my cat has stepped on it too much.” What we did: Thought deeply and consulted broadly about reorganizing all layers of our components on a project Welcomed our first three beta testers in the system, reviewed recording of our manually...
RailsConf 2024 is set for May 7 – 9. It’s the world’s longest-running conference for Ruby on Rails developers. Attendees will find presentations for all skill levels – new users to seasoned professionals – with everyone discussing, collaborating and learning about building, deploying, testing and...
A couple of cool science/technology news items just dropped: There’s going to be a new time zone for the moon (and non-Earth places, generally) The Earth was going to need an unprecedented negative leap second, but we’re not (yet) Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) Remember that list...
From 2011 to 2018 we put on Madison+ Ruby, a T-shaped conference, in Downtown Madison, WI that celebrated people. Whether that meant embracing our authentic selves, searching for the Meaning of (Artificial) Life, or creating Sweaters as a Service. After a five-year hiatus we’re bringing it back...
“Thanks for getting your brain juice on my code.” What we did: Designed multiple lists feature for Curators Won a proposal to help a client improve their product management chops Hosted a user research watching party to revisit prior sessions in light of new research questions....
Hello! I’m back again to share more creatives. This installation is a bit heavier on the painterly side, a style I find to be deeply moving and inspiring. I hope you also gain some insight from these amazing creators! Riso Chan With her vibrant and expressive strokes and combination of both...
I’m drinking coffee for two now. What we did: Rethinking, reworking, re-imagining a user flow to create better UX for first time users and allowing for users to start from scratch when there is no data. Talked about the requirements for an API linking two systems we’re working...
During a recent visit to Chicago, I met up with a friend for coffee who asked me a seemingly straightforward question about my business: “Are you hiring juniors?” Despite its simplicity, I found myself hesitating with the response. Reflecting on my own career journey, I understand the immense...
“Those developers…what’re you up to?” What we did: Designed and built the splash page for RubyConf 2024 for release next week. Played with kittens. Began redesigning Training Tracker presentation slides. Upgraded to Turbo 8 and learned about some cool features it...
