Delightful Reveal #22

“You have to defrag your feelings every once in a while.”

What we did:

• Got my teeth cleaned.
• Updated documentation to better describe the math behind our application, and reviewed with project leads.
• Reviewed our outcomes and success metrics from January. Drafted a “State of The Product” document. Outlined a strategy/alignment presentation.
• Scheduled user research sessions through July. Prepared for, led and discussed the results from three usability tests. Made several microcopy improvements and drafted data-informed user stories.
• Automate Open Graph images on our blog posts.
• Learning how to maximize component making in Figma. #learning!
• Building a website in Framer for my neighborhood block party.

What we’re reading:

• Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years — Peter Norvig
• What are embeddings? By Vicki Boykis 
• The ‘Sunken Place’ is real in UX design By Vivianne Castillo, Michael Davis
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Erin Kissane 
• The Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time Book 6)
• The Dark Tower by Stephen King

What we’re watching:

• Someone Somewhere
•  The Great Season 3
• THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL Dance - Pink Shoelaces (side by side) (way too often)
• Dr. Pimple Popper
• Columbo

What we’re listening to:

• “Stay in School” — Otis Redding
• Kirbland, a “Birdland” cover by Louis Zong
• Spindrift’s The Legend of God’s Gun and all of their other music. Spaghetti western music.
• Tall Cans - Pigeon Pit

What we’re interested in:

• Space Team, “A cooperative shouting game for phones and tablets” https://spaceteam.ca/ 
• Supporting the Madison Reading Project so they can fund bus number two. A bigger, more accessible Bus that delivers free books to children where the books range in topics and representation. 
• IRCv3 https://ircv3.net/

What we’re struggling with:

• Post-Zelda Blues
• Huge logs all over the driveway
• Horrible air quality
• Face Blindness

What we’re buying:

• Zelda
• Tickets to see Marc Rebillet at Red Rocks Amphitheater
• A fancy rice cooker

What we’re celebrating:

• Two big trees got taken down!
• A quick car repair
• Next week Wednesday is the Madison Reading Project: Read(y) to Wear Fashion show, where the clothing is made of paper

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