Delightful Reveal #24

A weekly update on all things Flagrant

By Jack Permenter

June 26, 2023

Origin story time! The word, Flagrant, itself means obvious, undisguised; exactly how we wanted to be able to show up to work.

“The Byzantine problem, but with garbage disposal consensus.”

Told a colleague the story of a year-long product design/development effort for a forthcoming case study.
Outlined an agenda for a product-ecosystem workshop. Began to collate unmet needs, frictions, usability errors, and pain points as well as potential capabilities we’ve imagined for a forthcoming product strategy workshop.
Created a slide deck and planned a workshop for how to brand and name said product ecosystem for a client.
Drafted and shared a pre-session survey. Drafted, prepared for, and led five usability tests. Identified and prioritized metrics for a summative (end-to-end) usability test.
Struggled with stimulus-dropdown allowing for both an “toggle all” button and individual dropdown toggling working together seamlessly.
Made it much harder for users to make invalid orders by validating the modifications as well as just the initial submit.
Wrestled with Turbo, ViewComponents and Tailwind creating responsive icon buttons that open responsive flyouts from different directions.
Sent an offer letter to a visual designer.
Designed social posts for Config.
Design file handoff and transfer of ownership of a Figma project.
Updating Flagrant design portfolio.

Mosquitos.
Heat.
A wild animal (raccoon?) pooping on the porch.
There is something dead in my basement but I can’t find it.
whether to try to beat Tears of the Kingdom or just explore forever.
The humidity is causing the doors in my house to swell, which is making them VERY difficult to open.
Eating my own spaghetti code.
Power and internet outages.
Figma settings and ownership hand-off. I have no idea how to help people when there is a yellow “!” even when they have a paid license.
Rapidly replenishing ceramics inventory and body soreness from working in the studio.

New fancy Figma features.
The Y’at accent (Wikipedia)
Where Y’acht, a New Orleans yacht rock band.
Dog sitting for friends.
Free tickets to a Green Bay Rockers baseball game this weekend. (Free food and drinks too!)
The donut guy at the local farmers’ market having a key lime pie flavor this week.
Joining a collective, The Good Shop, to sell ceramics in a brick and mortar! It features ethical gifts by local makers that make a beneficial impact.
Giraffe carets.
Enough rain to last a few weeks.
Making foghorn sounds with our mouths.
#Workiversaries!!!