Delightful Reveal #29

“We built this template on rock and roll.”

What we did:

• Prepared a quick-list of problem areas and findings for our cycle planning. Completed an add-on usability test session (surprise!); exported observations to Mural and analyzed them as a team; began to answer research questions and compile usability metrics. Started to synthesize our usability test results (focusing on problems rather than solutions).
• Documented a plan for a management retro.
• Finalized plan to support our product launching at a conference!
• Had a meeting to draft a vision for a new way of running Flagrant (an internal board of directors).
• Learned more about form labels, specifically wrapping an input in a label to allow the label and checkbox to be checked/unchecked in a ViewComponent.
• Updated our app’s color palette to line up with the latest information in our design system.
• Finalized branding guidelines for a client.
• Figuring out who does not have a Flagrant shirt.
• Allowed MyMomentum Users to designate weights on individual inspection tasks, in order to create a more meaningful inspection score.

What we’re reading:

• I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!)
• The Anatomy of Type by Stephen Coles (typeanatomy.com)
• L’appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home by David Liebovitz (Storygraph)
• Distributed Blackness by André L. Brock Jr. (NYU Press, Amazon)
• Ability to See Expertise is a Milestone Worth Aiming For - Commoncog 

What we’re watching:

• Transformers: Rise of the beasts (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Women’s World Cup Soccer (LA Times coverage)
• Sort Of (HBO Max)
• Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix)
• Strange New Worlds S2 (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Insecure (HBO Max) 
• Francis John’s “Narcoleptics Paradise” Oxygen Not Included playlist (Youtube)
• Platonic (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Madison Soccer (Forward Madison FC) (Go ‘Mingos!)
• Smartless: On the road (HBO Max)

What we’re listening to:

• Stuff the British Stole: The Fever Tree Hunt about stealing cinchona trees for quinine production to treat malaria in soldiers during imperialist takeovers
• Legal Lullabies 
• Who shat on the floor at my wedding
• Big Thief - Vampire Empire (Lyric Video) 
• Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage

What we’re interested in:

• Non-violent Communication (Conflict Hotline, Training)
• CDC guidance on preparing to travel to Costa Rica
• Scurvy
• Non-binary Gloom Stalker rangers with the Sharpshooter feat
• Taking this hue test

What we’re struggling with:

• The world is a sauna
• Bad habits
• High baseline anxiety
• Missed a free Marc Rebillet concert in Montréal
• Cat introductions

What we’re buying:

• Custom, 3D printed jeans (Unspun)
• A new (one-eared) headset
• New drapes
• Propel Powder Packets 4 Flavor Variety Pack With Electrolytes, Vitamins and No Sugar 10 Count (Pack of 5) (Amazon)
• Stainless steel ice cubes
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) 

What we’re celebrating:

• A long-awaited return to rock climbing 
• 40th womb escape day at the water park
• Going to a Paramore concert next week Tuesday at the Fiserv Forum
• In-browser jigsaw puzzles

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