Delightful Reveal #34

A weekly update on all things Flagrant

“It’s very casual and very close to the ground.”

What we did:

Worked with our client to get a data export to feed the latest information into our new system
Got a new production environment set up to host an application we’ve been developing
Prepared and delivered a more-conversational training for early adopters. Relatedly, added a feedback form to the product.
Designed a clickable prototype that improves the workflow and efficiency of adding expenses to a quote so we can test the concept and see how it performs with users. Identified research questions and hypotheses for concept testing. Drafted discussion guide and scheduled four participants.
Prepared for a workshop to reveal interconnections between our client’s many products. Drafted and redrafted concept models. So many models. Updated slides and Murals, and hand-picked breakout room participants.
Hosted the first local Madison Ruby on Rails Meetup in over 3 years for Mad-Railers.
Held a retrospective with our client to gather feedback from our product launch.
Attended the Madison Women in Tech: Women and Non-binary folks Job Fair
Designed an emails report page to show the user the emails health, engagement and amount raised using various charts and tables.
Designing a email send receipt to inform the user the cost of an email broadcast
Illustrated some halloween characters
Drew, colored and animated bugs
Continued designing website landing page for Madison+ Ruby 2024
Worked on completing the Figma course I’m taking.
Attended Dan Mall’s “Your Next Component” talk (watch a previous time he gave it here). +1
Watched one of Sophia Prater’s talks on Object Oriented UX, “Four UX Fails You Don’t Know You Are Making”

What we’re reading:

What we’re watching:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Barbie
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (it’s terrible, don’t watch it)
Heartstopper Season 2
Columbo
Ahsoka

What we’re listening to:

NCT U ‘Alley Oop’ Archiving Video (Also the whole NCT 2023 album)
Hozier - Unknown / Nth (Official Lyric Video)
Glory by Yuna
Purple Disco Machine DJ sets
Interviews by The Diary of a CEO

What we’re interested in:

Things to do in Costa Rica
Baldur’s Gate 3 on the Steam Deck
The Goose Lake Watershed District Annual Meeting that is being held tomorrow.
Jefferson Speedway - Tournament of Destruction happening this weekend (+1)
Going to a University of Wisconsin Badgers football game

What we’re struggling with:

The Chartreuse Shortage (Specifically Yellow Chartreuse)
The alley is being torn up and re-surfaced so we made a deal with the city to tear up part of our yard to put in new asphalt. But, after they dug up our yard, they said they aren’t going to fill it with asphalt. So we need to figure out how to get that covered
The housing market, still +1000
Busy schedule, little amount of spoons
Sleep +1
vaccination-related soreness
Coordinating 8 adults for a trip and building a cohesive and fun fun itinerary

What we’re buying:

Duvet cover
School supplies
Travel supplies for a week in Costa Rica. Butt wipes, binoculars, mosquito repellent, dry bags etc
play.date
Hiring a plumber to put in new water pipes
Cabinet filler