Delightful Reveal #37

“My mind palace is too full of penguins to hold any user data.”

What we did:

• Saw co-workers in person!
• Generated a Driver’s Citation Report to assist companies in keeping track of Driver Performance. 
• Added a User Action audit log to a client app
• Sketched ideas for a coffee brand/bag art 
• Nearly completed a client’s 13 Ghouls drawings and typography
• Started researching/working on a RailsConf splash page and logo
• Had dinner with coworkers in person
• Started thinking about/conceptualizing a Flagrant mascot
• Designed a solution for creating expenses from templates and prepared a clickable prototype of the concept to test with users in research sessions next week
• Strategized ways to improve our workflow to ensure we are working on the right things and keeping users at the center of what we do
• Upgraded to a beefier database for production
• Added automated logging of “user actions”
• Making tweaks to stickers to add a Flagrant flare 🎉
• Gave feedback to a external developer so that they can update and improve a marketing website designed a few weeks back

What we’re reading:

• A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
• The Hammer and the Cross, by Harry Harrison

What we’re watching:

• Glow Up, Season 5
• Sex Education, Season 4
• Extraordinary You
• MerPeople – A series about professional mermaiding
• Murder She Wrote

What we’re listening to:

• Articles of Interest - “Plus Sizes” about the dark patterns of the fashion industry and “the cold shoulder”, plus the lack of willingness to adjust pattern-making processes
• Expectation - The 2nd Mini Album by D.O
• Witch Sweat: Your Palatability is a Liability
• Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments? - Search Engine
  • Related: 99% Invisible: Office Space

What we’re interested in:

• The French Republican calendar as the origin of lobster thermidor’s name
• The Victorian Internet

What we’re struggling with:

• flaky tests (especially automated web clicky-click tests)  +1
• Imposter syndrome
• American exceptionalism

What we’re buying:

• “Nation of Language” concert tickets
• Cake
• Colectivo coffee
• Pumpkin Spice things +1

What we’re celebrating:

• Joyce shared sushi cats with the people who were in person in Madison this past week. I was able to snag shake-boo
• Ha Long Bay in Madison has a spring roll with an eggroll on the inside 🤤
• Meeting coworkers in person! 
• Getting to see (and meet) so many wonderful people at a friend’s wedding
  • On one of the original pirate radio ships!

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