Delightful Reveal #51
A weekly update on all things Flagrant
I’m drinking coffee for two now.
What we did:
- Rethinking, reworking, re-imagining a user flow to create better UX for first time users and allowing for users to start from scratch when there is no data.
- Talked about the requirements for an API linking two systems we’re working on.
- Wrapped up Accessibility work for a client.
- Started working on RailsConf Detroit banners and signage.
- Created RailsConf Detroit T-shirts and other swag.
- Created some stickers for our social media.
- Finding our way with breadcrumbs everywhere! On pages, in titles and even in urls!
- Held a personal sticky note game to chat about personal growth and career goals.
- Made slideshow presentation for Training Tracker.
- Reviewed and prioritized findings to share from user research. Created and scheduled findings presentation.
- Reworked a navigation menu to be more consistent across brand design.
What we’re reading:
- Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Goodreads)
- “Seventy-Two Letters”, by Ted Chiang (Wikipedia)
- “Wifi only works when it’s raining” (Blog)
- The Idiot by Elif Batuman (Goodreads)
- A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Goodreads)
- Men without Women by Haruki Murakami (Goodreads)
- The Arsonists’ City by Hala Alyan (Goodreads)
- The State of HTTP clients, or why you should use httpx by HoneyryderChuck
- Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver (Audible)
- The Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads)
- Inciting Joy by Ross Gay (Goodreads)
- Notes on Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast with Sholto Douglas and Trenton Bricken (Substack)
- Suicide Mission - What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane (Blog)
What we’re watching:
- Gardeners’ World
- Monkey Man
- Tokyo Vice
- Shōgun (+1)
- Game Changer, Sam Reich’s comedy panel game
- The new Star Trek Discovery season
- The Great Canadian Pottery Throwdown
- Slow Horses S1
- Very Important People (trailer)
- Finished Succession (finally)
- TopChef (this season is in Wisconsin)
- Chappel Roan: Tiny Desk Concert (Youtube)
- Lil Nas X: Long live Montero (HBO)
- Doc Martin (iMDB)
- Taskmaster S17
What we’re listening to:
- Beyoncé’s new album
- Telegraph Ave. by Childish Gambino
- Cowboy Song - by Thin Lizzy
- The Wasia Project
- Hymn of Acxiom by Vienna Teng
- Wildflower & Barley by Hozier
- Nectar by The Boyz
- icantfeelanything by NCT DREAM
- My Eyes Adored You by Frankie Valli
- Are You Going With Me? by Pat Metheny
What we’re interested in:
- Understanding Pac-Man Ghost Behavior - GameInternals
- Gloomstalker/Assassin builds in Baldur’s Gate 3
- The Pac-Man Dossier
- 3D Art with Adobe illustrator
- Wifi that only works when its raining
- The emails that wouldn’t go more than 500 miles
- Hexagon cutting jig
- xScope - tool for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts
- A sentence for JB to read.
What we’re struggling with:
- Allergies (+1)
- Stress Management (+1)
- Baby growth spurts
- Snowstorms in April +1
- Waking up and wondering why my neck is hurting after sitting all day like a shrimp
- Quartz inversion and dunting in kiln firings
What we’re buying:
- Flight tickets to the Flagrant Summit
- Yarn to make a cat couch and baby blankets
- Monkey Man tickets
- Branded magnets and charms for a freelance project
- More frames
- Ben Eater’s 6502 computer kit
- Stuff for the new apartment
- Wizard Glaze’s Gloop + some nichrome wire for making more ceramic earrings
- Eclipse-watching glasses
What we’re celebrating:
- Getting moving and shipping labor squared away
- Jacob attending meetings
- Massage recommendations that connect you to a delightful person and talented muscle whisperer
- Adoption picking up on a recently launched product
- Strawberry flavored candy
- Doge & bunny cursors in Figma
- A dog that’s stopped eating poop
If you’re looking for a team to help you discover the right thing to build and help you build it, get in touch.