Delightful Reveal #67

“We didn’t shart the database (It was always burning, since the world’s been turning)” - overheard at Flagrant

What we did:

• Designed marketing collateral for construction inclusion services to distribute to their potential new buyers
• Finished writing a blog post for the Flagrant website on why automated accessibility testing isn’t enough
• Retooling a client’s UI to incorporate AB testing into their email messaging flow
• Wrote a feature on TT allowing admin users to bundle all of a customer’s attachments into a zip file.
• Allow TrainingTracker site admins to cancel customers.
• Attended the 43rd annual WEDC Marketplace to learn how to work with government agencies within Wisconsin.
  • Reconnected with Jerina Vincent owner of J\&J Gifts and more
  • Met Jordan Bloch with Beyond Vision who work to enable career opportunities to low-or-no-vision individuals
  • Discussed event space rental with Rachel Bush from Sherman Phoenix, a state-of-the-art space for small businesses of color.
• Began working on the 2025 Training Tracker playing cards giveaway designs.
• Worked through the first round of a new logo design for a client
• Wrote/polished up two blogs for the Flagrant website. One covers my time remotely attending the Adobe MAX conference and the other is a little peek into the design process of the RubyConf Chicago t-shirt.
• Started brainstorming ideas for a theme/concept for an internal project.

What we’re reading:

• Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate
• Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence by Kim Liao
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code

What we’re playing:

• Katamari
• Strands

What we’re watching:

• Wicked +1
• Interstellar
• Queer Eye newest season
• Arcane S2
• The Glassworker
• MindHunter
• Marketing for Weirdos workshop recording
  • An anti-capitalist marketing course. Enrollment is still open through this week.

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What we’re listening to:

• Wicked (specifically The Wizard and I)
• Aurora’s cover of “Life on Mars” a David Bowie song
• Winter Ahead by V
• Hymn to Virgil by Hozier
• Don’t Cry by HOZIHO
• 80’s City Pop playlist on Youtube
• Construction on my floor
• Puppy snoring and chasing dream bunnies

What we’re interested in:

• How my new clay stamp will work on my butt cups I made
• Going to see Wicked…again

What we’re struggling with:

• Winter air and sinuses +1
• Mortality and the squishy meat bags that we are
• The radiator turning my apartment into a furnace

What we’re buying:

• Bamboo steamer
• Cooking apron
• A real nice salad spinner
• Isla Bella Coffee with beans from Puerto Rico
• More Magic Puzzles 🧩
• Christmas Gifts!
• This white rabbit jacket

What we’re celebrating:

• Daughters first dance recital (5mo so not exactly ‘dancing’, But she’s excited about it) and Moo’s?
• Starting therapy again! :D
• All my Black Friday purchases arriving and giving me a dopamine hit each time
• My Janice Sung calendar arriving!!
• Spending time with friends and friend’s pets

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