Delightful Reveal #76

“if we demonstrated this in a flow diagram it would win a spaghetti award” - overheard at Flagrant

What we did:

• Paired on an algorithm to calculate certification compliance on a construction project with a complex tree of contracts and subcontracts
• Adapted a simple conditions field so that it can support multiple “or” conditions
• Started to create illustrations for a digital ID application that help the user as they are onboarding
• Put together a way to define “indicators” with a fancy SVG visualization
• Attended the Food Safety Summit in Chicago
• Met a number of folks for coffee in Chicago and had great conversations about the market, AI, and other timely topics
• Designed signs and an interactive wall for RailConf Philadelphia
• Rocky Mountain Ruby website design/finding parallax examples
• Created a Thank You postcard for speakers at RailsConf
• Designed the badge design for RailConf with an interactive conference bingo on the back to help attendees get the most out of their conference experience
• Began creating custom stamps for tabling sponsors at RailsConf to use for a special activity
• Onboarded as a vendor with a new client to help them define and design some upcoming products
• Redesigning a call time page so that users have more information at their fingertips
• Incorporated color and branding (and started on dark mode!) in high-fidelity mock-ups for a client mobile application

What we’re reading:

• The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman +2 (Join the Book Club)
• Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine
• Agile Web Development with Rails 8 by Sam Ruby with Dave Thomas (Join the Book Club)
• Roses in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman
• Making a Scene by Constance Wu
• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
• All Fours by Miranda July
• She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor
• The Patron Saint Of Liars by Ann Patchett

What we’re playing:

• LOK Digital
• The Operator
• Cats & Dice
• Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
• Finspan
• Innovation

What we’re watching:

• Old episodes of Game Changer
• RuPaul Drag Race: All Stars – Season 10
• The Last of Us S2 (+1)
• Duff Takes the Cake
• Fisk S2
• The Grizzlies
• Severance S1
• Million Dollar Secret
• Dying for Sex
• Andor S2
• Dirilis Ertugrul

What we’re listening to:

• 80’s new wave
• Fiddler on the Roof (Original Broadway Cast Soundtrack)
• Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast soundtrack)
• Walls Don’t Talk by Kai
• Girl at the Station by Grentperez
• Work by P1Harmony
• Family Tree by Ethiel Cain
• Ooh La La by The Faces
• Cuckoo by Rising Appalachia
• Sierra Ferrell
• Bella White

What we’re interested in:

• Spider molting part 2 (From instar 6 to a instar 7)
• Changing pet insurance

• Making giant bugs & mushrooms out of cardboard

  

• Making the baby star crochet outfit but for stuffed animals
• Cicadas and Bears
• Get Kids Outside: 10th Annual Community Firefly Hike Indian Lake County Park

What we’re struggling with:

• Using a laptop with a cat on top of you
• Baby moving out of the bassinet
• Backyard weeds +1

What we’re buying:

• Mamison Kitchen Gloves
• Chicken coop plans
• Dresses for 5 weddings this spring/summer
• Cool chopsticks + box
• Tickets for Twilight in Concert (yes, it’s the Twilight you think it is 🍎)
• Tickets to see Sinners in 70mm

What we’re celebrating:

• Common Table Expressions
• 2 crawfish boils in one day
• A six-month-old baby!
• 2 year anniversary with my partner!
• Friends getting married! (+2)
• A first Mother’s Day (+1)
• Cool planter and vase my partner gave me
• Nearly time to fire the kiln! Lots of studio time this week
• My partner
• Lilacs blooming
• Getting a more consistent jump serve in volleyball
• The fourth (and final) installment of Housewarmings™️
• Yellow-Billed Cuckoos in the garden

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