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A few weeks (months ago??) ago, Adobe hosted its 21st Adobe MAX conference in Miami with attendees from over 70 different countries attending in person and many more online. I was one of the online viewers and I wanted to share some of my favorite talks from the 2 days of learning. I was able to...
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February 5, 2025
A few weeks (months ago??) ago, Adobe hosted its 21st Adobe MAX conference in Miami with attendees from over 70 different countries attending in person and many more online. I was one of the online viewers and I wanted to share some of my favorite talks from the 2 days of learning. I was able to
January 30, 2025
âLibre Bodoni, holy bologna!â - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Refined UI for a A/B testing flow Trying to learn how ghost works +1 Implementing XO Ruby homepage updates and cleaning up crufty css Document Flagrant website design system work Recorded an episode of
January 30, 2025
âThe algorithm is a bad boyfriend, DUMP HIM!â - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Learned about Magic Link and how to implement that Re-learned about GDPR compliance Researching animation tools to aid in design of an app that helps teach children to read Wired up a
January 30, 2025
âWe didnât shart the database (It was always burning, since the worldâs been turning)â - 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
November 18, 2024
âAh yes, how can I get children to lick the screen while learning to readâ - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Got VIM working with COC (Conquer Of Completion) to help with developing on a React/Typescript front end. Wrestled with pagination and filtering within a bridgetown
November 6, 2024
âTis the season for change, which can definitely feel uncomfortable and unsettling at times. In the middle of all these ups and downs, itâs important to find ways to stay connected and centered on what really matters. Here are a few activities our team regularly practices to refocus,
November 5, 2024
In the fast-paced world of product development, itâs not always obvious when you need to bring in a Product Manager. Maybe youâre hitting your development milestones, but something still feels off. Your team is working hard, but the results arenât matching the effort. If youâre questioning
November 4, 2024
âWhat else did I do? DEMOCRACY IN ACTIONâ - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Exhibited Training Tracker at the Western Wisconsin Womenâs Business Conference. Visual design experiments to establish a design language for a phonics-based reading app (and looking at a lot of kidsâ
October 30, 2024
Flagrant was recently tasked to help Unifocalâa client in the construction inclusion spaceâdesign flows for a product prototype to show to potential customers and get investment funding. Construction projects often have quotas, company goals, as well as local, state, and federal requirements that
October 25, 2024
Clarity Conf wrapped its 9th design systems conference at the end of September. Organized by Jina Anne (whoâs been on the cutting edge of design systems work for over a decade), Clarity remains a conference with a clear (ha!) point of view that leans toward: community, inclusivity,
October 23, 2024
Itâs Friday morning and the Training Tracker production error handler started squawking. Redis::CannotConnectError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 peeraddr=XX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXXX state=error: certificate verify failed (self signed certificate in certificate chain) Training Tracker is
October 21, 2024
âSheâs the Flagrant version of Sharper Imageâ - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Redesigning a clientâs pitch deck to make it more shiny and branded to impress Descended a massive PR of Flagrant website changes Reflected on Clarity Conf 2024âa conference on design systems.
October 10, 2024
Sweet Streams One of the gifts and challenges of working at a consultancy like Flagrant is that we sometimes find ourselves in between projects with time on our hands. This can be a good opportunity to slow down a bit and catch up on some personal projects away from the computer. For me, that
October 8, 2024
As designers at Flagrant, our main workhorse and tool of choice is Figma. We often supplement the standard features and tools in Figma by installing plugins that augment our workflow, speed up certain tasks, or help us review things like accessibility compliance and spelling before handing our
October 7, 2024
âBroken dog butt clubâ - overheard at Flagrant What we did: MCâd Track 2 at Rails World, sponsored by AppSignal Squashed bugs, built flyouts, allowed users to configure colors, ensured Task Type name uniqueness⊠A slew of stories were completed on Training Tracker Shared some
