Business
We Only Work With the Best
The tech industry's obsession with only working with the best fosters arrogance, prejudice, and stifles mentorship, ultimately harming long-term...
Blog
Artificial Intelligence
The Power of a Gift
When the Client Services department was formed earlier this year, one of our key objectives was to create client magic.
Business
Leading the Ethical Software Movement: Integrity
"Our brand promise, Leading the Ethical Software Movement, highlights how Metal Toad advocates an ethical approach to creating technology and doing...
Business
We're blogging this month and you should too
Today our company just kicked off our June Blog-o-thon. We've challenged every single person in the company from CEO to intern to write at least one...
Machine Learning
Monitorama!
I just attended Monitorama in Portland, and I wanted to talk about my experience!
Artificial Intelligence
Discover, and Discover, and Discover
We just completed a huge, deep, complex, and super sexy Discovery for a client I can’t name.
Quality Assurance (QA)
Ch-ch-ch-changes
At Metal Toad, where self-organizing and self-managing teams are encouraged (and even preferred), there is a lot of room and trust for individuals to...
Business
How RFP Software Helps Metal Toad Be More Effective
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by one of our vendor partners, RFPIO, to chat about RFP response.
Artificial Intelligence
An Engineering Firm with a Design Sensibility
We live in a man-made (or woman-made) world. Everything not sprung by nature was created by a human and has been designed.
Artificial Intelligence
How Much Does a Website Cost? 3 of 3: Maintenance
A good framework for most people to help understand these costs is to look at buying a website like buying a house. After you've bought it you still...
Artificial Intelligence
Secrets to Project Happiness Using Git
I have worked with dozens of projects over my career, on platforms ranging from Drupal to Yii to Django to AngularJS
Artificial Intelligence
How Much Does a Website Cost? 2 of 3: Rebuilding
In my last article, I addressed the age old question "how much does a website cost?" from the stand
Artificial Intelligence
How Much Does a Website Cost? 1 of 3: Initial Purchase
"How much does a website cost?" These are six words — when spoken in sequence — that most web developers dread.
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Tudse in Denmark
In February a few Toads got to travel to Denmark to begin discovery on a new internet of things (IoT) project with a large wind turbine manufacturer.
Business
Metal Toad office in Los Angeles
Metal Toad expands with new offices in Los Angeles, enhancing its AWS Consulting practice and IT outsourcing services for major clients.
Business
How to become a programmer
Five years ago I wrote an article on how to get a job as a web developer, but the market has changed and it's now 2017. Code schools are now...
Artificial Intelligence
Tech is More Than an Industry
Some people see software and tech as an industry. Seen on it's own it is a whole category of employment including massive companies like Google,...
Business
Employee Liberation and the Impact of Good Company Culture
You know what’s sad to me? It’s sad that most people will never know how liberating it is to come to terms with your unhappiness, and to quit your...
Business
Digital Project Management Apprenticeships
Explore how Metal Toad's digital project management apprenticeships offer hands-on experience, skill development, and career insights in the tech...
SaaS Application
Extending Drupal 8 Fields That Contain Data
Data protection is one of the primary advantages of Drupal, but sometimes there are exceptions to the rule and you might need to modify a field to...
Artificial Intelligence
Great Customer Service or Great Craft?
If you were to go out and buy a new piece of furniture, would you prefer a store that offered a great product and treated you poorly or a store that...
Artificial Intelligence
Q2 Hackathon Theme: Internet of Things (IoT)
Metal Toad's second hackathon will be focused on the Internet of Things. Why IoT? Over the years we have accumulated broad experience in this area;...
Artificial Intelligence
Building Departments from Scratch
Metal Toad, I would like to congratulate you for one year of project management consistency, one year without turnover in the project management...
Artificial Intelligence
Presenting Multiple Scenarios to Meet Client Needs
Not to long ago, I was asked to fill some big shoes.
Business
Metal Toad announced as one of the Best 100 Companies to Work for in Oregon!
We are excited to share that Oregon Business Magazine recently acknowledged Metal Toad, based on our application and employee survey, as one o