Business
The Vulnerable Leader
I am scared. I am scared to write this and I am intimidated because my writing will be out in public to be read, critiqued and, in my mind, judged.
Blog
Git
How to Hack It: 5 Tech Tips to Improve Your Productivity
Boost your productivity with these five tech tips, from text substitution to digitizing sticky notes, tailored for efficiency.
Business
Why I Love Being of Service at Metal Toad
It may be selfish, I’ll admit it — but I love pleasing others through acts of service.
Business
Celebrating Everyone Through the Power of Design
At Metal Toad, inclusion is important to us.
Product Management
Agile Everything
Chaos is a major pain in the ass. Yes, it can be invigorating, challenging, and propel you in your life or career — but I’ll be the first to admit...
Business
Love What You Do and Who You Do It For
Hi. My name is Dan and I am a pessimist and a Senior Software Engineer, hoping to be promoted to a Junior Software Engineer one day.
AWS DevOps
Managing IIS Configuration With Puppet Powershell DSC
Streamline IIS configuration with Puppet and PowerShell DSC. Learn how to manage your Windows deployments efficiently without System Center.
Business
Four Pillars of Leadership
Over the years I’ve been asked on many occasions, what is leadership?
Business
Failure Is Not Possible
I’ve been asked this by several employers recently: “What would you do here if you knew you would not fail?” Not fail?? Not possible…
Business
5 Simple Ways To Impress Your Future Employer
Looking for a new job is tough business. In a sea of innovative, qualified candidates there is pressure to stand out from the rest.
Business
Hidden Features in Product Builds
Once we get past POC and MVP, we need to start thinking about the entirety of the product we’re building.
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...
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
How RFP Software Boosts Efficiency at Metal Toad: Learn how Metal Toad leverages RFPIO to streamline RFP responses, save time, and improve...
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.