The first in my series on becoming a successful digital PM and the role they take on to fit their team dynamic. From project manager to customer...
Recently I was faced with the task of passing off multiple page arguments to a view pane, which seems simple enough after you have done it once, but...
This session had us finding new images to create a new theme for our site. Once our new wolf images and patterns were created and exported, we went...
People often ask me where the name for my company came from. Lots of brand names have no meaning or names that have little in a modern context. Coke,...
Drush is a Drupal developers Swiss-army knife.
When clients come to Metal Toad, they're looking to get something done - improve or add features, upgrade their site or perhaps build something new...
If you are as open source service provider (Drupal, etc) you have a distinct advantage over many peer in the web development arena. With open source...
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As more and more people start using the internet, and as websites get increasingly full featured Google continues to see growth in its userbase. Open...
Finding the right level of process and structure is a tough line to walk for every company.
Let's explore what these titles communicate and how that influences various things about our professional world.
Let's take a minute to step back and think about why we use namespaces, and how to use them to improve code quality. I suspect there's a lingering...
On Sunday, we welcomed Women Who Hack, a monthly gathering "for women who want to hack on projects with or around other women.
I would love our company to show more gender diversity, but where are the female applicants?
The importance of an creating an overarching technical plan at the beginning of a project is often debated. Based on past experience, it isn't always...
Listening is one of those skills that many take for granted. It's one thing to listen to what is being said, and it's a much more involved exercise...
Web design and development agencies are lacking in code review practices, and our collective clients are suffering as a result.
The life of a project manager is one of disruptions. As I sit here trying to write this blog post, I've been interrupted by questions from two...
Pamela Fox - @pamelafox She used to work for google, was on the Wave project.
We have two toads at PhoneGap Day here in Portland - you can follow the conference on Twitter #pgday. I'll be live blogging the event.
Andrew Lunny @alunny & Hardeep Shoker @hardeepshoker
The WebVisions Conference came through Portland last week - and Metal Toad was there to capture as many interviews as we could.
As our company has grown, we've had to think about the way we can support a larger organizational structure. This meant creating things like a...