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Using Monitoring to meet Managed Services SLAs
So if you didn’t know, Metal Toad has been growing an AWS Managed Services hosting business.
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Metal Toad at WWDC
This past week, a couple of us at Metal Toad traveled down to San Francisco for WWDC and AltConf.
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Getting Started in the Tech Community
Everyone wants to change the world, but in order to do so, you have to put on pants. I found a loophole. That loophole is web development.
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Consultant Hobbies: Being Social
Discover the dynamic role of managing social media at DrupalCon, balancing volunteerism with learning, and the tools that make it all possible.
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Angular JS Promises: From Service to Template
In this blog post, we will learn how to request an HTTP GET call from an AngularJS Service and display the data in the template while avoiding the...
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Our Interns Love Us Almost as Much as We Love Them
Metal Toad's Internship Program has grown leaps and bounds since I arrived last year. I could not be prouder of all of our interns, but our latest...
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Metal Toad Among Oregon's Best Workplaces
It is with great humility that I serve as Metal Toad spokesman in a very proud moment.
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What I Did Over the Weekend
Join me as I recount my exhilarating weekend at the Global Game Jam, where creativity and coding collide to create innovative games in just 48 hours.
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2015 Q1 Challenge
As mentioned in the Projects At Work podcast with Dave Prior, we talked abo
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On Manual Process & Reporting
Data automation has been popular business buzzword jargon as of late, and to some extent, rightfully so!
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B2B Communication. By Writing on Windows. With Markers.
“At Metal Toad, we do things differently.”
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The Metal Toad Difference, A LadyToad's Perspective
Let me start by getting this out of the way and speaking frankly about being a female professional working in technology. There are very few of us,...
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The Toads Know How to Throw a Party
On December 4th, 2014, the Toads hosted an Open House to celebrate our recent move into the fourth floor of the historic Yeon Building in downtown...
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Metal Toad Mentorship Saturdays
Metal Toad Mentorship Saturdays are a place for people of all skill levels and development disciplines to get help and advice on their careers and...
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CoverOregon goes Open Source
Ten months since my open letter to Oregon Governor Kitzhaber, challenging him to fix CoverOregon and to use more local companies and more open so
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A Retrospective: The Metal Toad Summer Picnic
On September 12th, 2014, Metal Toad overtook downtown Portland. Well, maybe not “took over,” but the sentiment was there.
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Money Can't Buy You Culture
Recently, I have been asked questions about Metal Toad’s culture. People want me to explain what our culture is, how we got it and, for that matter,...
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Why Portland will be the Next Tech Hub
The demand for software continues to rise. I've written before on the current workforce gap and how that gap will be filled through vocational...
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Defining Client Success
Elevate client partnerships through proactive strategies and consistent engagement at Metal Toad, ensuring long-term success and satisfaction.
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The Toads Have Leapt!
After three wonderful years at our previous office, Metal Toad has outgrown our lilypad.
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How to thrive as a Junior Developer
I’ve been a junior developer at Metal Toad for about a year now. In that time, I’ve learned and grown more than I would have thought possible...and,...
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Seeing Long Term Technology Adoption as Evolution
Much like an evolutionary tree our goal in technology adoption is too continue to move forward and evolve, rather than getting caught in a dead end....
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The Challenge to Innovation
Recently inspired by Peter Thiel's excellent book Zero to One, I've been reflecting on the software industry as the preeminent place where we can...
Business
Plan or Pain?
Balancing planning and reacting to growth pains can determine organizational success. Learn when to plan and when to adapt in this insightful look at...
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Process Frameworks That Weather Growth
Discover how to create process frameworks that adapt and thrive through organizational growth stages, ensuring long-term success and flexibility.