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Discover, and Discover, and Discover
We just completed a huge, deep, complex, and super sexy Discovery for a client I can’t name.
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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.
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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...
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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;...
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History of Computer Girls, Part 2: Margaret!
I've been going around town giving a talk on the history of women in computers. During my research, I came across so very many women I’d never heard...
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Big Data for the Hopelessly Relational
I've been working with relational databases for a long time.
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Metal Toad’s Process to a Brand Refresh
Why a Brand Refresh? In early November 2015, Metal Toad began the wo
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What Is DevOps & How to Achieve It
Ever since I had the privilege of attending DevOps Days Portland, I have been
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Love Should Not Be a Four-Letter Word for Software Development Companies
Sometimes in high tech companies, the focus is mainly on the numbers (financial, hours, etc.), but that really misses the fact that human beings – no...
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A Sense of Software Craftsmanship
When leaders view software development as an assembly line, they expose themselves to a lot of pain: overages, missed timelines, and disappointed...
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Design as a System
Enhance your web projects by adopting a design system to improve user experience, consistency, and efficiency.
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Notes: An Agile Project Manager’s Critical Asset
The Livesaving Nature of Notes The software industry’s shift to Agile project management methodologies has many of us happily burying the wate
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Finding My Thing: Part 1
Coming from a strict design engineering background and working in the realm of manufactured products, I have had a steep learning curve in the tech...
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User Story Insights Using Google Sheets
By using Google Sheets as a tool to glean metrics on user stories, Product Owners and Product Managers can increase the probability of project...
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Ziba.com Reborn
Metal Toad has been blessed to work with some of the best design partners in the industry, not the least of which is Ziba.
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Bringing More Magic to the Software Apprenticeship Program
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with Aaron Bridges, Abby Miles and
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Client Escalations - A Chance to Shine
When your client escalates an issue to your organization, it can be very stressful, but it can also be a chance to shine as an organization if the...
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Best Practices For a Secure Cloud Part 1
Whether you’re running on premise datacenter, using a private or public IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) hosting platform, security is extremely...
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UX Immersion: Interactions 2016 Conference
This year I had the pleasure of attending the UX Immersion: Interactions Conference held on April 18–20, 2016 in San Diego.
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The Softer Side of Scrum
Many of the folks reading this blog are already familiar with Agile Software Development (a.k.a. Agile).
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Process Maps, Timelines, & Clients
As Metal Toad’s Director of Project Management, Hayli Hay’s got her hands full.
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Teams Make Their Sprint Commitment
One cornerstone of scrum is the team sprint commitment. A team must make their sprint commitment in order for the business to have faith in the team...
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How to Select an Ethical Software Vendor
Many software firms believe that building great software is important. We believe it is important to take it one step further by committing to great...
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The Launch of Swift 2.0
Ever since Grace Hopper came up with the A language programmers have been trying to create new languages and processes that make it easier to do work...