How's it going?

Experimenting has been a common thread for our team over the past year, and we've been doing a lot of it around here lately. Which is why this edition of &you is all about experimenting, spreading your wings, and examining new horizons! In this issue: we learn about some upcoming experiments, we challenge you to your own experiment (right now even!), and we introduce you to one of our risk takers: Jaime.

Experimenting

The thing about experimenting is that sometimes, trying something new can be exhilarating and energizing. It reminds you of the awesome reward for taking risks. But the other side of experimenting is that you're pushing yourself voluntarily into the unknown, and that–well, that can be completely terrifying.

Our resident illustrator and graphic artist, Jaime Robles knows a little bit about that. Six years ago, he signed up for a chaotic, immersive educational experiment, and his life has never been the same.

Fast forward to last week, and Jaime once again returned to that same experiment with a different challenge–sharing his story with 800 high school seniors. Public speaking can be nerve-wracking for some, even if your audience isn't comprised of hormone-addled youths. But Jaime completely rocked that crowd, inspired some teens, and conquered his fear.

How crazy to think about all that's transpired because he took a risk that one time?

What we're working on

This week we're happy to have yetis visiting Oakland, California for JSFest. Say hi to Karolina Szczur, Adam Baldwin and Jon Lamendola if you're in the area for all that JS community goodness.

One of the Ampersand.js core contributers Kamil Ogorek wrote up an awesome feature in the latest issue of net magazine called Modularised Apps with Ampersand.js on the "best new framework around."

In case you missed it, the blog has been churning out posts in rapid succession due in part to one Mike Speegle, who has kindly shared his trial-and-error method of coaxing yetis into writing in, I can writing and so are you.