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Eight Years.
We celebrate 8 years in business this month - old enough to do multiplication and division, and we’re really working hard on our cursive.
We have said this before, but it doesn’t make it less true - we couldn’t do this without our amazing team and fantastic partners and clients.
Thanks for being part of the journey with us, whether you were a fan from day one (thanks, mom), or are just coming into the fold. You inspire the Good in our Work.
Speak soon,
Garrett
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| Recent Articles |
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| The worst thing you can ever say about an integration is: “We’ll just figure it out.” |
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| Partnering with lookthinkmake. Delivered in 10 weeks, on time, and within budget. It’s possible. |
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| How We Manage a Remote Team Across Multiple Time Zones |
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(The following is an exerpt from a recent LinkedIn article published by Garrett)
Having team members scattered across the world is no longer an anomaly whether you’re a team of ten or ten thousand.
Our small team of 11 spans three countries and four time zones, but we still feel connected - without feeling like we work around the clock. It isn’t easy, but it’s far from impossible.
This wouldn’t be possible without our tools:
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Slack for casual conversation and project discussion
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Github Issues for detailed project discussion
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Forecast for scheduling and milestone management
Together, these three tools allow our team to hit the ground running each morning with a full toolbox. Here’s how we do it:
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Ensure Forecast is up to date so everyone knows exactly what is on their plate.
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Create a scheduled Slack message to be sent at 9 am local time to outline priorities for the day, ask any questions and provide feedback. The scheduling tool in Slack is key to ensuring we aren’t pinging our overseas team during their evening and interrupting their downtime.
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Use Github Issues to outline scope, provide necessary files and documentation, and deliver client feedback.
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We have a daily standup that’s the start of our United States team morning and end of our overseas team day, allowing for comradery, handovers, and project updates while not interrupting flow time.
While this process works well for the daily flow, scheduling meetings with clients is a unique challenge. About a third of our team is 6+ hours ahead of the United States at any given time of the year. We encourage our development team to interact with our clients, whether it’s a project milestone meeting or retainer planning call, but aligning a Pacific Standard Time client with a Greenwich Mean Time developer is tricky.
Want to know how we do it - without sacrificing our culture? Read the full article here. (Note: you have to be logged in for the link to work.)
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| Employee Spotlight |
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| Shannon Maylath |
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After working in a variety of operations and marketing roles, Shannon quickly realized the most fun and satisfying projects start and end with web development. Lucky for us!
After completing a digital project management apprenticeship she developed a healthy dose of empathy and obsessive organization, which she brings to every project. Outside of having the best cat in the world, she loves yoga and is quickly closing in on her goal of visiting all 50 states in the US, which is really just an excuse to try as many restaurants as possible.
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