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Last weekend I went through another terrible online registration experience when trying to buy a ticket for a popular regional beer release. Over the last few years, I’ve had similarly poor experiences for high demand, online, mass registration events. I’m continually surprised that companies specializing in online registration services struggle to deliver positive customer experiences….
This point bears repeating: Atomic Object is hiring in both Grand Rapids and Detroit. We carefully review each job applicant’s submissions, and we give them a range of different opportunities to sell themselves to us: resumès, writing samples, portfolios, programming challenges, interviews, etc. Whether you are promoting yourself to a prospective employer, presenting your company’s…
When migrating to a new machine, there’s always one big choice to make: start-over or restore the new machine from an existing backup? Last week I set up a new Macbook Air and decided to do a hybrid of those choices. I used apple’s Migration Assistant, which allows you to copy users, applications, and settings…
For three days this week, Jared, John, and I decided to pick up and work from the new Atomic Object Detroit office.
Atomic Object is hiring in both Grand Rapids and Detroit, so we’ve been busy doing lots of interviews lately. Interviewing and hiring are serious business here at Atomic. We’re selfish. We want to hire and work with the very best people, who will bring their formidable skills to bear on Atomic’s work, who share our…
Carl has written about the good, the bad and the ugly of transparency, but he has always stood by his conviction that a culture of openness is essential to sustainable business success. I believe in transparency as a philosophical basis from which to run a company. The resulting trust, loyalty, buy-in and contributions of your…
Scott Anthony highlights the importance of building a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) compelling enough to steer clear of becoming a mediocre value proposition: Sometimes, though, a Minimal Viable Product turns into a Mediocre Value Proposition. A company might introduce a product in the marketplace. A few customers find it interesting (you can always find a…
Carl has written about identifying the “why” of Atomic Object and Jason’s follow-up blog post captures his perspective on Atomic’s raison d’être: Everyone at AO has a passion for pushing boundaries and questioning assumptions in one realm or another. We challenge ourselves to improve everything we touch. And we enjoy building things, whether they are…
Recently Microsoft’s Patrick Foley visited Software GR. Patrick is an ISV Architect Evangelist, which means he helps other software companies succeed building on the Microsoft platform. In addition to working with hundreds of partners, large and small, Patrick cohosts the Startup Success Podcast with Bob Walsh and produces Smart Bear Live with Jason Cohen. In…
This month I lost my dad. He was a wonderful, imperfect man who was lucky to have lived a long, full life. In my sadness, I’ve been pondering somber topics like my own mortality. I’ve been asking myself what I might want people to remember about me after I shuffle off this mortal coil. My…
Carl is the president and co-founder of Atomic Object