John Fisher on Atomic Spin

Development

How Software Teams Can Approach Tech Stack Selection

In this post I'll lay out a simple approach to tech stack selection I've used in the past that has helped me make pragmatic decisions.

Business Practices

Evaluating Compensation in a Job Offer

I encourage people to add up all the direct and indirect compensation when evaluating a job offer. What's the net value of the whole package?

Project & Team Management

Making Remote Workshops Suck Less

Our teams found ways to host productive project kickoffs even while everyone is physically separate. In this post I share tips for what has worked for us.

Project & Team Management

Estimating Software Budgets – Don’t Confuse Precision with Accuracy

When it comes to estimating custom software projects, detailed line-item estimates are essential, but they're not enough.

Planning Your Project

A Introduction to Mobile App Testing for New Products

Android vs. iOS considerations, four groups who should test your new mobile app before launch, plus a list of situations to put it through during testing.

Business Practices

Refining Our Sales Pipeline

We've been focusing on improving our sales process. At each stage, leads are now given a dollar value and confidence weighting.

Business Practices

Creating a Flexible Dashboard with Redash & Google Sheets

How we created dashboards using Redash, SQL, Google Sheets, and Google Apps Script to see, at a glance, how our business is running.

Personal Optimization

Why You Should Embrace Ontological Humility at Work

We don't see the true reality, and neither does anyone else. When we accept this, we become better teammates, better leaders, and better people.

Business Practices

Three Crucial Times To Gather Client Feedback on a Project

It’s very difficult to guess what a client is thinking without asking directly; client interviews have been tremendously valuable to us.

Culture

Recognizing Great Work at Atomic— Small Moments with Big Impact

Employee recognition increases job satisfaction, company loyalty, and productivity. Here are some of the ways—big and small— that we are showing our employees they matter.

Planning Your Project

Cross-Platform Mobile Frameworks – Benefits & Tradeoffs

Cross-platform mobile can achieve significant cost savings and make launching your app easier. But there are still design flexibility and platform risks.

Project & Team Management

Surf With Your Knees Bent – Four Ways to Expect the Unexpected

Product development is difficult: there will be bumps along the way. Here are four ways to prepare for and manage the inevitable challenges.

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