UX/Design Techniques • Dec 01, 2024 Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 24 – Abstraction Ladder Let's ascend to new levels of thinking with Abstraction Ladder, a Design Thinking method that will help you find the true potential of a concept or the root cause of a problem.
Project & Team Management • Nov 30, 2024 Stop Settling for “Good Enough” in Your Team Space Ever been on a healthy team where collaborative energy is high and you’re excited to head to work? It’s magical, but what’s the secret sauce?
Growing as Makers • Nov 29, 2024 5 Pottery Disciplines That Shaped Me Into a Better Programmer Pottery and programming seem different, but the soft skills needed are similar. Here's how I've used ceramics to become a better programmer.
Resources for Clients • Nov 27, 2024 Understanding Risk in Software Development: Ignorant vs. Honest You probably associate risk with the stock market or extreme sports. But risk in software development is prevalent for clients.
Artificial Intelligence • Nov 26, 2024 Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners: Busting Popular ML Myths If you work in tech, marketing, healthcare, or finance, you’ve probably heard the term "machine learning" a lot. Let's look at some ML myths.
IoT • Nov 25, 2024 An Effective Healthcare IoT Project Requires a Different Approach. Most healthcare IoT projects are productivity tools. They’re measured differently so they need a different set of rules for defining value.
Developer Tools • Nov 24, 2024 Vim Macros: How to Record and Replay Vim macros let us transform code like no other editor. Here's how to use them and never write tedious code again.
Project & Team Management • Nov 23, 2024 What’s a Feature Captain and Why Do I Need One? On my last project, the tech lead introduced the concept of feature captains. I found this practice to be highly valuable.
UX/Design Practices • Nov 22, 2024 User-Centered Design: Like Counting Horse Teeth When a debate about user needs is going nowhere fast, imagine yourself in a group of intellectuals debating the number of teeth a horse has.
Development Practices • Nov 21, 2024 Stay Flexible: Tailor the Development Process for Each Client A one-size-fits-all process won't work, so consultancies like Atomic should lean into tailored projects for individual situations.
Developer Tools • Nov 20, 2024 jq for Creating and Updating JSON Here are some examples of using the jq command-line utility to create new JSON data from scratch or update values in an existing JSON document.
User Research • Nov 20, 2024 Address Journey Mapping Challenges: Insights from a Design Thinking Workshop Atomic Object’s Raleigh office hosted a design thinking workshop for eight local startups and introduced participants to journey mapping.
