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A Simple Device Diagram for Responsive Design Planning

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At Metal Toad we're big fans of responsive design, but a common snag in the responsive planning process comes when choosing what device widths to design to. Just yesterday we had a big internal debate over what the best widths to design to are for 3 layout sites, 4 layout sites, etc. I'll get to our conclusions below, but another important distinction to call out is that for each layout there are two things to consider: what the pixel width range for a specific layout should be, and what pixel width the designer should create the PSDs at. Read More…

Takeaways from Curve Fitting for Project Estimation

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The recent blog post, "A MOET and POET Curve-Fitting Approach to Project Management & Meeting Time Estimation" details my investigation into historical data to see what sorts of projects tended to have increased project management and meeting time. Our guess was that project timeline relative to project scope could heavily influence the overhead in terms of meetings and PM required. I was able to verify the hypothesis with our own project data and came up with two new theories that need some outside validation before I'd consider them laws by any stretch of the imagination, MOET and POET. Read More…

Metal Toad's New Offices - A First Look!

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In case you missed the news, we've officially moved to our new office at 3rd and Salmon! We're back up and running after an overnight move, but there is still plenty of unpacking to complete. We're already enjoying having a great deal more space to work with than at the previous office. Next up will be a build-out of the space to make it more functional and fun! We'll eventually have an entry area complete with foosball table, multiple conference rooms, a kitchen, "caves" to go hide in away from the crowd to focus and get work done, multiple offices, and of course the developer pit. Here's a first-look at the new space, and we'll be sure to do a before-and-after once we have it tidied up and built out. Read More…

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PNW Drupal Summit Session: Getting Paid & Adding Value in Discovery

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This session led by Sean Larkin and Andrea Burton of ThinkShout looked at how to avoid competing for RFPs by instead partnering with potential clients in a paid discovery phase to help them scope their exact needs and in turn have a leg up on the competition to win the project. Read on for some presentation highlights and takeaways. Read More…

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