Collaborative: A Planet Argon Core Value
17 Feb 2016
Leadership Entries
Versatile: Another Core Value
2 Feb 2016
Some time in the last year we decided that we needed to re-examine our existing core values. When we sat down to rethink this, versatility was already one of our core objectives. It’s one of our values that has stuck with us and has been relevant in our agency throughout the years.
Proactive: A Planet Argon Core Value
4 Jan 2016
As a core value, we define proactive as actively seeking opportunities to improve our client’s products, our processes, and our abilities. What does that mean? And why is this important to us?
Why we signed the Portland Tech Diversity Pledge
13 Jul 2015
While the diversity of our team has improved the past few years, we have a lot of work to do.
Planet Argon named 148th fastest-growing private company in Portland
24 Jun 2015
The Portland Business Journal ranked Planet Argon as the 148th fastest-growing private company in Portland of 2014.
Before Dawn: Don’t fear the Sunrise
5 Feb 2015
A short story about how a seemingly harmless blog post by the folks at 37signals may have impacted the future of Planet Argon…or maybe it didn’t.
Brief mention in the Portland Business Journal
26 Mar 2014
We were briefly mentioned in an article about hiring Jr. developers from a local code school.
Leading from the base camp
5 Mar 2014
Once leadership was all about planting your flag on the summit and standing heroically for a photograph. Now the leader is the one pacing anxiously at base camp waiting to hear good news.
Really enjoying this book, which was recommended to me by Dan Saffer a while back.
Robby Russell is not just the chief evangelist at Planet Argon...
3 Mar 2014
An outsider may venture to assume that Robby Russell, the founder and chief evangelist at Planet Argon spends his every waking moment helping foster creativity among his team whilst ensuring that he helps make things happen in the studio. While that most definitely is the case, there is much more to him than just that.
While those of of us who get the opportunity to work with him on a daily basis know and understand his drive to be an active participant in the local community, his philanthropic passions are easily overshadowed by his extensive Ruby on Rails resume / endeavors.
I'd suggest you take a look at the latest interview that Omakase conducted with Robby. This interview sheds some light on Robby and his true philanthropic passions.
How a photo of Doug Bowman's office view in 2005 inspired me
29 Aug 2013
2005 — the year we went from a freelancer company to an agency.