13 Jul 2015
The better we understand users, the better products and services we can create. User research is a critical, yet often overlooked step in the development process. Read on for a look at a few commonly held misconceptions about user research and learn why it's more more accessible for your project than you may think.
13 Jul 2015
While the diversity of our team has improved the past few years, we have a lot of work to do.
1 Jul 2015
I got to catchup recently with James Anderson, aka @_jamesaanderson, who was Planet Argon's youngest intern at 14 in 2013 to find out what he's been up to since then.
30 Jun 2015
A brief statement on Planet Argon's employment policy regarding marijuana consumption.
24 Jun 2015
The Portland Business Journal ranked Planet Argon as the 148th fastest-growing private company in Portland of 2014.
8 Jun 2015
We're always on the lookout for new technologies at Planet Argon. One that looks interesting right now is Elixir. This tutorial covers getting started with Elixir using the Phoenix framework. It is still pretty early days, and some things seem to have changed since the tutorial was written, but that's the nature of the cutting edge.
7 May 2015
It was a couple of years ago when I was introduced to Haml. I believe my first time working with it was on an inherited project. The markup was very unfamiliar and a bit of a pain. Why would anyone want to abstract out HTML when you could just write it normally? It initially seemed like a needless, intermediary step.
I did recognize some of it's benefits. For example, it is nice to not have to worry about closing tags and the amount of typing it could save was pretty obvious. However, the indentation and other quirks seemed like a little too much to put up with.
So I went about my day, turning my nose up at the mention of Haml. Too cool for school, right?
6 May 2015
Like all software companies, estimates are a challenging aspect of the business for us at Planet Argon. Why are they so troublesome? What can be done about it? The Clever PM has an interesting and informative article about this topic.
22 Apr 2015
A very creative plug-in that turns your 'Back to Top' buttons into a delightful, unexpected experience.
Created by Tim Holman.
9 Apr 2015
Skoshbox delivers a nicely curated box filled with Japanese snacks each month and sells individual products. In late 2014, Skoshbox selected Planet Argon to help launch them on a new platform.
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