A few of us spent Saturday helping Friends of Trees plant trees in NE Portland.
Planet Argon loves Friends of Trees
6 Apr 2015
Vinyl Wall Graphics via Sticker Mule
2 Apr 2015
Our friends at Sticker Mule recently began selling wall graphics. Here’s our first.
Badass Users Book Trailer
16 Mar 2015
Badass Users Book Trailer from Seriouspony on Vimeo.
Kathy Sierra put together her own book trailer using stock videos.
Embrace the jargon
16 Mar 2015
Don't discourage jargon use in your domain. Embrace it. Teach it. Invent it. Help your users learn it and find chances to use it.
For years, I have been convincing myself that we need to speak in non-industry terms with our clients so that we don't alienate them. Now I am left wondering if we've just created a new problem.
Portland: Opportunities and Challenges as an Evolving Tech Hub
13 Mar 2015
in general the report found that young and educated people are attracted to Portland because it’s a 'place where people come to live, recreate, and do business—differently.'
There isn't a week that goes by that I don't wonder if I would have been able to help build a company like Planet Argon in another city. There's something in the water here.
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.
The Official Planet Argon List o' Favorites 2014
27 Jan 2015
AKA: Planet Argon's Year in Review 2014.
This year, we asked everyone to compile some of their favorite things from this year. We decided to release the results with a website (surprise!) and showcase a little about each of the team's favorite things.
Our fellow front-end dev & designer, Jack Bouba, put together some beautiful illustrations to showcase each category.
Yoga on Planet Argon
22 Jan 2015
Anyone who has used a computer keyboard as their primary tool of the trade knows the aches and pains that come with it; the achey wrists, tight forearms, stiff shoulders, maybe even some lower back pain from sitting in that “ergonomic” desk chair. Or perhaps you are more familiar with the 3pm slump? The time of day when you begin to start looking for a cookie or search for a comfy spot to take a nap.
At Planet Argon, we’re no strangers to these aches, pains and nap-attacks. That’s why we’ve started combatting it with yoga twice a week. In the afternoons, we stand up and spend about 20 minutes creating space in our joints and between our bones, stretching our muscles and breathing deeply. Every one of us has different aches, different levels of flexibility and varying experience with yoga but we all benefit from the simple action of getting up and moving around.
Some of our regular moves include:
- Standing forward bends like Uttanasana
- The first three positions of Surya Namaskar A
- Various wrist stretches
- Standing Gomukasana
These are some simple moves that, done with regularity, can heal and even prevent those pains and give a jolt of energy without grabbing a cookie or a quick slumber. We can do all of these without a yoga mat and it doesn’t even require you to wear stretchy pants (though you can if you want, we won’t judge).
Watch this short documentary about Aaron Draplin in his element
22 Dec 2014
Earlier this year, I had the good fortune of seeing Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. speak at TEDxPortland. This short documentary series that Vans put together captures him in his element. Totally worth your time to watch these.
Happy Holidays, New Relic!
18 Dec 2014
Our partners at New Relic sent us some new shirts. Thanks!