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?
Proactive: A Planet Argon Core Value
4 Jan 2016
Reflection on the Past and a Look to the Future
22 Dec 2015
A lot has happened this year, for all of us in this world. This year, we decided instead of just focusing on us, we would take this time to reflect on our year by also highlighting charities that we support. We invite you to read about our reflections on 2015, our hopes for 2016, and the charities we care about.
Brian gives a thumbs up to Bootstrap
17 Dec 2015
The folks over at PSD to WordPress reached out to ask about thoughts on CSS frameworks. Brian had a few words to share to their roundup.
Why I Ask Why And You Should Too
8 Dec 2015
As a designer, asking that simple question, ‘why?’, is very critical to my job, and one I need to ask before I start anything. Why?
A New "Recipe Box"
4 Nov 2015
Just in time for the holidays, we are excited to announce the launch of the new Recipe Box by Oregonian|OregonLive; a redesigned, responsive site that allows users to easily search and find the publication’s collection of recipes.
Thoughts on Portland's Responsive Field Day
3 Nov 2015
A handful of weeks ago, a handful of us had the awesome opportunity to attend Portland’s Responsive Field Day; a one day conference on responsive design mirrored after Responsive Day Out— a conference put on by Jeremy Keith and Clearleft in the UK. Here's what we had to say.
Getting on board with themes
14 Oct 2015
A few weeks back I saw this article from Jared Spool in my twitter feed - and the timing was eerily perfect. We were in the midst of re-examining what it was we were doing for our client and why. The roadmap we had originally created had shifted and morphed and when all was said and done, there we were with a "map" but the idea of where we were going, our focus, got hazy. To most, it just looked like a bunch of feature changes.
Building a roadmap is challenging. You know the least amount you will know at the beginning, and that is when your team (and your client) want to know what it is you plan to do and how much will it take. Historically, we've tried different approaches to make this more efficient and realistic for us and our clients. But at the end of the day, roadmaps tend to just look like a big list of features, a bunch of "stuff" that we are going to do. In the background, it's all intentional and tied to the needs we've so far determined, but it doesn't make the picture clearer. The idea of identifying the themes to focus our discussion and solutions is one I'm willing to try. It may not be the only answer for roadmaps and project scope, but if anything - it's the place to start.
Turning our attention to our main concern, the pyramid
5 Oct 2015
Last week, we unveiled the new Planet Argon logo to the team. We’re delighted to now share it with you.
Ember 2.x has been released
13 Aug 2015
Yehuda Katz has announced the new major release of Ember.JS. Unlike typical major releases, they are using this major release as an opportunity to remove features (see Release Notes) that have been deprecated as of Ember 1.13. We appreciate the Ember team's mindful philosophy toward releases (and providing long-term support in a sensible manner). It definitely helps teams like us out.
User Research Is Unnecessary and Other Such Myths
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.