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15 Must-Attend Tech Conferences in the U.S.
To celebrate the relaunch of SpeakerRate, our multi-talented designer Joseph Le created this infographic of "15 Must-Attend Tech Conferences in the U.S." SpeakerRate exists to make public speaking...
View ArticlePublishing Packages to npm and Bower
The last few years have seen an explosion in the use of JavaScript for a variety of tasks outside its traditional home within the Web browser. Workflow tools like Grunt and Gulp have changed how we...
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Responsive Logos, Part 1: Tips for Adapting Logos for Small Screens
From what I’ve seen, logos typically receive the short end of the stick when it comes to responsive web design practices. Take a look through responsive galleries, and you’ll see that, in most...
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A Day in the Life: Digital Analyst Mitch Daniels
Awesome people do great work at Viget every single day. Digital Analyst Mitch Daniels documented a typical Friday to provide a behind-the-scenes look at his day-to-day life on Viget’s Data and...
View ArticleHow to Leave Your Job on Good Terms
I’ve already talked about our high retention rate at Viget. However, people do occasionally move on for all kinds to reasons: 1) to scratch an itch and try something new; 2) to move to sunnier...
View ArticleAn Update on Updating npm and Bower Packages
In my previous post on publishing code to npm and Bower, I included a section at the end with some information and instructions on updating and releasing new versions of packages. Turns out I got it...
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Why the Nation’s Top On-Campus Women’s Hackathon Invites Men
All-female hackathons have become popular in recent years, mainly because they provide something very few tech companies and computer science departments can: a place where a woman who codes or wants...
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Responsive Logos, Part 2: Making Logos Truly Responsive with Inline SVG
In Responsive Logos - Part 1, I made the case that applying responsive design thinking to logos and allowing for subtle flexibility can actually support and enhance a brand’s identity. Several tips...
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Lulzbot Mini Critique
World, meet the Lulzbot Mini. Mini, meet the crazy world you’ve been brought into. Don’t worry -- you’ll fit in just fine. There are many wonderful things about you that deserve recognition. I’ll be...
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Slack on Rails
Back in the days of Campfire, Hubot was an essential companion to the company chatroom. Hubot was great for the automation of some simple tasks, but the performance of more complex tasks involving...
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The Next RMDPM Presentation: Viget
On Thursday, April 23, Rocky Mountain Digital Project Managers will get together for another great presentation from local digital leaders. This month, we’re in Boulder and we (here at Viget) will be...
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How to Survive Working from Home
When I started working here five years ago, we had two offices: one in Falls Church, VA and another in Durham, NC. Now we have a third office in Boulder, CO and a handful of employees, including...
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An Engineering Design Process
Our recent explorations into the world of connected hardware have taught us a lot about the engineering design process. Namely, engineering design is not a linear path, but a highly creative and...
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Script Persistence: Writing fail-safe, idempotent Ruby scripts with PStore
Nothing makes me happier as a programmer than automating monotonous and incredibly time-consuming tasks with a quick script. Increasingly these scripts tend to involve interacting with external (read:...
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A Day with Tigers: Volunteering at Carolina Tiger Rescue
One of the many perks of being a Viget employee is the opportunity to give back to the local community; Viget supports two community service days a year for each team member. Last week, a number of...
View Article5 Takeaways from IA Summit 2015
I’ll just come out and say it. Of all of the conferences that I’ve attended, IA Summit is my favorite. There is always high-quality, thought-provoking content, but more importantly, there is also a...
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Getting to NO LUPUS by Getting to KNOW LUPUS
At first, I was just tired all the time. Really tired, but just tired all the same. Then the joints in my fingers were swollen and sore when I woke up. Pretty quickly, the joint pain and fatigue...
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Illustrating for Online: Know Lupus
Illustration is often a big aspect of our work as designers. More and more illustrations – big and small, elaborate or simple, as primary features or supporting roles – are seamlessly integrated into...
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Summer’s Coming. Start NEXT Summer’s Internship Search Now.
A college sophomore recently sent me an email entitled “Student Seeking Long-Term Advice.” Here’s an excerpt that gets to the gist: I would love to apply for an internship with Viget next year...
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Building a Conference Room Hero with Custom PCBs and 3D Printing
“Houston, we have a problem.” Viget’s conference rooms are active. And I mean active. Meetings, ad-hoc phone calls, pairing sessions, even 3D printing, all take place in our conference rooms. As a...
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