Cultivating Meaningful Digital Space
As we all scramble to adjust to a mostly remote lifestyle in the wake of COVID-19, there is a collective grief over the loss of gathering outside of our front doors. There has been a lot of...
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Figma Workflow on the Viget Product Design Team
Like many other designers these days, at Viget we’re big fans of Figma for reasons you’re probably already familiar with: its highly collaborative nature, the fact that it lives in the cloud,...
View ArticleHow Much Code Coverage is Enough?
We value automated testing at Viget, but we don't have a specific rule on code coverage from client to client. Between personal projects and Viget clients, my testing habits vary widely from scrappy...
View ArticleBuilding Great Form Experiences
Introduction This is the first post in a short series on building great form experiences in React (web) and React Native (mobile). In this post I'll cover the subject at a high level and set the stage...
View ArticleHow to Use Social Media to Level Up Your Career in Tech
Let’s be honest: social media is in a very bad spot right now. There are privacy concerns abound, ethics issues, a lack of reputable leadership, a permeation of misinformation, and more. Those are...
View ArticleFive Ways to Improve Your Cover Letter
You’ve found a job that’s piqued your interest, and now it’s time to submit your application. Advice on cover letters is varied and often conflicting. Some people feel that cover letters are outdated...
View ArticleDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Our Commitment to Progress
We founded Viget in 1999 based on well-intentioned, but flawed ideas about how to cultivate the strongest possible team of people on a mission to build a better digital world for everyone. Without...
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How We Mapped the Journey of a Career in the NFL
Organizations often need help zooming out to see the big picture of the user journey. This was particularly important for our client, the NFL Players Association, who provide support and resources for...
View ArticleViget Designer Thinking Explained
You want your design or redesign project to be amazing, so you hire an agency like Viget. Great! We also want your project to be amazing. And we have twenty years of experience in designing digital...
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The Mechanics of Reputation
Adversity brings out the best and worst in all of us — as individuals, organizations, and apparently, even as brands. Over the past few months we've seen some brands rise to the occasion — behaving...
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Project Handoffs: Setting Your Clients Up For Success
A project handoff is a make or breaks moment for clients. It sets the tone for future implementation and can define what type of relationship you and your client will have in the future. Have a...
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Inbox (1): Why Newsletters Matter
As cultural platitudes would lead us to believe, email is something to groan about: it’s tedious, and carries connotations of outdated workplace norms (inefficiency, bloat) that modern technology...
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How We Approach Native App Design at Viget
We've spent the past two months working on Scurry: one of this year’s Pointless Corp projects that aims to bring the traditional scavenger hunt into the comfort of your own home (and your city, once...
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I Found a Good Use Case for MongoDB
The year was 2012. One of my newfound mentors was talking about how their company was adopting it and how exciting it was. Two weeks later, a follow up email told me the whole company was going down...
View ArticleMulti-tenancy with Postgres schemas and Ecto
On a recent project, I learned and used a feature of Postgres that was new to me. Exposure to new tech is one of the best parts of this job! I want to share a little bit about Postgres schemas, how to...
View ArticleInterning During a Pandemic
How do you socialize and get to know people you’ve never met in person? Liam One of the biggest difficulties of remote work is that you don’t have the opportunity to see your new coworkers’ faces each...
View ArticleWhy I Still Like Ruby (and a Few Things I Don’t Like)
(Illustration by roseannepage) The Stack Overflow 2020 Developer Survey came out a couple months back, and while I don’t put a ton of stock in surveys like this, I was surprised to see Ruby seem to...
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Behind the Jumpscare: The Spooky Statistics in Horror Movie Rankings
I really love horror movies. For some reason, I prefer a movie about an impending apocalypse or a paranormal apparition rather than a coming of age or feel-good tearjerker. With this in mind, imagine...
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Creating EcoCart: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Every summer, Viget interns are presented with a unique challenge. This year, we were tasked with developing a data visualization tool. We created EcoCart, an educational experience that helps...
View ArticleEmbrace the Virtual Conference
Thousands of conferences have been canceled this year. Thousands more have gone ahead, but transitioned online. As we all do our level best not to be physically close to each other, we don’t want to...
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