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Roundup: Stack Exchange Documentation, Hemingway editor, direnv, El...
August 4, 2017
Code Retreat - Unboxed Style
July 28, 2017
A code retreat is an intensive, one day practice event whereby developers try different approaches to
implementing a task following a specific set of guidelines. In our case, our code retreat consisted of 5 of one-hour sessions.
In each session ...
Roundup: emerging industries, good reads, one pedal driving, quitti...
July 28, 2017
Welcome to the team: Dennis Tsiang
July 27, 2017
Hi there, I’m Dennis and I’ve recently joined the Unboxed team for a three-month placement.
I’m currently studying MEng Computing at Imperial College London. I’ve been part of a wide variety of group projects, ranging from WebApps to building a s...
Roundup: programmer distractions, style arguments, go-pry, programm...
July 21, 2017
What should be in your “innovation kit”?
July 21, 2017
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been running a number of Innovation Surgeries. These are two-hour sessions with product and digital teams to begin exploring how they can do things differently within their teams and organisations, introducing a sens...
Roundup: prototyping, flyering, monitoring maps, cursor fun, ShellC...
July 14, 2017
Welcome to the team: Vinul Wimalaweera
July 12, 2017
Joining the Unboxed team for a three-month internship across the summer, I’m Vinul.
I’m currently a student studying Physics at Imperial College London. I am interested in a variety of things tech related from the plausibility of fusion as a rene...
Brighton Ruby 2017
July 11, 2017
On Friday 7th July, a small crowd of developers from Unboxed made their way south to the coastal town of Brighton for its fourth annual Ruby conference: Brighton Ruby 2017.
Presentations at this one day, single track conference covered a broad ...
Roundup: mirror flips, CSS grid, and 10x developers
July 6, 2017
Local Government Digital Service Standard - TeaCamp #3: Digital Mar...
July 5, 2017
As a network for digital practitioners in local government, LocalGov Digital is on a mission to raise standards in web provision and the use of digital by councils across the country.
The London Peer Group is aiming to focus on raising awareness ...
Roundup: container tips, smartphone downsides, blockchain, design &...
June 30, 2017
Roundup: ASCII diagrams, tube cooling, extraterrestrial maps, space...
June 23, 2017
Sending confirmation emails from Autopilot with Rails and Devise
June 21, 2017
We are working on a very exciting startup that is using Autopilot as the marketing automation tool. It is being designed to nudge the users through the funnel. We want to use our Rails application for interactions but if they drop-off and need t...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 12th June 2017
June 16, 2017
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 5th June 2017
June 9, 2017
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 29th May 2017
June 2, 2017
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 22nd May 2017
May 26, 2017
Getting stories to 'Done' faster: Using retrospectives and team pri...
May 22, 2017
A project I’ve worked on recently has had a recurring problem of flat burndown charts, with sprints feeling like they were becoming mini-waterfalls. Here’s an example: This isn’t good as you have no value delivered through the sprint, sign-off...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 15th May 2017
May 19, 2017
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 8th May 2017
May 12, 2017
Local Government Digital Service Standard - TeaCamp #2
May 9, 2017
As a network for digital practitioners in local government, LocalGov Digital is on a mission to raise standards in web provision and the use of digital by councils across the country.
The London Peer Group is aiming to focus on raising awareness ...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 1st May 2017
May 5, 2017
More on perspectives
May 3, 2017
In my last post, I talked about the value of getting everyone’s perspectives during planning sessions (actually, I’d advocate doing so in all conversations). It just so happens that last weekend I played a great collaborative game with my sister,...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 24th April 2017
April 28, 2017
What’s in a story point? Achieving consensus over compromise
April 28, 2017
There’s no doubt about it, sprint planning sessions can sometimes get a bit… tedious.
Lots of talk and not much coding doesn’t always make for a chirpy team by lunchtime.
Depending on the team size and personalities, some things which I’d assume...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 17th April 2017
April 21, 2017
Welcome to the team: Abraao Mota
April 20, 2017
As a new addition to the Unboxed team in London, I’m Abraao…
I’m currently pursuing my Computing Masters at Imperial College London and I’m interested in everything computing, especially if it’s related to the web. I’ll b...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 10th April 2017
April 13, 2017
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 3rd April 2017
April 7, 2017