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Life After WIMP
Since Xerox’s PARC and Apple’s Lisa user interfaces hit the scene, the WIMP (windows-icons-menus-pointers) interaction model has become a universal standard. This past Hackweek, fellow designer and Chartcorps member Sam…
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Designing Support: Part 2 – Prototype, Build, Iterate
This is the second post in a series on how we used the design process to prototype, build, and test a brand new support site. By collaborating with our designers,…
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Designing Support: Part 1- Understand, Define, Ideate
This is the first post in a series on how we used the design process to understand, define, ideate, and build a brand new support site. My favorite part of…
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Building an Entire Product in 6 Weeks (How We Built the Chartbeat Paid Content Tool)
A little while ago we released our Paid Content product after two consecutive six-week sprints. The first six weeks were spent creating the MVP, and the second six weeks were…
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The Modern Front-End Workflow—From Start to Finish
Front-end engineers have gone through a bit of a renaissance in recent years. There’s been a wild and wonderful spurt in innovation that has completely changed what it means to…
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How Angular Lets Us Iterate Like Crazy
Changing technologies would mean a new learning curve – a short-term drop in productivity – for all of our front-end developers, so it wasn’t a decision we took lightly. On…
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3 Critical Steps to Land a Job at a Tech Startup: No Connections or Technical Skills Required
So you just graduated from college. Or you’re stuck in the library dreaming about money. Ok, you’re just wasting away at a company that you don’t give a damn about.…
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Things to Know About the New Chartbeat Publishing Design
The goal of product interface design is to develop a product’s personality (the new Chartbeat Publishing is friendly, trustworthy, fast, modern), and tell a story (publishers can build and retain…
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AlleyWatch Feature: Hiring Female Tech Talent in NYC: An Open Source Experiment
I just wrote a piece for AlleyWatch about the difficulty I’ve experienced in hiring female engineers at Chartbeat. We’re hoping to source some great ideas from people like you –…
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Data in Your Menu Bar—Meet the Chartbeat Notifier
Hack Weeks at Chartbeat are always a time of joy. A time of joy for trying and learning new things. It’s a great opportunity for everyone at the company…
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Chartteam Spotlight: Andrew Oddo, Chartcorps Member
We’re on our fourth Chartteam Spotlight y’all and it’s about time I show you how the product-side of Chartbeat lives. After all, what’s a tech startup without the various individuals…
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Chartteam Scenes (October 2013)
In our four years’ of existence, Chartbeat has always been the type of place that’s been focused on learning. And as our startup continues to grow, the big ask becomes…
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