Workflows orchestrate operations on Pantheon, whether pushing a commit or setting up a new Multidev environment. Each workflow contains a sequence of tasks and a lengthy log. These logs contain crucial information for diagnosing issues, but pinpointing specific errors can often feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. That’s where Pantheon’s new Workflow Logs feature comes in.
The Exploratorium is an immersive science, technology and art museum in San Francisco, CA. Its website, exploratorium.edu, dates back to the dawn of the internet. Registered in 1992 and launched in 1993, this domain was one of the first sites on the internet, years before Google and Wikipedia made an entrance.
If you've been keeping up with the discussions on digital accessibility, you know there's been a lot of confusion surrounding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). But that's about to change.
In this series so far, I’ve talked about three distinct but not mutually exclusive paths to growing up from a tech shop to a next-level digital agency. We all know there’s a dwindling future in the “launch ‘em and leave ‘em” or “big build, meager maintenance” models, but what’s next?
The adoption of agile methodologies, at least within the WordPress and Drupal agency ecosystem, closely follows the Gartner Hype Cycle, a methodology charting the popularity of new tech. Prescriptive systems like Scrum with a capital "S" disrupted a culture that had operated for years on fixed budgets and waterfall Gantt charts.
In part one of this series I covered the need for digital agencies to stand out to thrive, and how one path to elevation is to evolve their practices from tech implementation to strategic business partners. This lets them engage clients earlier in their thought process — helping them understand how to define success in the first place and what resources they’ll need to succeed in addition to technology, etc.
The public sector faces a unique set of challenges on the web: from a high bar for security to non-negotiable mandates for accessibility. They often can’t go full “digital native” since that would cut off some constituents, but the comparison for what good looks like is consumer-grade software. Legacy processes and platforms slow everything down. In a landscape where institutions have existed for decades, if not a century or more, overcoming these challenges requires a flexible and innovative approach.
Sometimes I'm in the mood to read deeply. When I edited the study guide for our certification test, I printed out over 200 pages of a PDF. I read closely. I made notes in pen. I translated those notes into Google Docs suggestions, and then I read a bunch more.
Let me preface this story with the confession that I collect certifications a lot like other people collect stamps or coins. From becoming the first Certified Professional Manufacturers representative in the plumbing industry to my latest WebOps Certified Developer, I enjoy the learning experience that comes with the process of becoming certified.