THE AGILITYFEAT BLOG
At AgilityFeat, we are more than just designers and coders. We are also thought leaders. Our team has spoken at conferences around the US, Europe, and Latin America. We were early leaders in applying agile methodologies to nearshore software development in Latin America. We shared these lessons in this blog through 2015. These days, we blog mainly about our other passion, WebRTC. Find us at https://webrtc.ventures/blog/.
AgilityFeat client nPulse Technologies acquired for $60 million
Last week had me beaming with pride when I got the news that former AgilityFeat client nPulse Technologies has been acquired by FireEye for $60 million. TechCrunch described what both companies do this way: FireEye helps companies detect...
How to make a million dollars with WebRTC
There are two types of people interested in new technologies: geeks who enjoy the technical high of being an early adopter or writing the early tutorials and books, and those who are looking for how to make a million dollars or more off...
MoDevUX Preview with Mariana Lopez
We're only a few short weeks away from MoDevUX and our UX Guru, Mariana Lopez sat down with the Jamie from MoDev to preview her session Design in the 4th Dimension: Interaction Design for Real Time Applications. This session is for...
Getting off on the Right Foot- Inside Sprint Zero
“How do we get started?” This is a question we hear from clients all the time, often it’s the first question they ask after signing a contract. Most clients are familiar with the concepts of Agile at that point, including the processes...
The ideal agile team is…
As a recovering agile coach*, I'm sometimes asked a question about the make up of an ideal agile team. The idea of having scrum teams around 7-9 people is well known. It's also well known that they should be cross disciplinary, and that...
WebRTC Fundamentals with Lisa Larson-Kelley
Lisa Larson-Kelley is a well established expert on web video, and recently she has applied that expertise to the WebRTC standard for HTML5 use of in-browser video, audio and data channels. If you're new to WebRTC, the simplest and most...
Managing data in HBase using Ruby and Thrift
AgilityFeat is notable for attracting clients who are looking into working with cutting-edge technologies, and thanks to that, recently, I've had the amazing opportunity to dive in head-first into researching about and experimenting with...
In-Context Communications with WebRTC *is* revolutionary
Communication has always been about "location" Just like in real estate, communication is all about "location, location, location." It's always been that way, but it's getting turned around. The first communication tool was the campfire....
Using Meetup’s streaming API to mashup event registrations
Meetup provides an API for accessing streams of real-time data about its service which can be fun to play with. In this post, we’re going to consume one of those streams via their javascript interface and mash up event registrations with...
4 Key Insights about WebRTC from the experts
This week I attended the WebRTC “conference in a conference” that was part of Enterprise Connect in Orlando Florida. In addition to being a welcome respite from the lingering cold weather of my home in Virginia, it was also a welcome...
AgilityFeat’s Mariana Lopez to Speak at MoDevUX 2014
We're very excited to announce that AgilityFeat's resident UX rockstar, Mariana Lopez has been selected to speak at the upcoming MoDevUX 2014 Conference. The conference will be held on May 19th and 20th in McLean, Virginia. As you might...
5 uses for Real-Time Data Dashboards
What good is "Big Data" if it's old and out of date? Data analysts and enterprises are finding more needs for real-time insights into their data, not just historical views into data. The term "historical data" is very relative of course,...
AgilityFeat to release book on Building Real-Time Web Applications
I’m very pleased to announce that our team is well into writing a book on how to build real-time web applications using WebRTC and publish/subscribe real-time messaging networks. I’ve been presenting this topic to user groups for a while...
Tips for CIOs Working with Startups
This week, CIO.com published an article by Jonathan Hassell called "What CIOs Need to Know Before Relying on Startups". The article lays out the list of pros of working with startups: disruptive technology and extreme flexibility to work...
When should you use the WebRTC DataChannel?
Let’s say you have a browser application that needs to keep data in synch between multiple users in real-time. Perhaps it’s a real-time data dashboard, or an online collaboration tool like Sensei, or a multiplayer game. Should you use a...
Real-Time UX: Still Loading
Interaction design for real-time applications is different than for more static or traditional web applications. With the advent of in-browser real-time communication standards like WebRTC, it gets even more complicated because you need...
Why you are as bad at Usability Testing as working out
How are those New Year’s resolutions going? If it’s anything like mine, it’s probably not going quite as well as planned. You were really into your new goal for a couple of days, downloaded a new app to help you along, made some kind of...
Thoughts on Finding a Technical Co-Founder
What do you do when have an idea for a web-based business but don’t know how to get started? Do you need to learn to go unicorn hunting, I mean, go find a technical co-founder? Finding a technical co-founder has become part of the...
Changing the Interaction Design Scene in Costa Rica
Interaction Design, User Experience, Usability … these terms are increasingly trendy and important in software development. They are my favorite part of software development and my favorite part of what we do at AgilityFeat. I started my...
Inside the creation of the Tougher.Me MVP
For the past two months I've had the pleasure of working with incredible Steph Hay on the development of her application, Tougher.Me. Tougher.Me is Steph's first web product and we asked her to share some of her experiences talking to...
WebRTC is my hammer
If all you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. I may be falling victim to this old adage admittedly, but everywhere I look recently I see possible applications of WebRTC technology. For those not aware, WebRTC is part of...
On Team Building, The Commando Way
At AgilityFeat, we work in a distributed manner. Primarily due to the insight that interruptions kill productivity and partially due to the painful traffic situation that exists in San José Costa Rica (where most of our team lives), our...
Why You Care About Responsive Design
Responsive design has been around since 2012. Last year, it was a hot topic and most entrepreneurs and technology leaders have heard about responsive design. However, there are still many new businesses that are building new products and...
Top Posts from 2013
2014 is only 9 days old and before we get too far into the new year, we wanted to take a look back at our top posts from 2013. We covered a great deal of ground last year on our blog, including our experiences developing products via...
Why One Week Sprints Work Best in Distributed Agile
Sprint length is a topic of debate for companies employing Scrum. In my opinion, there is no one "right" length for sprints because of the myriad of factors that influence how effective a specific sprint length can be for a company....