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January JavaScript Meetup in Philly
In January 2020, I attended my first JavaScript Meetup in Philadelphia at the office of Sidecar, a company specializing in e-commerce. It was on the first day of my trip to the US, and I was quite tired, so I forgot to take photos of the event, which I now regret. The speakers were exciting, and the crowd young and engaged. I was utterly surprised to discover that the first speaker at the Meetup was Jonathan Belcher (aka JB) from Automattic Inc. of WordPress fame. Having no idea the company was in any way connected to JavaScript, I initially thought that I was mixing things up. However, I soon recognized Read more
DrupalCampBaltics 2019
This month, I was invited to speak at the biggest Drupal event in the Baltic Region, the DrupalCampBaltics 2019, held in Latvia’s capital, Riga. My presentation on Solution Engineering: How it can help sell discovery and holistic estimating was my first experience discussing a non-tech topic in a public setting. I talked about our work on the discovery phase in Sprint 0 and offered some ideas on how it could be made valuable for our clients. It was great to see many in the audience who had already had a similarly successful experience. Outside of the conference, I found Riga to be a very comfortable and friendly city with excellent Read more
WordCamp Kyiv 2019
Earlier this month, our team took part in the biggest WordPress event in Ukraine, the WordCamp 2019, which was held at the DEPO Conference Hall in Kyiv. The Camp attracted a number of leading Easter European agencies specialized in WordPress development and featured many prominent presentations. We are grateful to the organizers for the chance to lead one of the sessions and talk about our approach to marketing sites setup. “While Gutenberg UX has emerged as the most popular tool for marketing website construction, it does have some weaknesses, which can render alternative solutions more cost-efficient,” said our Solution Engineer and CMS Practice Manager Vas Jaremchuk at the opening of Read more
Speed & Function 4th of July Celebrations
Speed and Function teams in different parts of the world celebrated Independence Day on July 4th. The pleasure of these events pulls us together, even though some of us are far apart. Everyone had a lot of fun relaxing: enjoying delicious food, outdoor activities, as well as each other’s company! Some of us attended a wake park where we enjoyed wakeboarding with ramps & rails available to try out a lot of tricks. Some enjoyed boating, and traveling. At the end of the day we shared news, discussed each other’s hobbies, and got to know team members better over a delicious dinner. We have returned to work full of energy Read more
Testimonial From an E-commerce Company
Encore Editions is women-owned, artist-run, online fine art company providing custom prints, framed and unframed, of classic and historic artwork on canvas, paper, poster and even note cards. We have struggled for several years to find the right team for building and maintaining our website. With the other companies we’ve tried we either ran into skyrocketing prices, inefficient functionalities that inevitably damaged our Google ranking, terrible, even sometimes outright rude customer service, sub-par development that we then had to pay for again to fix or improve, and sometimes it was a combination of many of these at once. Any development company can promise up and down that they understand and Read more
Speed&Function Team’s Combined Celebration
Speed&Function had an awesome celebration of the holiday among the colleagues, ex-colleagues, close people whom we are always glad to see! We had an absolutely wonderful time full of sincere communication, joy & fun! Read more
Meet Speed & Function at DrupalEurope!
Next week, Europe’s Drupal community will gather in Germany for the biggest event of the year — DrupalEurope. More than a conference, this event brings together over 1600 attendees to discuss the latest tech developments, solve complex challenges, and contribute to Drupal’s continual improvement. Beyond attendance, the Speed & Function team looks forward to contributing our Drupal knowledge in our session, Fields, Bricks, Paragraphs, etc… What’s the next? Media Driven Content Architecture. We’re honored and excited to be presenting, as there’s no better way to ensure true understanding of a concept as teaching it. If you’re attending DrupalEurope and interact with media in Drupal, we highly recommend attending our session on Read more
Building Sandcastles to Build a Stronger Team
As our US-based team celebrated Independence Day last week, our European team decided to get in on the fun with a team-wide beach party. Laughter was all around as the team and their families spent the day under the rays of summer sun. Complete with an adrenaline spiking banana boat ride, the friendly competition of a beach volleyball tournament, it was an unforgettable team building experience! Being a predominantly remote team, culture-building activities are a major value-add; whether they’re casual happy hour in a Philadelphia beer garden or a full out European beach party. Collaborating across time zones isn’t always easy so, getting to know each other outside of the Read more
Kyiv Drupal Camp 2018
The world of development is constantly in flux. There are always new tools, tricks, and frameworks to learn so staying on top of industry news and events are key in order to keep your skills sharp. Last month, our Drupal team attended Kyiv Drupal Camp 2018 to see how other developers are using the open source software, share how we work on the platform, and see what new skills we could glean for our own projects. I highly recommend development meetups as they motivate you to increase your technical knowledge, tap into industry trends, and of course, are great opportunities to contribute to the development community. Kyiv Drupal Camp was Read more