We just posted a position to our website today for a writing position at Thunder Data. We are seeking an intern to write articles and blog posts for ThunderTix, a ticketing software to help manage events for small venues to sell tickets. We are looking for a talented writer to…
Magnets in a Digital World: Credit Card Swipe Processing
In a traditional store, paying by credit card involves swiping the card through a swipe machine, which reads the data stored on a credit card’s magnetic stripe. The data includes a few key bits of information, namely: The account number and expiration date of the card The account holder’s name…
Can Management Understand Employee Needs?
During a conversation with a large national client, two of their staff members made the implication that their “boss”, the executive director, was out of touch with what was going on in the trenches, and he should not be consulted on important decisions.  Though I agree that the director may…
Altering Course: Development Team and Client Relationships
Today, we received a client request to improve a page’s load time while in the midst of making major aesthetic improvements to another site. When I suggested we switch gears to help the client, I was met with resistance in the form of frustration that the new project was being…
Fixing a Dysfunctional Team
Every Monday morning our team engages in a sprint planning meeting. Starting with a retrospective of the prior week, we discuss problems, successes, and ideas from individually posted notes on each topic Intended to be frank discussions, we are openly enthusiastic about the good things that occur, but our challenges…