The Day to Day
Resources
As a company, we have a tendency to throw people in the deep end and see if they can swim. Our business is fast-paced so the traits that allow someone to thrive in that kind of situation are necessary, but we can at least take the alligators out of the deep-end.
Where Stuff Goes and Where to Find It Again
We have different places where documents and notes can go. Rather than just throwing stuff on the floor like my 7 year old, let’s organize it.
The Guidelines
You are here. The Guidelines site serves a few purposes:
- It’s a public repository for how we do things
- It demonstrates what we do and how
- It helps with onboarding
So, if a document fits into any of those categories, then add it and publish it. The final published product should be high quality and have gone through the pull-request and code review process so that multiple sets of eyes have seen it.
The Shared Google Drive
We have our own space in Google Drive, TW Dev. Google Docs and apps are a great way to collaborate on documentation and other writings that are not quite appropriate for publishing here on The Guidelines. Some examples include:
- Guides or other information commonly shared with clients.
- Documentation about processes that haven’t been published to Guidelines, yet. (Once these have been published to Guidelines, the document should be archived in Drive.)
- Internal documentation, such as client information that should not be shared.
- Slide decks from presentations given at meetings, meetups, and conferences.
- Running lists for meeting notes.
- Silly things like how each person pronounces ‘GIF’ and who prefers emacs over vim.
You are encouraged to add documents here, but it is up to all of us to keep it organized. This folder is shared with the whole dev team, but is findable by the company at large, so mind the permissions tab on the spreadsheet where we detail the weaknesses of upper management and how to exploit them.
Basecamp
Basecamp is the communications and project management tool we use in our day to day work. There are two development centric Teams to participate in. #Dev is the main development group and there is a Developer & Design Team to collaborate with the Design team.
Campfires in Basecamp are for chatting, but due to the nature of chat, are not the place for conversations that need to have a more permanent history. Use a Message Board to discuss an important or specific topic. If it proves fruitful enough, these topics might be turned into Guidelines, blog posts, or something similar.