A little of what we’ve been up to.

We’re honored to be the recipient of four new design awards for our work with &pizza, Santina, Technovation, and Jovia Financial Credit Union.

A look back at highlights from EECONF 2019.

Happy Cog’s Project Management Team is a well-oiled machine built upon a solid foundation. But with an ever-expanding clientele, growing cross-departmental teams, and external competition always chasing us, we needed to elevate the team that is the heart of the agency to the next level. Starting in Summer 2018, we developed a series of initiatives designed to help strengthen that foundation. We started with the basics – adding structure and levels to the team. We began to define our methodology as Hybrid – think of that as a mixture of waterfall and agile! We tried and tested our tools and found what works for us. We totally re-hauled the project life cycle by introducing phases, which in turn has made the management of our Greenfield and Retainer projects consistent and manageable. Something we are really proud of is our team camaraderie. Through weekly 1:1s, weekly department meetings, and those ever-popular monthly nights out, we are stronger and better than ever!

Check out highlights from the 2019 Craft CMS Dot All Conference.

Matt Weinberg spoke about the state of the off-premise sales channel at NYC’s Restaurant Technology Summit.

We’re proud to announce that we have joined the Stripe Partner Program.

A few years ago, a fellow developer (Santiago Sosa) and I were brainstorming ways to foster our company culture when we came up with the idea to bring our developers together more often for informal discovery sessions. In the company’s early days, we were a fairly small and close-knit development team that usually had a decent idea of what everyone else was working on and what technologies everyone was using. However, as the team began to quickly grow, we realized that developers were working on a wide variety of projects and were bringing with them a diverse set of skills and knowledge that many other developers were unfamiliar with. Often, developers weren’t aware of all the exciting projects that others were involved with. We felt it would be an incredibly valuable opportunity for the team to share what they were working on with each other on a regular basis.

Committing to excellence in website accessibility is in our organizational DNA. Watch our video and learn more about making your website accessible.

We’re wrapping up the summer with an Inc. 5000 announcement, new project launches, and plans for upcoming events.

For the seventh consecutive year, we have made the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

When I started design school, I was surprised to hear my professors say things like “there is no right answer” or “keep exploring, you’re not there yet.” Coming from the world of high school calculus and definitive, objective answers, it all felt a little too open-ended for me. However, I quickly learned that with this iterative way of thinking and experimenting, there weren’t any wrong answers either. As designers, we need to be willing to share a spectrum of ideas, including ones we might be unsure about, in order to receive the most helpful feedback, collaborate with our teammates, and ultimately produce the best designs.

We’ve shared marketing insights, launched a new site for a literary prize, and added some valuable members to our team.