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Week #131
It is week #131 for us. Some successful projects, some not so cooked and tasty. As we always say, some days are good, some days are bad, but it’s never boring. This has been a big week of preparation building to a very busy September.
Dazzle Camouflage
Dazzle Camouflage is a interesting form of attempting to hide your target. When there is now way of making yourself invisible, the next best thing is to attempt to make your edges undeterminable. This technology has been employed by nature as well as man for a long time. It is always interesting to see where it is used next.
Week #130
Weeknotes are a quick and brief review of what we’ve been up to for the last 7 days. Since this is our first weeknote and we missed the last 129, it’s a little longer than normal.
It has been a busy summer and we’ve got lots to show for it. You tend to forget how many projects we’ve been working on and how long they’ve taken unless you track it and review it.
Bead Art
Moving from bits to atoms every once and awhile has its advantages. We spent several hours over the course of a few weeks putting together a massive bead art project. From code to pattern generation to ironing them together, we learnt a lot about the issues, tolerances and resilience of these tiny plastic beads.
Business Metrics
Looking back at what metrics we track to see if things are progressing, we boiled it down to the three first and most important aspects of starting a business.