Using Yammer as log-in and commenting feature
Is it possible to integrate Yammer with your own ASP.NET MVC application, and if so, how should one go about doing it? Ole Henrik Hellenes finds out. The idea If I say “Yammer integration”, you say...
View ArticleGoogle going mobile: Mixed messages from the Colossus
Amid antitrust investigations and record profits, one thing is certain: Google is definitely going mobile! Recent announcements in the media have made it clear that Google’s new search algorithm will...
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One click to rule them all
Among all the things we do in Making Waves, creating websites is our main task. And we do this well (at least that’s what our customers tell us!). There are many ways to make the process of creating...
View ArticleFrom translation to multilingual content creation, or why translation needs...
Content is king, but only if you treat it like a queen. How do you deal with multilingual content on your website? Do you outsource marketing texts to a translation agency or language service provider?...
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Making Waves Technology Radar
At Making Waves we use a number of core products, platforms and frameworks, and we follow a number of set tools and best practices. This is what we usually communicate when someone asks about our...
View ArticleDigital overload and the universal need for quiet contemplation
By digital overload we describe a scenario where our attention and interactions are being meticulously measured. This environment presents no shortage of obstacles and numerous alerts flashing with...
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Running a successful blog: from initial idea to finished website
Running a blog is fun and exciting, but it can also be challenging. In this article, I will share my insights of blogging about Poland, explain how I found over 60,000 visitors from more than 80...
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To the last drop: wine, web design and the first collaboration within NoA
When the new Vinston website went live at the end of June, tech lead Wojciech Sowa called it “a miracle”. Take a peek behind the scenes of the first major collaboration between two NoA companies,...
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Front-End Tooling Trends at Making Waves and Beyond
I recently came upon an excellent article that covers the results of a survey run by Ashley Nolan. Ashley asked over 1000 Front-End Developers about the tools, frameworks, and techniques they use in...
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10 reasons why you should attend Making Software — Developers’ Meetup
Making Software – Developers’ Meetup is back with its 8th edition on 17 November at the brand-new Browar Lubicz brewery. The event has been gathering some of the kings of Krakow’s IT scene since 2011....
View ArticleHappy Scrum: A cognitive perspective
Software development teams faced with challenges related to developing software systems have switched from traditional software methodologies like Waterfall towards holistic, Agile methodologies such...
View ArticleHappy Scrum: Scrum to the rescue
In the previous post Happy Scrum – A cognitive perspective , we examined the cognitive limitations experienced by humans, and how this reality causes problems with the Waterfall environment in the...
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Risk management: Agile’s Achilles Heel?
Risk management is sometimes thought to be Agile´s Achilles heel. In this post I discuss how on the contrary, risk management is inherently entwined within Agile. Risk management in Agile Risk...
View ArticleWhy do we focus on Strengths rather than weaknesses?
Have you ever heard of strength-based development? If you haven’t, you aren’t alone. It was only three years ago when I first heard about this concept during one of the leadership training programs we...
View ArticleEnterprise search for the masses
When people need to search the Internet they turn to Google, Bing, Yandex or Baidu, depending on their location. But what if the ‘location’ is the company intranet, where these tools are not available?...
View ArticleAjaxClient in Intellisearch ESP: A query box on steroids
Following my previous article on enterprise search, it is time to dive deeper into the more technical side of IntelliSearch ESP. This time, we will go through the pumped up search page called...
View ArticleEnter the editor: English as a lingua franca
In many international companies, the only common language among employees is English. Whether they like it or not, staff have to get used to communicating in English. From casual emails and social...
View ArticleMaking Waves Polska gets fit for charity
Any charity action carried out within a company’s social corporate responsibility is worthy in itself, of course. But is it possible to combine charity with a second purpose that would benefit the...
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Be shallow: The visual aspect of text
The use of video has spread like a wildfire online in the last few years. “People don’t read anymore” has become a common statement and companies invest in fancy graphics like never before. Are words...
View ArticleGrammar, snobbery and why I can’t stand the Oxford comma
Some grammatical conventions stir up emotions. The so-called Oxford comma, for example, is clearly serious business. Personally I can’t stand it, but I know several writers who start hyperventilating...
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