Communicating with a Dispersed Team

EllisLab, like many contemporary companies, has a staff that is dispersed around the world. We have staff in at least six states in the United States and in two other countries. Every workday for us now spans several time zones. This kind of situation can create some communication challenges for any size organization and we’re keenly aware of how this could affect us as we ...

EE in Short Order

How do you explain to someone what EE does when that person may have limited computer skills, may not understand how a database works, or even what one is?

Some days I have to remind myself that the Internet is still a new experience for many people. Even folks who have been using email for a decade may not know much about the web or how websites work, and frequently they ...

Paul Burdick steps down, Derek Jones steps up

It’s with some sadness that I announce today that Paul Burdick is stepping down from his position as Chief Technology Officer, a role he has held for over four years, in order to pursue some personal goals.  Although Paul will continue with us in a reduced capacity, he is being replaced as CTO by Derek Jones.

They say that in life, timing is everything.  In 2003, fresh out ...

Lisa Wess Promoted to Director of Community Services

A long overdue video entry in which we promote Lisa to Director of Community Services, a position customized for all the positives she brings to the community.

Building a Bug Tracker: My Bugs Section

With the layout ready to go, we are ready to consider how to display posts in a variety of useful ways, so that both reporters and developers can easily sift through what has already been reported, the report’s status, and any discussion regarding that report.

To begin, let’s start by quickly supply the reporters a list of their own reports.  That way they can track the ...

Choosing a new hire? Ask a two-year-old.

Many years ago, I was in charge of a childcare center with a staff of 29 that looked after about 60 children five days a week. The children were no younger than six weeks and no older than six years of age.

When I took over the leadership role at the center there were a lot of dysfunctional practices and systems that needed overhauling; one of them was the way we hired new ...

Building a Bug Tracker: Bug List Layout

Before we can adventure into filtering and sorting content, we should first come up with a good display for that content.

One of the things that newcomers often don’t realize with ExpressionEngine is that the templates really are entirely under your control.  Expression assumes very little, so it follows that the weblog entries tag outputs only what you’ve told it ...