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Alley Spotlight Series – Pattie Reaves

Pattie Reaves is a Principal User Experience Developer here at Alley, but she does not spend all her time behind a screen. In this Alley Spotlight, we talk to Pattie about how she got into competitive running and what the training process has taught her.

Alley Spotlight Series – Eddy Ficklin

In this Alley Spotlight, we talk to Eddy Ficklin about his creative side. Aside from being a Senior Software Developer here at Alley, Eddy is a writer and illustrator who publishes his comics (and other artwork) on his website.

Alley Spotlight Series – Tim Schwartz

Tim Schwartz, one of our Digital Strategists at Alley, recently published his book: “A Public Service: Whistleblowing, Disclosure and Anonymity”. In this Alley Spotlight, we asked Tim about his new book as well as his passion for teaching anonymity and his expression through artwork.

Alley 2018 Year in Review

Last year was another amazing year for Alley. In 2018, we launched our new brand and identity, continued to build our team, and got to work on amazing projects in news media, museums, nonprofits, and more. Below, we share some of the most interesting parts of the year!

Developing Scrum Habits… No Developers Needed

So you’ve made the decision to start working with agile. Great choice! You’ve decided to use Scrum to get yourself and your team into peak performance mode, and now you are really rolling. But wait a minute — you start doing your homework, and you read in Jeff and J.J. Sutherland’s Scrum book that this framework was created “as a faster, more reliable, more effective way to create software.” If you are like me, your next thought is, “Uh oh, I’m not a developer. I guess this isn’t for me…”. However, don’t put down that Scrum book just yet.