Ten Forward Blog

A guide for junior devs: How to ask for help in 5 steps

Published: March 14, 2019
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

To make it easier for juniors to get the help they need, Brett and I came up with a list of the actions that should come before reaching out directly for assistance.

While targeted at programmers, most apply to non-coding roles, too.

New Crew Member: Fred Turkington

Published: March 1, 2019
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Third of His Name and Advocate For Humanity (his unofficial title), Fred is taking the reins as our new director of operations (his official title). Learn more about his favorite sandwich, skill in photography and controversial opinions about "Star Wars." (Read more)

New Crew Member: Elayne Juten

Published: February 7, 2019
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Our latest apprentice, Elayne Juten, is a cat-shirt-wearing Hufflepuff improviser with a master's in opera performance. (We couldn't make that up if we tried.) Learn more about this awesome new addition to team! (Read more)

Tech & Social Impact: What kind of volunteering is right for me?

Published: January 31, 2019
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

This is the second in a series of posts about how folks who work in tech can be superheroes of social impact in their own backyards. Here, we look at how to figure out what kind of volunteering is right for you. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Kyla Harper

Published: December 14, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Welcome to our new support engineer! Check out our interview with her to learn about samgyeopsal, competitive ballroom dancing and her ideal Sunday afternoon. (Read more)

Tech & Social Impact: Why should we volunteer?

Published: November 26, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

This is the first in a series of posts about how folks who work in tech can be superheroes of social impact in their own backyards. We'll examine why we should care about volunteering in this first post. (Read more)

How custom Slackbots can help foster inclusive office culture

Published: November 12, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Some Ten Forwarders asked for help with being more inclusive with their language; custom Slackbots to the rescue! (Read more)

How to make a text field's width increase and decrease dynamically based on user input

Published: November 5, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

The title pretty much says it all. (Read more)

How to add a "copy to clipboard" button to your website

Published: September 17, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Have a situation where you want to make copying text easier? Add a button that lets your user copy it directly to their clipboard. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Shaun Huffman

Published: August 23, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Our new executive coordinator, Shaun Huffman, describes himself as a mix of President Obama and Prince William (spot-on). He brings multiple years' experience with event planning and public relations, and we're lucky to have him! (Read more)

New Crew Member: Kate Powers

Published: August 10, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Kate Powers is our newest intern, and like Vickie, Charielle and Kevin before her, comes to us by way of the Madison YWCA's front-end development bootcamp, YWeb Career Academy. Learn more about Kate here! (Read more)

New Crew Member: Will LaFrance

Published: July 26, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Will is Ten Forward's newest iOS developer, and might very well be the most badass employee on staff. Learn about his martial arts skills (#realtalk) and his secret for ordering the best Dairy Queen ice cream sandwich. (Read more)

On public speaking and Lara Hogan's fantastic book

Published: July 17, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

"Demystifying Public Speaking" is chockfull of useful advice and timeless tips for presenting, especially for tech folks. Check out some of those tips in this post. (Read more)

We'll miss you, Julie.

Published: July 10, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Recently, Ten Forward lost one of our own: Julie, our beloved office manager, who passed away unexpectedly.

Today would have been Julie's 73rd birthday. In her honor, I've collected a few of our favorite stories and memories from the last 2.5 years.

New Crew Member: Kate Mahoney

Published: July 3, 2018
By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Kate joins Ten Forward as our new QA analyst, otherwise known as the one who discovers all the ways to make our software even better. Learn about her work at the 2014 Olympics, which Deep Space 9 character shares a name with her cat, and which board game universe she would call home. (Read more)