Ten Forward Blog

New Crew Member: Jared Christman

Published: July 11, 2017
By Staff

Our new designer takes the time to answer crucial questions, such as "Star Trek or Star Wars?"

WARNING: Cute dog pictures ahead!

RailsConf2017: Watch videos from our favorite talks (including the one we gave!)

Published: July 7, 2017
By Staff

Ten Forward president Brian Samson and software dev Hilary Stohs-Krause made their way to gloriously hot Phoenix this past April for RailsConf. While there, we saw a ton of great talks; check some of them out here. (Read more)

Ten Forward has a busy spring ahead

Published: March 10, 2017
By Staff

Ten Forwarders are moving and shaking this spring, from Madison to Phoenix to San Francisco. (Read more)

How to Make Your Websites Not Ugly

Published: February 13, 2017
By Staff

Ten Forward developer Hilary Stohs-Krause recently gave her talk on basic UX for a Madison Women in Tech/Codecinella joint event. Watch it here! (Read more)

Repost: "2016 Recap: The Madison Startup Scene"

Published: January 25, 2017
By Staff

Capital Entrepreneurs looks back at the growth and expansion of Madison's startup community in 2016 - everything from employment to funding to office space. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Charielle McMullan

Published: January 4, 2017
By Staff

Our newest intern takes the time to answer crucial questions, such as "Cats or dogs?" (Read more)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad(works) world

Published: December 13, 2016
By Staff

After idling away the time in a temporary office for the last few months, Ten Forward is back in the newly remodeled, even more awesome space at Madworks Coworking! (Read more)

Earth's mechanical graveyard: Ten Forward to sponsor talk on "space junk" on Dec. 1st

Published: November 23, 2016
By Staff

On Thursday, Dec. 1, Ten Forward will welcome the Madison Women in Tech community group into our "space" ... as they host a presentation from Dr. Lisa Rand on all the broken satellites and spacecraft circling the earth. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Jennifer Gurske

Published: September 29, 2016
By Staff

Our newest intern takes the time to answer crucial questions, like "Favorite emoji?" (Read more)

Madison teens race against time at community coding competition

Published: September 27, 2016
By Staff

Ten Forward recently volunteered at an event mixing entrepreneurship and programming for Madison-area teens, helping them create unique websites in just two hours. (Read more)

How to write a good bug report

Published: September 23, 2016
By Staff

Even if you have a technical background, it can be hard to find the words to accurately describe a bug or error. If you're able to provide a thorough account of the issue at the beginning, however, we as developers can in turn provide a much better solution, and much faster.  With that in mind, we've compiled the following tips on how to write a solid bug report, including several examples. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Cerise Pipson

Published: July 5, 2016
By Staff

Our newest intern takes the time to answer crucial questions, like "Star Trek or Star Wars?" (Read more)

Startup Weekend 2016 returns April 22-24 to Madworks Coworking

Published: April 13, 2016
By Staff

Have an idea for a startup? Come to Madison's Startup Weekend and get your idea off the ground! Startup Weekends are events that bring together entrepreneurs, designers, developers, sales people and more to create businesses, all in 54 hours. (Read more)

Automating timecop gem for testing time-dependent Ruby code

Published: April 11, 2016
By Staff

Want to (literally) save some time? Start using config flags with timecop. (Read more)

Make a sweet mobile menu with CSS

Published: March 28, 2016
By Staff

Using CSS (or, in our case, Sass) and minimal JavaScript, make an animated open/close button for your website's menu. (Read more)