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Recording Screencast GIFs
Recording Screencast GIFs
I use GIFs a lot. So much so that I wrote a blog post about the perfect GIF workflow using Alfred and Dropbox. Aside from reacting to…
Jonnie Hallman
Mar 21, 2017
Writing a Job Listing
Writing a Job Listing
Recently at Cushion, we realized that we need to hire a front-end dev. I think it was when we discovered that our GitHub Issues list is…
Jonnie Hallman
Mar 16, 2017
Using Feature Flags to Run Betas
Lately at Cushion, we’ve been releasing most of our larger features as betas first. We do this in order to launch an MVP of the feature…
Jonnie Hallman
Mar 8, 2017
Our First Company Lunch
Our First Company Lunch
Ever since moving to New York and freelancing, I’ve worked out of a co-working space, which is now where we work on Cushion. Our co-working…
Jonnie Hallman
Feb 20, 2017
How to embed Vue.js & Vuex inside an AngularJS app… wait what?
Since launching Cushion a couple years ago, we’ve been using AngularJS (1.x) as our front-end framework. If you’re curious how we ended up…
Jonnie Hallman
Feb 12, 2017
Hiring a Team of Freelancers
Hiring a Team of Freelancers
This past month, I did something I never thought I’d do — I hired people. From the very beginning, I always saw myself building Cushion as…
Jonnie Hallman
Mar 23, 2016
Taking a Real Break From Work
Last night, I landed at Laguardia after a week-long vacation in Southern California. For my wife and I, this was our first real vacation…
Jonnie Hallman
Feb 24, 2016
Slack as a Notification Center
Slack as a Notification Center
Slack is commonly used as a chat tool for teams, but for the past year and a half, I’ve used Slack as a notification center for Cushion…
Jonnie Hallman
Feb 7, 2016
Document Your Features
Document Your Features
Recently, I discovered that a specific feature in Cushion was causing confusion for almost everyone who used it. This feature was…
Jonnie Hallman
Jan 31, 2016
300
300
Yesterday was a big milestone for Cushion. Roughly six months after officially launching, Cushion has reached 300 paying customers. I think…
Jonnie Hallman
Jan 26, 2016
Vacations
Vacations
These past few days, I’ve been working on a feature for Cushion that’s been on my to-do list for over a year now — vacations (or holidays……
Jonnie Hallman
Jan 26, 2016
Offering Discounts
Offering Discounts
Recently, I’ve been partnering with freelancing communities and conferences in an attempt to get Cushion in front of more freelancers. I…
Jonnie Hallman
Jan 20, 2016
Waves of Traffic
This weekend, Cushion’s expenses page made its way to the top of Hacker News, claiming the #1 spot for the day. I knew something was up…
Jonnie Hallman
Jan 12, 2016
Less Blogging, More Journaling
Reading through this journal recently, I realized that it has slowly transitioned from daily thoughts into well-considered blog posts. I’m…
Jonnie Hallman
Jan 9, 2016
Retention Through Useful Features
Retention Through Useful Features
Jonnie Hallman
Dec 14, 2015
The Onboarding Checklist
The Onboarding Checklist
Jonnie Hallman
Oct 10, 2015
Spreading the Word
Spreading the Word
Jonnie Hallman
Sep 16, 2015
From Beta to Launch — The Subdomain
From Beta to Launch — The Subdomain
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
From Beta to Launch — Sign up
From Beta to Launch — Sign up
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
From Beta to Launch — Messaging
From Beta to Launch — Messaging
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
Launch
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
Authenticating with 3rd Party Services
Authenticating with 3rd Party Services
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
Intro to Integrations
Intro to Integrations
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
Inspiration vs Imitation
Inspiration vs Imitation
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
The Emotional Rollercoaster
Jonnie Hallman
Aug 28, 2015
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