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7 Years Later: A Reflection on Nebraska Global
April was the seventh anniversary of the launch of Nebraska Global. While we spend a lot of time internally reflecting on our progress and strategy, we have never really shared it in a public forum or blog post. Like a lot of startups, we tend to be focused inward and not as concerned with how…
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Don’t Panic Labs (Abridged Version)
“And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before–and thus was the Empire forged.” – Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Don’t Panic Labs (DPL) was born in 2010 as a sub brand of Nebraska Global, which was chosen as the…
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DPL Reading List – May 19, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts – “Amidst the hype and enthusiasm about having an outpost, CEOs and Chief Innovation Officers must look for ways to create a return on investment, not just a return on coolness. If…
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“What browser do you want to support?”
This question gets asked at the beginning of most web projects and places fear in the heart of both developers and product owners. And rightfully so, but there are readily-available tools to take much of the fear and apprehension out of this inquiry. A (Not So) Simple Inquiry While I’m using the web browser in…
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Falling Short on Training Software Developers
I worry daily about the software we rely on in our daily lives. One need only look at the problems our airlines have had and the disruptions they have caused in our lives. I feel like there is significant risk that we will be crushed under the weight of technical debt in this software. As…
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Lab Reaction: Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors
I find that Cory’s main points are spot on and include what caused me to move to a single monitor. When I was hired here at Don’t Panic Labs, I was running two 24″ monitors and my laptop on the side. Whenever I received a notification, I would see it in my peripheral vision. Sometimes…
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Don’t Panic Labs Celebrates Towel Day by Collecting Towels for People’s City Mission
Local software development firm Don’t Panic Labs is excited to announce their first annual Towel Day towel drive will be held on Thursday, May 25. The drive kicks off at 10 am outside the Don’t Panic Labs offices at 151 N 8th Street in Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket District (just outside of KD Designs and Scooters…
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DPL Reading List – May 12, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Picasso’s Napkin: The Myth of the Overnight Success – “By understanding that overnight success is something that happens when you collect small, invisible victories, we have a new “model” for how to live our life…” Chemistry, not Culture – “And while companies…
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Tools are Just Part of the Story
We consider ourselves a .NET shop. Our tools are usually Visual Studio, C#, MSSQL Server, IIS/Azure, ASP.NET MVC, EntityFramework, etc. We have an incredible amount of institutional knowledge of these technologies. We’ve found the pain points. We’ve developed work arounds. We have best-practices. We have thousands of lines of code to use as examples. We…
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Just Roll With It: An Unconventional Intern Story
I have been an intern at Nebraska Global/Don’t Panic Labs since January of 2016. I work part time during the school year, and I worked full time at Nebraska Global last summer. I have been part of several different departments, and I am not even sure how to describe my job further than “intern”. I…
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