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Surface, System, and Behavior: A Framework for Branding in a Digital-First World
This post is adapted from a presentation exploring the broader historical context of Upstatement’s brand through digital approach. It was originally shared at RISD in the spring of 2022. We create many different types of work at Upstatement,…
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Why We’re Trying a 4-Day Work Week
We're embarking on a summer-long experiment to test a hypothesis: That our business can thrive and our people will be more fulfilled working one fewer day each week.
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Apprenticeship Diaries: From Ice Cream to Code
Follow along with our engineering apprentice Lauren Kessell as she documents her time at Upstatement. Welcome to the first installment of the Apprenticeship Diaries. I’m three months into my engineering apprenticeship at Upstatement, and I’m finally figuring out what I…
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All About Apprenticeships: Engineering Edition
Upstatement’s long-running apprenticeship program is one of our favorite parts of the job. We’re often asked how the program works, why we do it, and what an apprentice can expect. Engineering manager Beatrice Huang is here with the answers. Most…
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Pair Programming: Best Practices for Teams
Pair programming is productive and fun. Well, “fun-for-work” fun, at least. Our engineers share the ins and outs of pairing and how it led to a happier team and better work. If you read tech blogs, then you’ve no doubt…
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Where are all the CarPlay Apps?
The unsung hero from Apple in the last few years has been CarPlay. It, with Android Auto, have taken over just about every new car’s dashboard touchscreen. It’s finally replaced the junky and ugly interfaces from the…
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Cautionary Tales: More Career Advice from Upstatement
Straight from the Upstatement team, here are our favorite not-so-successful career moments—and the wisdom gained from those fails. We recently wrapped up a few projects with universities, and it’s got us in a back-to-school mindset—fresh starts,…
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Learning to Learn: Career Advice from Upstatement
Find your niche, but also don’t be afraid to try everything. Upstatement has grown a ton over the past couple years. We’ve hired talented people who are at wildly varying stages in their lives and careers. Some of us finished…
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Campfires, community, and code: Upstatement & HackBeanpot 2021
Community over competition. It’s both a codified value and rallying cry of HackBeanpot, an independent Boston-area nonprofit that organizes the self-titled hackathon each year. We’ve been proud sponsors for the last three, and when the event…
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Making Service Journalism into a Product
How we designed and made Up the Block, a new type of digital news product for underserved communities. For years, Upstatement has collaborated with The Trace, the premier newsroom reporting on American gun violence. We’ve learned…