Journal

Perspectives from 10 years of digital product development as a distributed team.

What I learned during my first 3 months at Hanno

A short story about my new work life at Hanno, and how I managed to get out of my comfy dark developer cave.

A short adventure in crowdfunding. And why we turned the money down.

I’ve been looking out for potential finance options for Hanno for a while. The one thing in common has been that all the offerings from our bank (HSBC) are distinctly unappealing.

Staying hungry and foolish: how I became a web designer

I’ve always had the passion for discovering, exploring and learning new things.

Here’s why I revealed all of our team salaries

This week, I hit a goal I’ve wanted to reach for a long time: making team pay and earnings completely transparent within our team.

Why are design and development agencies so expensive?

It's no secret that hiring an agency isn't cheap. At least not in terms of your initial outlay.

Our agency billing model was completely broken—here’s how we fixed it

Back when I first started freelancing, I billed on an hourly rate. And initially, it was good...

Arnas’ story

A story about being in a rut, opportunities and taking risks. How I met the right people, who helped me turn my life around.

Pairing: a whole lot more than just better quality code

For a long time, I was intrigued by the possibility of pairing, but didn't think it could easily be applied within a more design-focused team that works primarily with startups, rather than enterprise clients who are flush with cash.

Zsolt’s story

A story about how kindness, small things and luck can drive to new opportunities.

Running faster retrospectives to help your team learn and grow quicker

It’s only natural that left to our own devices, people will get caught up in the day-to-day and not necessarily take the time to look back, analyse, and figure out how to improve. If that’s the case, you can find yourself repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

How we’re getting into design and development pairing, remotely

You might well have heard about ‘pair programming’. We’ve started to introduce it into our own workflow, and so far, we like what we see!

Marcel is a Shipmate

Introducing the newest member of the Hanno team, why he joined and how he reached us.

Eat. Work. Sleep. Repeat.

2 weeks into my stay in Bali, it’s already becoming clear why so many people come here for a short stay, and never leave the island.

The 6 ages of an agency

My journey so far, from freelancer, to agency founder over the last 4 years—and how I’ve been trying to build a more sustainable business.

Helipads, durian, angry monkeys and building websites

The team tells all, on 6 weeks of working and living in close proximity in Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Figuring out a better way to run a design consultancy

The last few months have been important ones for us - as a team, we really feel that we're starting to figure out a better way to do what we do.

Mythbusting: an inside look at remote working

We talk to Marcel Kalveram - a man who is no stranger to the challenges of remote team working - about his thoughts on the lifestyle.

Levelling up in St Petersburg

On finally meeting the guy I've worked with remotely for the last 2 years.

Creativity, Travels and Co-Working

Matt talks to our friends at Workether about our co-working experience in Valencia.

Practicing what you preach

Why relocating our team to Valencia for 2 months was the best decision we've ever made.

Getting 15,000 Uber drivers on the road

How we helped Uber to rethink their driver recruitment in just 2 weeks