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5 Rules for a Creative Culture

Ben Chestnut, the founder of Mailchimp, everyone's beloved mailing list management app, posted guidelines where he grants employees permission to be creative. Hire weird people - check! Encourage employees to create chaos - double check! Keep Reading

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Weekly Finds

In her spare time, when she does not spend it killing zombies, immersing in the vocalization rhythm of geckos in her neighborhood or curling up with a good book, Shaza collects, rather compulsively, tiny bits and pieces of internet that makes inspiring work looks easy. You know this roundup should be good when a Batman poster in included in the stash. Keep Reading

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Managing Web Projects and People

As a project manager and a virtual one at that, Anita came across articles that shed a new light on her daily job scope and the different personalities of people she's involved with. As experience alone is not enough to grow, she still have plenty to learn and in the process. Here she shares articles that she hopes to be useful to the readers. Keep Reading

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Why Higher Education Is Overrated and Skills Aren’t

It is painfully clear to many employers [that there] are serious gaps between elite educational credentials and actual individual competence. College transcripts spackled with As and Bs — particularly from liberal arts and humanities programs — reveal less about a candidate’s capabilities than most serious employers need to know. Keep Reading

Projects

Launching Real Soon

Stampede v3 is the most ambitious project we have done for ourselves. But when it is finally launched, you may find it look way simpler than the actual effort - that is because the team members share the very same values that have prevailed ever since the early days of Stampede. Watch out for us. Keep Reading

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In Absolute Awe of Irina Vinnik

Irina Vinnik is an illustrator and designer from St Petersburg, Russia. I can read a little of Russian but you don't have to speak the language to appreciate the painstaking details she perfected in each of her elaborate illustrations. Her first book published recently, "The World of Dolls: Stories and Legends", probably excites designers more than their children. Keep Reading

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On Good Communication

Anita Zein writes about the importance of communicating good especially in the wonderful chaos that comes with her project management turf. Good communication attracts great clients and bring about the happiest of team. Keep Reading

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My Path So Far

Syazwan was having his internship with a data company in KL when he was asked to try out the position of Front-End Developer at Stampede. Under Dov's reign of terror, he learned many essential front-end techniques that are important to Stampede, and had never looked back ever since. Syazwan writes about the experience that led him to Stampede and what has transpired since. Keep Reading

Stories

Weekly Bits #1

Small roundup of visually interesting things that we came across the web for the past 7 days. It's our own time-capsule so when we get old and cranky, we'll be reminded of the era of awesome. Keep Reading

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This Is How We Do It

We often get questions from many out there who wonders about our unique work culture. Anita gives a sneak peek to the diverse work environment at Stampede that makes us the great team we are. Keep Reading