26: Etch, Pen Test Results, 3 Celebrates.

2022-12-09 – Friday

Had a great day today.
I was invited to go to Etch’s Vision day. It was amazing to hear their reflections on the year and their plans for 2023 and beyond.
I’m a big fan of Etch, not just because they’re a partner but because I’ve known Tom and Shelly (the owners) for years!
They’re innovative and understand the macro and micro factors of running an agency.
I also got to catch up with Dan Thomas, who runs Etch Play which is always a pleasure because he’s such a nice guy.
He and the Etch play team have done fantastic work in the UK games industry, and they’re getting an excellent reputation. (Dan’s wife Andrea is also a pioneer in the textiles maker space, which is very cool).
Aside from all that.

We got the pen test results summary today, and the Retail App team locked it out of the park.
No significant issues were reported, and the two that were raised were already backlogged to be fixed before the issues were raised in the pen test.

It’s also Annual Stars day today at Three, the day when a group of employees are rewarded for their excellent work over the past 12 months.
I love it because 1) it’s fantastic when people are rewarded for their outstanding work and 2) they use the 3Celebrates platform UXC designed and built to send out the messages.
Then I see hundreds of screenshots on LinkedIn where people share their successes.
It’s genuinely awesome to see a system like this put to good use.