There's a rich tradition consisting of smashing a bottle of champagne across the bow of a newly laid ship as the hull slides out of dry dock into the sea. If the bottle fails to break it's generally considered a bad sign that the ship is cursed and woe to the sailor duty-bound to serve in her.
Welcome to the Webteam Blog, a new initiative by the web developers of Institute Communications.
As web developers, much of our work is often invisible--if everything is working properly, it can be easy to forget why we're here and what we do. We also recognize that the updates we make, such as new Mercury releases, don't always get publicized, and may be missed by the teams that use our tools. To address this, we've created a new team blog to keep everyone across the institute up to date with the latest web development updates.
Our goals with this blog are to: