Building your Studio

I’ve never met a craftsman who wasn’t insanely particular about the way their workshop was setup.  From luthiers who make classical instruments, to chefs setting up their kitchens—how you build out your studio matters.  From the work areas, key equipment, to even the arrangement of storage, every little detail adds or detracts value.

Despite how you feel of their food, one of the more tangible examples of this is McDonalds. In the movie “The Founder” they explore the story of how the kitchen was optimized for the goal of producing food at the scale/speed they wanted. At one point they go to a tennis court and map out their kitchen in chalk and test out ideas for efficiency. Now, we don’t want to make fast food, but that same level of care and intentional design is needed to build any professional studio.

So, with that in mind, I am really excited to launch a new video series I’ve been working on around how to setup for success in performing web application tests.   We are going to explore basic and advanced workspace layouts, what sort of stations you might setup (password cracking/callback servers/etc.), how to build staging environments for R&D, and of course tooling itself. We will answer the “why” of each station and where it makes sense to spend money (or not) when you need take on new challenges.

You can check out the first video here: