Future Wonder's home college team, the Indiana Hoosiers, are heading to the College Football Playoffs! It has been an amazing season in which they were originally picked to finish next to last in the Big Ten Conference, but instead are one of four teams from that conference to receive a bid to the newly expanded playoffs. They'll play Notre Dame Friday, December 20th in South Bend.

The Hoosiers have an 11-1 record with their only loss being on the road at then ranked #2 Ohio State. On average they have blown out all of the teams they beat by 33 points! They actually ended up tying Penn State's record in the conference, but Penn State got the bid to the conference championship on the 2nd tie-breaker.

As of this post, Indiana is a 7.5 point underdog to the Irish. A win in South Bend would earn the Hoosiers a trip to The Sugar Bowl where they would face The University of Georgia, who is the SEC Champion. That game would be a quarterfinal game for the playoff.

Never Daunted!

No, really, we had to look it up. RTO is short for "Return To Office". Many organizations are seeing a push for employees to return to the office in 2025 and we can't help but ask; "why?". Future Wonder is proud of our "work from wherever you are" culture which we embraced from our launch in May 2016. If you have an internet connection and a computer you can be a productive member of our team. Not only is your location for work flexible, but so are the hours.

Be sure to look for new opportunities with Future Wonder coming on our jobs page in the near future.

Have you checked out Bluesky yet? Nearly 25 million users are now on BlueSky and the growth is accelerating. We joined earlier this year and you can find us by our user name "futurewonder.bsky.social".

We plan on using BlueSky for our latest updates about event, jobs, and new products. We'll also have a lot of entertainment there too! We hope to see you there as we explore this new way to connect with you.

This conference is smaller than it used to be pre pandemic, but has many of the key exchanges and vendors in the global Traditional Finance (TradFi) space, with a bit of Blockchain related tech thrown in for good measure. We will be speaking with many of the attendees as we come up to speed on the latest developments in the TradFi our clients. Contact us here to find out more on how Future Wonder can assist you in the TradFi and Blockchain space.

Do you ever think about how to keep all of your ideas for a website or digital product straight? How does a designer or a developer determine how your website or app should look and act? We use what are called "user stories". These are statements of what the user of the website should be able to do. Here are a few examples:

• As a user, I want to have a login with a password so that my account is protected.
• As a user, I want to update product quantities so I can control the amount of product to be ordered.
• As an administrator, I want to be able to see recent orders so that I can monitor changes.

Usually, this is one of the first steps we take when we begin designing a website or digital solution. We want to collect every interaction that different types of users will have. Note that the stories don't specify UI / UX - design is the next step in the process.

Great user stories allow us to keep track of all features needed to create your digital solution. Budgets are not unlimited; user stories are a great tool for prioritization for initial builds of products.

More than half of web traffic is mobile! Our phones (and tablets) are powerful tools and using apps makes them even more useful. We have a team of developers that can take your idea and create a widely distributable app.

One client we've helped is Soloist. They had an idea, but needed a larger development team to make their app really sing. We identified potential problems, integrated with their team and tested their app to ensure a positive experience for their users.

Be sure to check out our the mobile section of our site to see more about Soloist and how we can help with your mobile application idea!