Jackie and Pete brainstorming it up during today’s IDea Day at NPR Digital Services…

No finer activity on a rainy Boston day…

todd:

Deep diving into Argo @nprdigitalsvcs (Taken with Instagram at NPR Digital)

Behold NPR Digital Services’ own David Alkire helping to bash bugs during our recent in-house party to identify bugs, quirks and generally unexpected behavior in the alpha version of the new Core Publisher mobile site.

Clearly, Dave is the guy to call if you see a cockroach in the kitchen.

Note: no actual knights are involved at this event (unless Paul McCartney shows up).

todd:

@npr’s @mthomps presenting at @nprdigitalsvcs Knight Leadership Conference (Taken with Instagram at NPR Headquarters)

In what’s quickly becoming an NPR Digital Services’ tradition, our own Eric Athas recently donned the groom hat as we celebrated his impending nuptials. 

And impending they are - as in this Saturday! But, in an amazing display of dedication (or maybe too much champagne), he said he’ll be back at work on Tuesday.

However, there’s no truth to the rumor that he’ll be leading a webinar on editorial best practices at the reception.

Join us in wishing him a hearty “Atta boy!” and many years of wedded bliss.

Congrats, Eric!

Why is our own Rakiesha Chase so happy, you may wonder?

Well, it could be because spring has sprung but, more likely, it’s because she’s helping out with the WBUR pledge drive!

The NPR Digital Services offices are now looking more NPR-y, thanks to an influx of new art on the walls!

We were pleased to welcome new NPR President and CEO Gary Knell as well as newly appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer Kinsey Wilson to the Digital Services’ offices today.

Here are they are doing some Q&A with the DS staff in the kitchen area.

It was a very fun and informative session although, sadly, there was no cooking, baking or sautéing involved.

…from your buddies at NPR Digital Services!

Here’s the NPR Digital Services staff sharing the results of our recent IDea Day, a day for folks to step away from their usual tasks and noodle up and explore new projects and ideas (hence the name).

Afterwards, a dance party broke out.