Dave Canary CI, News, Node.js, Web Design & Development 0
We’re in the early stages of putting together Canary, a continuous integration add-on for Heroku. Naturally, one of the questions that arose in discussions with the team is what to build it with. We’re a Rails shop, but since we’re starting a new internal project, we discussed investing our time into learning something new and [...]
Erin Items of note 0
Yesterday I glanced at the mail and saw, among the junk, a blue envelope embossed with an unmistakeable Hallmark crown logo. “How sweet,” I thought. “Someone sent us a card.” Then: “Strange—the address is printed on here, not handwritten. But it can’t be junk mail—it’s a Hallmark card!” I opened the envelope. Inside was was [...]
Erin Hiring, Running a business, Web Design & Development 0
Update: I’ve changed my tune and am sold on the 37 Signals board. Last month, we needed to hire some good Ruby developers. In the past, we’ve listed our job postings free on Craigslist and Rubynow, and we’ve always gotten dozens of responses. Moreover, we’ve hired really great people that way. But Rubynow began charging [...]
Ethan Distributed teams, How-to, Pair Programming, Running a business, Web Design & Development 1
Here at 12 Spokes, we’re about as distributed a team as you’re going to find. From Salt Lake City, to Washington DC, to Columbia in Missouri, everyone on the team was recruited for talent, not location. This is awesome because we really can get some great developers on board without uprooting their families and without [...]
Ethan Running a business, Web Design & Development 0
This weekend, my family and I flew from Missouri to Delaware to visit my brother who’s in the air force. We nearly missed our flight in St Louis because of a very dedicated TSA agent who spent 15 minutes investigating a small jar of baby food in our diaper bag. He was concerned because the [...]
Colleen How-to, Web Design & Development 4
So you want to get into web design, HTML and CSS? Maybe you’re a graphic designer, maybe you’re a rocket scientist, or maybe you’re a plumber… whichever way, here are my top 3 guidelines to help you down the road of the webs. #1: Don’t buy books on web design Yeah, that’s right, I’m throwin’ [...]