In this segment we explore what team members at 12 Spokes do to ready themselves for starting something new… Colleen (Web Designer) 1) New music. I love listening to music while I work and nothing jolts my creativity like listening to some new tunes. It can range anywhere from jazz and mellow (think Trio of [...]
Over the years, we’ve had clients ask if we’ll offer a price break or even waive our costs altogether in return for equity in their product. As an idealist, I totally understand and love the idea of equity. Hey, we’re all part-owners of this product now! We all have equal incentive to make it succeed! [...]
Or rather, “software development.” It’s nice to read articles with headlines like this one: “For Software Developers, A Bounty of Opportunity” Of course, as a business owner, I recognize that there are two sides to the coin: when you’re in a hot industry, it can be tough to keep hot talent. Still, that’s the kind of [...]
Check out the latest 12 Spokes launch! We’re happy to introduce The Wisdom of Others this week! Here’s how it works. Say you’ve got some friends getting married, and you want to give them some advice from their friends and family as a personalized wedding gift. Ask a question—like “What is the secret to a happy [...]
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 [...]
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 $100 per ad a few months ago ($200 for premium listings), which led [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
Our clients hire us because we build great software—not because we’re network engineers. Over the past few years we’ve moved most of our clients to Heroku because it’s fast and easy and allows us to focus on what we do best. We’re thrilled to announce that we’re now an official Heroku partner! This partnership gives [...]