2009.04.27

Setting Up A Design and Development Environment

Having recently had to go through the pains of resetting up a new development environment for my design and web dev work, I documented the process for beginner linux users to get  LAMP + Rails setup using Ubuntu 9.04 over on my blog.

we create web experiences

.: design

We spend a lot of time thinking about design.

We have heated discussions about standards and we comment to each other on the usability of major sites. In short, we care about design.

We strive to create modern and clean designs using only the most standards compliant methods, and because of this, our code scales well, runs fast, and is very easy to maintain. Most importantly, our websites are beautiful. See for yourself.

.: develop

We make websites in modern frameworks like Ruby on Rails.

We never reinvent the wheel, and often use existing open source components for a fast development cycle using agile development techniques to deliver products that are not only bug free and complete, but very closely aligned with customer requirements.

We work with you throughout the development cycle to ensure that the final product is exactly what you imagined.

.: manage

We know web hosting and administration, because we have to do it for ourselves.

We like getting our hands dirty, so we run our own back ends on our public projects, and we can bring that experience and knowledge to your project for release or maintenance cycles. We are also skilled data practictioners and can migrate you to newer systems, different data structures, and more.