Our Work
Some of our latest work
- Charles Schwab production and development
- Rails Dispatch design, development, and production
- UPS design, development, and production
- The Real Good Coffee Co. even small coffee shops can look big
- Quivium ask a better question, get better answers
- Fluid Grid System our open-source grid-system
- Workshops learn our techniques
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Rails Dispatch
design, development and production
Rails Dispatch is a feature-rich Ruby on Rails news site for Engine Yard, a San Francisco based Rails application hosting provider. We designed and developed the site from scratch. Its a product we are truly proud of.
Services Provided
- Ruby Development
- JavaScript
- XHTML/CSS
- Custom Design
- Custom Development
Charles Schwab
production and development
As a financial service company, Charles Schwab has a huge obligation to rapidly communicate to clients in a unobstructed way. We’ve built, tested, and perfected countless lines of XHTML/CSS as well as standard compliant HTML for viewing in “less-than modern” e-mail clients and with all the major handheld devices.
Schwab is continually able to engage users with touching marketing and messaging, to make that possible online we’ve developed exciting interactivity with JavaScript and JQuery which helped provide a better user experience with the user-tested metrics to prove it.
Services Provided
- XHTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- Search Engine Optimization
- Other production
UPS
design, development, and production
We helped UPS develop an application for investors to analyze stock performance for the 2008 fiscal year and also plan for the upcoming year. The application gives users key information from the reports and studies conducted over the course of the year. The application also integrates with the complex systems already in place at UPS making updates easy and continuous in the future.
UPS is the largest direct-to-consumer shipping, and outsourcing supply chain management business in the world. This year UPS has delivered over 3.9 billion packages and documents worldwide.
In addition to a faster, more efficient access to information for investors, investors have also pointed out the importance of having access to timely information about their stocks performance.
The Real Good Coffee Co.
even small coffee shops can look big
The Real Good Coffee Co. arrived as a different unbranded business that we have transformed with a unique brand identity and name, design, website, online search marketing, and e-commerce integration.
Starting with a totally clean canvas we built a robust system including a shopping cart, content management system, credit-card processing, shipping and back-office features. Wrapped in a totally custom design that we are able to update based on metrics we collect via the sites analytics system.
Services Provided
- Design
- XHTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- Search Engine Optimization
- Custom Development
- E-commerce Integration
Quivium
ask a better question, get better answers
Quivium is an online community based on the one-to-many experience of a focus group. However unlike other communities, Quivium asks one question to everyone visiting the site. Only one question?
Questions have graphs that chart the answer trend over the life of the question and give feedback based on current news in relativity to the questions answers. Our handcrafted charting system creates charts that gain value as users take sides on certain questions, the charts show the sides trends, offering helpful and insightful answers.
Skills Utilized
- Ruby on Rails
- Design
- XHTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- Identity Design
Fluid Grid System
our open-source grid-system
We’ve designed the the Fluid Grid System specifically to allow designers to use the screen real estate on large monitors and retain great design on smaller ones. The Fluid Grid System combines the principals of the typographic grid and a baseline grid into one resolution independent framework.
In the spirit of giving back and contributing to the design industry the Fluid Grid System is open source and is released under the GPL and MIT licenses. We encourage users to adapt and improve the system, so go branch the latest from the master at Github.
Our Workshop Series
learn our techniques
Ok, fine... we were our own client on this one. We offer workshops aimed towards professionals and students committed to gaining an edge with their web development and design. We have a time tested and proven track record of building great, usable, beautiful looking websites and applications. We also have a love for education. The best thing we can offer back to the industry is the skills we’ve learned, tried, tested, and improved.
The workshops are intense 2-day hands-on experiences for developers and designers ranging in skill from total beginner to shell scripting gurus. Take a workshop!
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