I’m a Newspaper Man!
I Just got back from two amazing gigs — last week I was in New York at the nytimes.com, helping their interactive team get up to speed on some of the new Rails features, and some consulting on some of their interactive apps (Oscars meets fantasy football, anyone?). Those guys are whip smart though, so I think I might have been the one doing all the learning.
The very next week, I went down to the ajc.com (well, Cox Communications HQ) to work with the Internet Tech team, but again — some really smart people there, too. We did a lot with some of the newer Merb/Rack/Rails-Metal technologies — very cool stuff.
It’s fascinating to see how these two organizations are really embracing the rapid-web-application space, and still really trying to figure out ways to monetize what they produce, more effectively. It’s not really so different from many of our client work at Highgroove. I guess what I’m saying is that many of our clients have the exact same goal — find ways to monetize their core value proposition. Everyone is looking to be more efficient, dare I say it, in light of recent economic farthcomingshenancigansskis (there, I made up a word, which has both negative and positive connotations — take it or leave it).
Sure, times are tough, but smart people are still hard at work. And somehow, I’m still working, too.
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