http://flatsourcing.com Flatsourcing Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:10:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Peter and I had the privilege of visiting a new startup incubator in Kazan while we were visiting our office in Russia this week.  They invited us to do a presentation and we did a talk called "How to compete with Silicon Valley from Russia" with a focus on early stage startups ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/T6YlcfPrIRc/ http://flatsourcing.com/2011/10/14/ignition-in-kazan/ Howdy folks - We've been working for the last year on hiring top-notch iOS programmers and we've developed several apps that we're really proud of.  So we're excited to announce that Flatsourcing is officially in the iPhone & iPad application development business. We're doing iPhone & iPad apps, and want to ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/07VsQJPvCXE/ http://flatsourcing.com/2011/08/31/were-now-doing-ios-app-development/ It's a bit stunning to me that South by Southwest is already upon us. It seems, that the days, weeks, and months of 2011 are flying by as we all have been keeping busy on a number of engaging projects. Each year our U.S. contingent (yours truly and Chris Schultz) ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/GrcNYL1yLvA/ http://flatsourcing.com/2011/03/10/flatsourcing-at-sxsw-2011/ I've been a big fan of Smashing Magazine, the online web design and development blog, for a number of years now. While there overall content is really solid on a day to day basis, occasionally they have a post like the one below that provides so much value that I'd ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/Pnsm6GVyJ1c/ http://flatsourcing.com/2011/02/16/something-for-everyone/ I just finished reading over a post from Six Revisions about "The Benefits of Wireframing". It's a great review of why taking the time to do wireframes before jumping into design mockups and development prototypes saves time, money, and headaches over the long haul. I highly recommend you take a minute ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/trY--7ewbDQ/ http://flatsourcing.com/2011/02/01/resources-for-wireframing/ I have an admission to make. I've been a complete hypocrite about something and it's time to come clean about it. For years, I have spouted that having a blog for a business or project and not updating it is far worse than not having one at all. Well, as is ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/LTd1Hy0ZD5I/ http://flatsourcing.com/2011/01/25/walking-the-walk/ Hello everybody, While I want to thanks all our clients whose name I can't disclose openly and project I can't put in our portfolio :) And also people behind the scene who run the company and whose stories we'll be telling in 2011 more so that you know who to say thanks ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/hlvw4cQRKNc/ http://flatsourcing.com/2010/11/25/thanks-to-clients-team-and-people-behind-technologies-we-use/ Who doesn't love a nice inforgraphic? Surely I do, so here's one I came across recently that's near and dear to my heart, apps. Whether they be web based, mobile, or desktop, there's an app out there that can help you in your work and if there isn't we're always ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/wff_5TDFD64/ http://flatsourcing.com/2010/11/19/how-important-are-apps-infographic/ Hey everybody! Let me show you what we have in our github account for prototyping Rails applications. Here is skeleton for Rails 3 based applications filled with: Basic auth: Devise app/models/user.rb Navigation: SimpleNavigation config/navigations DRY controllers: Inherited Resources Form builder: Formtastic config/initializers/formtastic.rb List builder: Tabletastic config/initializers/tabletastic.rb Default styles for Formtastic: Flutie Application config: Configatron config/config.yml JS Framework: Jquery-rails Tests: RSpec, Shoulda, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/AsWFReaEimg/ http://flatsourcing.com/2010/11/11/prototype-application-with-rails-easily/ I came across a great post on the blog of Jason Baptiste that got me thinking about our clients and how we can help them beyond development. Our core business is in providing development resources, but as think about where we want to go (and grow) as a company it ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flatsourcing/~3/6q4bOpURMac/ http://flatsourcing.com/2010/11/09/step-1-build-it-step-2-market-it/