Community

Building amazing applications is nice. We like to feel accomplished. But along with that, we like to help the community through open-source projects and regional events. We like to think we’re famous on the internets, but who’s to judge? You? Yes.

Open-Source Projects

We love open-source software. Below is a list of projects we either created or to which we greatly contributed.

• Delayed Job

  Database-based asynchronously priority queue system. We added additional data backends, enhanced the API, and release new gems on a regular basis.

• Tinder

  The original Ruby API for interfacing with Campfire, the 37Signals chat application. Used and recommended by 37Signals themselves.

• Acts as Audited

  An ActiveRecord extension that logs all changes to your models in an audits table.

• Awesome Nested Set

  An awesome replacement for acts_as_nested_set and better_nested_set.

• OpenPHIN

  Open-source implementation of Public Health Information Network (PHIN) requirements.

• Microformats for Google Chrome

  A Chrome extension to display microformats

• Harvested

  A Ruby Wrapper for the Harvest API getharvest.com

Regional Events

We love excuses to hang out with other developers and talk shop. Here's a few of the regional events we participate in:

Finish Weekend

We're proud to present Finish Weekend, a concept similar to Startup Weekend, but for people who have an existing project that they want to finish. Why? Because starting is easy. Finishing is hard.

iPhone meetup

Get to know other developers in West Michigan that are interested in iPhone development. We cover a different topic at each meeting, and provide pizza and beer. What's better than drinking some homebrew while talking 'bout that awesome iPad app you just downloaded?

Great Lakes Ruby Bash

Great Lakes Ruby Bash is a regional Ruby conference featuring local talent and developers. Our latest bash was April 2010 and will be planning the next conference soon. If you'd like to get involved, let someone know on the mailing list.

Northern Michigan Web and Mobile Meetup

The Northern Michigan Web and Mobile meetup is a monthly user group hosted in Traverse City, Michigan covering a wide range of topics and welcomes members from diverse backgrounds. Even if you're just passing through Northern Michigan, you can share a desk at our Elk Rapids office and then attend for some great conversation.