After seeing some interest in our customer base from nonprofit organizations, Mumboe decided to exhibit at the Greenlights for NonProfit Success 7th Annual Crossroads Conference. We met a lot of great people and helped get the word out about Mumboe as an easy, affordable choice to help manage all kinds of business agreements.
Mumboe Booth at Greenlights nonprofit conference
We were pleasantly surprised to see a number of other technology companies exhibiting at the conference. And there was actually another locally based company specializing in Ruby on Rails called Donor Tools. I thought our new Mumboe shirts looked good, but Ryan showed us up by having his kids show up in Donor Tools shirts.
We held a drawing for an iPod Touch, anyone who visited the booth and took a quick survey was entered into the contest. Didn’t win the prize? Be sure to look for us at our next event on October 16th at InnoTech Austin.
September 30th, 2008
Author: James
Working in the microcosm of an Austin startup, it is easy to forget that there are many developers across the world that develop in the same spirit as Mumboe. Seeing literally thousands of Rails developers come together here at RailsConf 2008 is truly inspiring. There is a definite camaraderie and understanding that is shared amongst us.This was definitely highlighted this morning with Joel Spolsky’s keynote speech.
When you think of a programming conference, what are the first things that come to mind? Jargon? Gibberish? Pocket protectors? Yeah, that’s what I expected too (and I am sure I will get my fair share of that), but not this morning. Words like “beauty”, “passion” and “love” were thrown around a lot more than “ruby”, “framework” or “tubes”. That, I believe, is the quintessential thread that ties Rails developers together. We do what we do because we love it. It is as much an art form as a science. Rails is merely the best tool for the job (right now). Find us in 5 years and I am sure that over half of us will be using Widgets on Weebles.This spirit is not exclusive to Rails developers either.
It can become pervasive in a corporate culture as well. Just look at Apple or, on a much smaller scale, Mumboe. About 9 months ago, our entire application was written in a different language and had a different user interface (and was painfully slow). It wasn’t working and no one at the company was happy with it. So, instead of patching it or trying to get something together that worked just well enough, the company implemented a compete usability and code rewrite.
The strange dichotomy of programmers working on websites that they would not otherwise use is pervasive. This has made user input absolutely crucial to any websites success. It is your opinions, requests & criticisms that make all great websites great.
So, I guess what I have taken away from my first day at RailsConf is: This is not your father’s internet. Most of the websites you visit nowadays have small armies of people just like me that are dying to know what you think. So, please, talk to us anyway you can. If you’re already a Mumboe customer, log in to our user forum at support.mumboe.com and tell us what you think. Let us know what you want.
If you are on another site and see something that you think should work differently; tell them. Behind the veil of the internet, their are teams of people working day-in and day-out to create the best products we possibly can, but nothing will ever replace knowing what you, our customers wants.
May 31st, 2008
Author: admin
Ruby on Rails is all the rage among web application developers, and Mumboe is no exception. Created by David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signals, Rails is the framework of choice for a growing number of web apps such as Basecamp, Backpack and Twitter. Austin-based FiveRuns, a company that offers management tools for Rails applications, recently interviewed Mumboe’s Director of Development, Scott Diedrick, in its TakeFive blog series about his team’s experience developing in Rails. Read Scott’s interview here.
April 18th, 2008
Author: admin
