We make our own stuff too
In addition to running customer projects and building their software solutions, we've made a few things of our own as well. Check em out.
Notifire
An little add-on to Campfire by 37signals that makes it easy to add live chat support to any website.
Notifire is a simple Ruby on Rails web-app that constantly monitors a Campfire chat room and sends Instant Messages and/or text message alerts to people when someone enters a chat room. It's a really easy way to add live chat support to any website. Very simple to the user, but fairly complex behind the scenes, this application connects with two different API's - the Campfire API to monitor the room, and the tropo API to deliver the SMS and IM applications. You can learn more about Notifire and what it does by checking it out at notifire.me
GoFind!
An application built for the Android Operating System that helps people find each other at large outdoor events such as concerts and festivals.
One of the things that's great about technology is the way it can bring people together. The problem is that it's sometimes used as a substitute for physical, in person, human interaction. The next generation of social networking apps are going to be geo-based applications that help bring people together - physically - and GoFind is one small step in this direction.
If you've ever tried finding someone in the parking lot before or after a concert, or tried to find them in the middle of a huge crowd in a large park, you know it can be a big frustrating mess. Screaming over music, texting while walking, and taking too long to find your friends. That's the problem we solved with GoFind.
Friends simply pass Geo-coordinates to each other and get pointed directly to the people they're trying to meet up with. Visit the GoFind site to learn more.
ThirtyDayProject.org
A free web application, with a great story behind it, that allows people to track their 30 day projects while sharing what they're doing with the world.
The idea behind ThirtyDayProject.org is that thirty days is a long enough time to make a meaningful impact on someone, while short enough not to be so daunting that people aren't afraid to get started on their projects.
The other thing this project represents is the importance of "shipping" - of sharing your work with the world and being open to the feedback that comes with doing so. ThirtyDayProject.org was built using the Ruby on Rails framework and has a variety of active projects from artists, musicians, photographers, writers, and other people tracking commitments that they've made to themselves. Check it out at ThirtyDayProject.org.