Posts tagged with “ruby”
Signal Chains (beta)
Matt and I have been working on Signal Chains for a few months, and are finally somewhat ready for the public to see it. I’m going to create a crisis here to make what we did seem so much cooler:
The Problem: Audio gear is expensive. Few brick and mortar stores carry expensive audio gear and will let you get your grubby little hands all over it before purchasing. Conversely, when people post audio samples online, you’re not always sure what is involved. Is it really that mic that sounds that way? Or is the preamp they’re using coloring the sound?
The Solution: Signal Chains is essentially a way for audio engineers (or those who call themselves audio engineers) to share their signal flows through audio samples, documenting each piece and process involved. It does this by providing a somewhat standardized method of doing so.
It’s that time of year again:
Time for Rails Rumble!
As a result, I’m taking donations to fund a spectacular date with my girlfriend that will make up for this weekend of neglect.
New Relatively Early Site
Last week Matt and I put on the finishing touches to our new company website. We decided to go the static blog route, building our pages with Jekyll 1 on GitHub Pages. This ended up being a lot of fun, and I had to think differently about the whole layout process.
My Associate Cornelius
Matt and I have [mostly] finished working on screenprinter and all-around cool guy Micah Smith’s portfolio website. We built the news, contact, portfolio, and info sections. The store is just a link to his page on Blue Collar Distro.
Micah did the design himself, I mostly just focused on putting the thing together, and Matt made it work. I’m happy with the way it turned out, although I might have to redo some things in the portfolio section to make it more IE friendly. The emphasis is on might. I’m not sure if I want to be friendly to IE users.
The whole thing was built with Ruby on Rails. His blog, which is separate from the Rails server, is powered by Chyrp wearing a custom theme put together by yours truly.
Along with the front-end My Associate User Experience, we’re getting close to finishing a client section where clients can view proofs of current projects. However, this is Top Secret and no one can know about it but you.
Micah is now using RedLists for his mailing list. He’s our biggest user yet. Why not try and outdo him?
Rails Rumble Wrap Up
Rails Rumble is finally over. We finished 25th, so we can at least say we were in the top 25. I agree with most of the winners, but my top list would have been different. Anyway, it was fun and Matt and I are going to continue to work on RedMinutes and do some fun things with it. If you have any suggestions, let us know.
Be sure to check out the contestants if you haven’t already.