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Great Design, Large Firm

I spend a lot of time (at least an hour a day, probably closer to two) looking at websites that I didn’t design. I visit web standards-compliant design showcases just like every other designer, looking to learn from others, find inspiration, and compare my own work. Every day, there is a new site to look at and admire. But rarely do I come across sites that are beautifully designed AND belong to a large, established firm.

Today was one of those rare days. Rosetta Stone is very, very nice.

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Author:
Mike McKenna
Published:
November 20th 07:27 PM
Updated:
September 19th 08:36 PM
Sections:
Business Design

 

thoughtbot is hiring

We are hiring web developers and web designers in both Boston and New York, NY.

What are we up to?

We built Shoulda, an eclectic set of additions to Test::Unit; Paperclip to manage uploaded files without hassle; Jester, a REST/ActiveResource client library written in Javascript, and Squirrel, an enhancement for ActiveRecord's find syntax; — amongst some other projects.


Chad (President) and Jon (CTO) co-authored a technical book titled Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails, which explores the ins and outs of the ActiveRecord ruby library. You can buy it today at Amazon.com.

About thoughtbot, inc.

We are a small web application development consulting business, with offices in Boston, MA and New York, NY. If you're looking to find a team for your next web development project or your new web application — get in touch.