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    <published>2009-12-10T15:40:00Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-10T17:41:07Z</updated>
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            &lt;p&gt;For those of you viewing this, this is a demonstration of YouTube&#8217;s video encoding and HD Embed options. This is only a test&#8230; nothing else to see here.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;h2&gt;Journey in HD&lt;/h2&gt;




	&lt;h2&gt;This video is 660 PX&lt;/h2&gt;




	&lt;h2&gt;This video is 853px and is the max width.&lt;/h2&gt;



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    <published>2008-11-20T16:41:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-22T19:25:56Z</updated>
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    <title>Web Application Design: Creating Custom Solutions</title>
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            &lt;p&gt;Many business needs require custom designed solutions. Inventory management, complex business models, and specialized content management all require a customized solution to meet your needs.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Our team works with you to ensure that we understand your business needs. We then design a custom solution which fulfills your requirements while maintaining flexibility for future expansion.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;We view ourselves as partners in your business&#8217;s success. It&#8217;s our job to make your company as streamlined as possible.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;We do this by first creating a detailed feature roadmap which is used to understand your applications needs and the needs of your users. Our roadmap is used to plan project phases and iterations, and organize and prioritize features.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;From there we work with our clients during the development phases to ensure the application is delivering the expected results. We monitor our velocity during development which often allows us to slip in additional features which provide value for the application. Weekly meetings ensure that the project stays on track, and the client stays informed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <published>2007-11-22T19:12:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-22T19:27:26Z</updated>
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    <title>Why Ruby on Rails?</title>
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            &lt;p&gt;Ruby is a language, just like &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PHP&lt;/span&gt;, or &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ASP&lt;/span&gt;. It allows us to define business logic, calculate prices, and interact with a database. Rails is the framework. It tells us where files should go, how &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HTML&lt;/span&gt; views interact with Database Objects, and allows us to plug in modules.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PHP&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ASP&lt;/span&gt; have these things too. But in the world of programming, Ruby is the 20 something with the sun glasses and the sports car!&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Ruby on Rails allows us to do all the things that &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PHP&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ASP&lt;/span&gt; can do with 10% of the code-base and 1/3rd the time.
Less code means less to build (and less that could break). It’s faster to build, more stable, easier to deploy, and a &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;JOY&lt;/span&gt; to program. We can test it programatically. We can automate deployment. We can scale from one server to a hundred, just by changing a variable.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, with the standards that are enforced, any Rails Developer can pick up another Rails project and be up and running in a fraction of the time as he could with other languages.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;We have never seen another language which provides us as much promise and potential as Ruby on rails. We strongly recommend it to all our clients.&lt;/p&gt;
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