The Visual Click

If you have been following me on twitter over the past week you have probably seen about 100 tweets about the Rails Rumble competition. After a grueling 48 hours of competition this past weekend we(Agile Nomads) were able to design, develop & deploy our rails rumble entry PeepNote!

The idea behind PeepNote is pretty straight forward. Its a simple tool to manage your twitter ‘peeps’ with notes & memos. You are able to compile reasons for following & unfollowing your peeps as well as add tags to group and filter your peeps in any customized list.

Being the designer for this amazing tool brought an exciting challenge. Not only did the design require a functional and user friendly interface but it had to establish itself as being inviting and welcoming for a possible large mass audience all in under 48 hours! Below is a quick bite of what we had to chew during the 48 hours competition.
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Next weekend I will be taking part in this year’s Rails Rumble 09! If you’re not familiar with Rails Rumble, it’s a competition for Ruby on Rails developing teams to design, develop, and deploy the best web app in 48 hours!

This year I have the opportunity to team up with Brian Burridge & Steve Pothoven, whom have been amazing people to work with so far. Two weeks ago I was approached by Brian via twitter with his idea and an invitation to be his designer and front-end developer for the contest. After entering last year’s Rails Rumble I immediately knew I wanted to take the opportunity to compete again.
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Over the last few months I was privileged to team up again with Tim Dorr & Martin Parets of A Small Orange for the redesign of EasyAutoSales.com. I was given the role of designing a brand new overhaul of the homepage along with multiple interior pages.

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Today marks the date of the official TVC launch! The Visual Click is happy to be alive and jumpin’! It’s been a long time coming for this arrival and I plan on making it worth every second you had to wait! Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your boyfriends & girlfriends, shoot… even tell Champ, your golden retriever!
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There is no denying that times are tough right now. With the way the economy has shifted in the past year or so, it is more than likely that someone close to you has lost their job. In these times, someone who has been laid off might feel scared, panic-stricken, or anxious and it is our job as a friend or family member to provide encouragement and comfort.

There is a great article over at www.walletpop.com with Five things to tell a friend who’s just been laid off. On the flip side I thought I would provide some “Dont say’s” in these situations.
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