• High level of capability with regards to HTML, JavaScript & CSS
• Good understanding and appreciation of the user experience
• Ruby – this is what we do most of our stuff in
• TDD/BDD – this is how we work
• Nix Savvy
• Leadership skills – We want you to build a great team
• Git

You’ll start by pairing with us and you’ll work with the Betribes guys to set the direction for the site in the future. You can find more information in this document. Please send us an e-mail at info at 80beans dot com if you’re interested!

As always: If you’re a recruitment agency, please don’t bother us.

We offer a competitive salary, fun co-workers & great lunches. Please contact us if you’d like to work with us!

If you’re a recruitment agency, please don’t bother us.

UPDATE: We found someone, more on that in a future post.

We developed the new online shop for beachwear retailer Shiwi, as requested by SisterAct. It uses a custom front-end and the generic back-end we developed for shops like this (which is under on-going development). We used it for LaDress too.

To promote the website, Shiwi has sent a mailing to over 5,000,000 Dutch households.

Credits
Client: SisterAct
End client: Shiwi
We did: Ruby on Rails for front-end & shop back-end

SisterAct asked us to develop the new website for LaDress, the online shop for Simone van Trojen’s excellent line of dresses and accessories. It includes an extensive back-office system to keep track of orders, stock, suppliers, etc and custom front-end.

Credits
Client: SisterAct
End client: LaDress
We did: HTML, CSS, JavaScript & Ruby on Rails

Sometimes I run fast when I feel like it, but if I increase the pace I shorten the amount of time I run, the point being to let the exhilaration I feel at the end of each run carry over to the next day. This is the same sort of tack I find necessary when writing a novel. I stop every day right at the point where I feel I can write more. Do that and the next day’s work goes suprisingly smoothly.  I think Ernest Hemingway did something like that. To keep on going you have to keep up the rhythm. This is the important thing for longterm projects. Once you set the pace, the rest will follow. The problem is getting the flywheel to at a set speed – and to get to that point takes as much concentration and effort as you can manage.

We’re working on a few very longterm projects and it’s always a problem to keep making steady progress during all phases. Especially in the middle when the excitement level goes down and the goal seems to be far away. I’m going to try this idea and report back about it later.

Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, 7 to 11 pm.