We volunteered at the "Rebuilding Center":http://www.rebuildingcenter.org/ yesterday.
Planet Argon At the Rebuilding Center
26 Jun 2009
Come to our Open House Party
25 Jun 2009
We’re kicking off our seventh summer in business with a party! Join us this coming First Thursday, July 2nd 2009, for Planet Argon’s first official Open House. We’d love for you to come hang out with our team, eat some food, play some games, and enjoy a lovely summer evening in Old Town. With so much great stuff going on in the neighborhood, why not make us one of your stops? Food, drinks and entertainment is on us!
Robby to speak at Rails Underground 2009 in London
18 Jun 2009
Partner and Chief Evangelist, Robby Russell, will be speaking at Rails Underground in London, which takes place July 24-25th, 2009. Be sure to catch Robby speak at the conference on the topic of launching Ruby on Rails applications. He will be walking the audience through the Planet Argon team’s Project Launch checklist, which has evolved through several years of designing, developing, and deploying web applications. Robby will share his experiences and outline a collection of best practices such as; keeping your project releasable at all times, managing staging and production environments, bootstrapping your application for SEO and analytics/conversion tracking, preparing for the unexpected, and most importantly… making sure your clients are ready for the bumpy ride.
Just launched: HeyBrainstormr.com
2 Jun 2009
Hey brainstormr! Yeah, we’re talking to you. HeyBrainstormr.com, a new micro app from the team at Planet Argon, can help you collect those precious braindrops. Stop on by to start your own brainstorm and then share it with friends, colleagues, family, neighbors, anyone!
And don’t forget to follow @heybrainstormr on twitter.
Mebane Faber on CNBC
24 Apr 2009
Mebane Faber is a co-founder of AlphaClone, a project that we designed, developed, deployed was recently on CNBC discussing his new book, The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets
We invite you to watch the video.
Congratulations to Mebane and Mazin for the well-deserved press coverage.
Obama endorsing Ruby on Rails?
16 Apr 2009
Okay, not really… but we’re really excited to see the news that Obama has, “highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions.”
image from nytimes.com
As you know, we’re big fans of traveling by Rail. You can read the article on nytimes.com.
Rails Hosting 2009 Survey results are in!
11 Mar 2009
We pleased to announce that we just published the results for the Ruby on Rails Hosting 2009 Survey for the community. We’ve provided downloads in CSV, PDF, and HTML formats.
Everyday Git at Refresh Portland
23 Jan 2009
Carlos presented a talk titled, “Everyday Git” at RefreshPortland last night. The stream is available on Ustream.TV.
Carlos shared how he is using Git on personal projects and how we use it as a group with Github at Planet Argon.
Take the Ruby on Rails Hosting in 2009 Survey
13 Jan 2009
The team at Planet Argon introduces the survey for people who deploy Ruby on Rails applications! That’s right, we’ve decided to collect, organize, and share valuable information about how people are managing their deployment process.
We invite anyone who is involved in the deployment management of Ruby on Rails applications to participate in the Rails Hosting in 2009
survey, which will be close on February 1st. Sometime thereafter we will publish the results, along with the anonymous raw data, for use by everyone in the community—including our competitors. Here at Planet Argon, it is our mission to strengthen and improve our hosting-related products and deployment
services based on real feedback from the trenches. So please, if you have a few minutes to spare, take our survey and help us take a giant step into future of Ruby on Rails hosting.
Happy New Years 2009!
31 Dec 2008
NEWSLETTER: 012009 – New Years
PLANET ARGON New Years Newsletter
December 31st, 2008
- Client Projects in 2008
- Boxcar Redesigned
- Going into 2009
We wanted to send you a quick note to wish you all a Happy New Year.
Our team had a very successful year and are looking forward to
another great year in 2009. This last year has seen the launch
of client projects that we’ve worked hard on all year, and 2009
brings with it some exciting new products that we will be
announcing in the next few months!
Recently launched Client Projects
AlphaClone
Planet Argon recently helped launch AlphaClone.com, a premier stock
research and portfolio simulation service for individuals and professional
investors alike. Planet Argon worked with the AlphaClone team to design
and develop the product from ideation all the way through deployment.
AlphaClone is hosted using the same technology that powers Rails Boxcar
and is being managed by our team of deployment specialists.
- Check out AlphaClone at http://alphaclone.com/
Contiki
Planet Argon has been collaborating with Contiki, a worldwide leader in
vacations for 18-35 year olds, as the primary Interaction Design and
Development team behind their online presence for nearly two years. In 2008,
we helped grow their community base beyond the 100k member threshold and it
continues to grow as we expand on ways for their customers to connect with
each other before and after their travels through tips, photo sharing, and
planning reunion trips!
- Check Contiki out at http://contiki.com/
Boxcar Redesigned
In 2008, we began redesigning our deployment and hosting services by turning
Rails Boxcar from a simple VPS into a scalable deployment platform. In addition
to 3 different Boxcar plans, we are now also offering custom managed hosting
packages on dedicated hardware for high-volume sites. These packages leverage
the same technology as our Boxcar plans allowing for simple deployments and
simple scalability. Combined with our new consulting options, we’re giving
our customers access to more ways to grow their sites without the headaches
of managing them.
To top it all off, we recently launched a new site for Rails Boxcar, sporting
a new look, testimonials, and more detailed plan information.
- Check it out at http://railsboxcar.com/
Remember to sign up for our new Rails Boxcar Newsletter! ;-)
Going into 2009
Our team is currently working on a collection of internal projects and
consumer-facing products that we will be launching in the first quarter
of 2009. We are still evaluating new client projects for 2009, so if you
know anybody looking for a Design and Development team, don’t hesitate to
have them give us a call at +1 503 445 2456 or contact us online at:
You can also follow us online at:
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/planetargon
- Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/planetargon
- Our Blog: https://blog.planetargon.com
Again, we hope that you had a great 2008 and are looking forward to a successful 2009!
The Planet Argon team!
Alex, Allison, Carlos, Chris, Dan, Dawn, Gary, and Robby