We’re continuing to grow at Refactr, and we’re excited to welcome Adam Lanners to the team! He’s joining us from PaR Systems where he was doing web development and before that he was with Medtronic doing mobile development. Adam will … Continue reading
We’d like to welcome Matt Nohr to the Refactr team! Matt is joining us from Parametric Technology Corporation where he was a Scrum Master doing product development. Matt’s going to be working on a new client product using Grails, actually may be a … Continue reading
We’re self-managing, multi-disciplinary teams. We’re designers and developers working together to deliver software. This isn’t the way all companies approach software development. In large companies, interface and interaction design is often in a completely separate organization, marketing – or maybe … Continue reading
We are excited to have Luke join Refactr! Luke will be working with our team on an innovative client product development effort using Ruby on Rails! Luke has spent the last five years consulting with companies like Thomson Reuters, Merrill … Continue reading
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In addition to being a brewmeister and grailsmeister, Josh has many other talents, like making us all breakfast. Easing into the morning is pretty “rough” when your Chief Breakfastologist is making breakfast burritos with sausage mixed with bacon, eggs, green peppers, … Continue reading
For several years after we started Refactr, in 2006, we resisted the idea of growth. We saw what growing did to companies for which we had worked and it seemed that growth caused a degradation of culture and loss of … Continue reading
Where we choose to spend our days developing software can have a big impact on our lives. If we aren’t happy and fulfilled in the work part of our life, those other parts need to be that much better to … Continue reading
A couple weeks ago, Sara and I were discussing our sponsorship of the latest Ignite Minneapolis event that was held in April. Many of you may recall that, along with our sponsorship, we designed and hosted an idea community called … Continue reading
It’s no secret – listening to customer feedback is critical to improving your business. Capturing both positive and negative feedback has business value. However, many companies don’t put customers at the center of their process and treat “feedback” like a … Continue reading
OpenStreetMap is a free, open source mapping platform that has emerged as a viable alternative to Google Maps. We’ve been working on a few side projects involving online maps, and have been impressed with the capabilities of OpenStreetMap. So we … Continue reading
