Author:
Stafford Brooke
I’m excited to announce that we are teaming up with Mailchimp and Mandrill to hold a Coderetreat on June 29th at our Krog Street office in Atlanta.
A Coderetreat is a daylong event where a small group of developers meet up to focus on improving their software design and development skills.…
Author:
Tasha Schroeder
Last weekend, we hosted our second Rails Girls workshop, inviting 50 women to come to our office to learn more about web development through the lens of Ruby on Rails.
There were balloons.
And there was coffee.
But mostly, what we found was a group of smart, talented women.…
Author:
Zac Stewart
We’re proud to announce that we’re hosting the Atlanta chapter of NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge. Space Apps is a chance for developers, designers, engineers, artists and tinkerers to team up and work on some of the exciting challenges published by NASA.…
Author:
Charles Brian Quinn
As Highgroovers slowly trickle in to our brand new digs at the Stoveworks, I’m happy to report that this “Iteration” of the office is awesome.
How did we go from having no office (a few years ago) to this?
A long time ago (back in 2006 to be exact), Highgroove had no office.…
Author:
Chris Kelly
This past weekend, Highgroove and Mailchimp helped Collective Idea bring Finish Weekend to Atlanta.
Instead of a ‘Startup Weekend’ which is a pretty common occurrence where people bring ideas to start something with, everyone showed up with projects-in-progress and the goal of launching something by the end of the weekend.…
Author:
Chris Kelly
Highgroove Studios is proud to be helping Collective Idea bring Finish Weekend to Atlanta this June:
We’ve all heard of startup weekends. Many of us have participated in one. Coming up with a new idea is easy, so is getting started.…
Author:
Jon Woodroof
The Beltline Bikeshop App, Bike Spot, is LIVE and available to install on your iOS device!
If you know us, you know we love bikes here at Highgroove. Any cyclist in Atlanta has encountered the ‘parking’ headache of looking for a spot, much less a rack to lock to while getting around on two wheels.…
Author:
Charles Brian Quinn
Startup Weekend in Atlanta kicked off last night with over 116 participants, and 48 pitches, eventually forming into 18 teams. The concept behind Startup Weekend is to start something up — a concept, business, or idea, over the weekend. It’s centered around technology, with people dividing themselves into categories like: “business folk”, “designers”, “developers”, and other niches.…
Author:
Jon Woodroof
Last Wednesday CBQ and I attended Startup Riot on behalf of Highgroove. We heard 3 minute pitches (and 3 minutes of questions from an expert panel) from 25 startups. This is easily the biggest event in the Atlanta startup community; missing it is not an option and sponsoring was a no brainer for us.…
Author:
Jonathan Wallace
New albums drop on Tuesdays, why not drop some nifty knowledge as well?
Today, I had the pleasure of attending an Engine Yard webinar, Debugging
Ruby Systems. In this webinar, the always sharp Aman Gupta (twitter, github), reviewed his
favorite tools for debugging ruby and rails applications.…