When we started Viget, we wanted to offer the best health care benefits we possibly could. We didn't want to just make it available, we wanted to pay for it -- so, we've always covered 100% of the premiums, even in the lean years. What's more, we've always had great appreciation for the spouses who put up with us, so we've covered them 100% as well.
In part, it's been a way to compete for the caliber of talent we hire. More importantly, though, it's been an opportunity to reflect our values and long-term commitment to the Viget team.
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In the summer of 2009 she was starting her design career as a web design intern at Viget Labs. This month, Viget's own Blair Culbreth is featured as FullBleed magazine's Fresh Face.
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The Washington Business Journal is honoring forty of the most impressive, influential, and successful business leaders under the age of forty in the Washington metro area. Their "40 Under 40" list was made public Friday and we are pleased to see Brian Williams, our fearless leader and CEO, on the list. Brian is known around the Lab, among our clients, and in the community at large for his integrity, hard work, and dedication. He (and his brother, Andy) have spent ten years building Viget, a place where we love our jobs and get to do awesome work, and it comes as no surprise that the WBJ would recognize him for his accomplishments.
I asked Brian how he felt about the nomination and he said, "It feels great to be honored by the Business Journal. It has been a really busy, productive year and I appreciate the chance to step back and share stories with some peers in the area. I'm looking forward to the event at the end of October." The awards ceremony will be at Lucky Strike in Gallery Place --- Brian didn't comment on how well he thought he would fare with the bowling competition.
Way to go, Barn. We're proud of you!
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Two of my awesome colleagues are making Viget proud by speaking at RailsConf next month. Web Developer Tony Pitale will present "User Behavior Tracking with Google Analytics, Garb, and Vanity." Tony will review some tricky Analytics scenarios, show how to get the data back from Google Analytics, and compare the data with A/B test information collected in Vanity. Tony told me he is "excited to share what's I've learned doing an Analytics project at Viget," and we're excited for him.
Development Director Clinton R. Nixon will present "Migrating Plugins and Gems to Rails 3." Clinton's talk is also based on some recent work done around the office and he, too, is looking forward to sharing his knowledge and experience. "Speaking at RailsConf is an honor and it will be fun share my growing excitement for Rails 3. I hope to share a helpful tip or two, as well. "
RailsConf is in Baltimore, MD, this year -- just a short ride from our HQ office in Falls Church, VA. I won't be attending, but a lot of our development team will be. Get in touch if you're in town for the conference and we should know you.
Congrats, Tony and Clinton!
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We were brimming with pride on Monday when our own Mindy Wagner got the spotlight on WebM.ag. If you haven't read the interview, you should check it out. She gives some good tips and divulges a few personal details, which is always fun. I am lucky enough to work with Mindy every day in our Durham office and even I learned some new stuff.
Personal details aside, however, the favorite line around the office was by far, "... her name is frequently mentioned as one of the top female Web Designers in the world ..." Word.
Congrats, Mindy!
Our CEO, Brian Williams, is headed to Raleigh, NC later this week to take part in the 2nd annual Internet Summit. The conference will "showcase and promote forward thinking and thought leadership on
topics related to the internet economy and web oriented technologies." Brian has been asked to moderate the Search Marketing panel discussion, which will include speakers from eMarketer, Mircrosoft, Triangle Direct Media, and Coalmarch Productions.
Brian comes south pretty often to hang out with those of us who work at Viget's Durham office, connect with clients, and spark new relationships whenever possible. We're always glad to see him.
For more information about the panel, check out the event site. If you attend the panel and you'd like to comment on the content or presentation, please rate the talk on SpeakerRate. While you're at it, come chat with Brian in person -- he's a friendly guy!
The big news around Viget this week is that Ben Scofield will co-chair RailsConf with Chad Fowler next June. Isn't that awesome? I caught up with Ben and asked him how it feels to be a celebrity.
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757 Studio is coming up on November 5th in Hampton Roads, VA (where the area code is 757). This is a one-day conference put together by Ken Collins of the Hampton Roads Ruby and Objective-C Users Groups that has a broad appeal for developers, interactive agencies, and start-up types. The event sold out almost immediately, probably due to the stellar line-up of speakers. Andy Hunt, Jamie Pinkham, and Viget's own Clinton R. Nixon will speak to the fifty attendees. Clinton - who has a reputation for giving very engaging presentations - will present his talk, "The Joy of Ruby."
Clinton was telling me about his talk. It sounds like he'll cover the basics of Ruby and some colorful details about the Ruby community. He also said, "I get to talk about why we chose Ruby at Viget. I'll also try to show people how they could develop faster by using Ruby and write better quality code using some practices from the Ruby community, too." I can attest - he's really looking forward to it. He did not say, "The 919 will be representing at the 757," but I wish he had!
We love the Rails Rumble at Viget. What's not to love? 48 fun-filled, creative hours to build a fully-functioning web app? Community voting and cool prizes? It's a dream come true for us (so much so that the Rumble was one of the key inspirations for us to start Pointless Corp.)
We've participated in both of the previous contests and we're looking forward to this year's Rumble on August 22nd and 23rd. We are particularly excited this year to have an inside guy announce that our very own Ben Scofield will be foregoing the competiton and joining the Rumble's panel of expert judges. After winning Best Solo Project two years in a row, Ben proved himself as an expert, indeed. Several other Viget developers and designers will be camping out in the office next weekend to compete. While we've been told that Ben will not have enough influence to secure their victory, we're confident that they'll come up with something awesome.
"I'm excited to see what will come out of the Rumble this year," Ben said. Good luck to all you Rumblers out there and if you're looking to get in good with the judges -- well, Ben's just not that kind of guy.
Samantha visits her hometown next Tuesday to speak about web typography at Refresh Richmond. Her presentation compares offline typography to online web type and encourages designers to "get stoked" on current and future web type possibilities.
The event runs from 6pm to 8pm at the offices of CRT/tanaka in Richmond, VA. Check out the Refresh Richmond web site for more information.
