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Will all my MidWest starters…please stand up

Posted April 19th, 2012

So, you may have heard that the Mayor held his State of the City address here at our Town earlier this week. There was a lot of tweeting, liking, recommending, linking, socializing, and hubbub about this. We flooded the streams there for a while, because if you are plugged into the indianapolis startup tribe you saw a steady trending of coverage on every medium. During the monitoring of this coverage on Twitter, at one point I laughed out loud at a local fellow member of the tech entrepreneur tribe’s tweet “Anyone hear when or where the state of the city address was? Can’t believe I haven’t seen anything about it.” Gotta love some good sarcasm. :-)

This got me to thinking about why this is such a big deal. Being a Townie, I am ecstatic anytime we get to show off what we have done, what we do, and what we are capable of doing, for obvious reasons, but mainly because I truly believe in our overall vision and goals. But, if I wasn’t a Townie, I am pretty sure I would have still been geeked by the symbolism of the event. Symbolism that embodies what DT is about, but is much, much bigger than us.

The story of our tribe, our way of thinking, almost feels like an underdog story…

…there we are, lowly tech geeks that don’t  quite fit in with mainstream thinking

…crazy dreamers, being laughed at, because of our childish aspirations for something different

…questioners of the status quo, being ridiculed because we don’t adhere the popular model of what a productive citizen is supposed to be.

…backwards YeeHaw MidWesterner’s that should be leaving the heavy lifting to the coasts

 

Events like this, show that we are geeks, and damn proud of it. We do dream, and dream big, because dreams are what inspire innovation and forward movement in every field…we have proven this time and time again. We couldn’t live without our unfading pursuit of something better than what we have been sold. And, though we respect, and are thankful what the Coasts have done for tech, entrepreneurship, and small business in general; our Mid West swagger is now a world-class force to be reckoned with.

 

So, again, even though we were honored to host it, I don’t think this event was specific to any one company. It was symbolizing a revolutionary rise in an entire culture, a new way of thinking, a tribe the has been, and will continue doing amazing things. We all should be proud of what we accomplished, and allow recognition like this to give validation to those crazy late nights, to that extra TDD effort that produced some bad ass code, to that one in a billion design that you had the balls to put out there even though it may have been laughed at, to the sweat blood and tears that we have all put into moving this engine we call the #IndyStartupScene forward.

 

Without the entire tribe’s collective efforts there would be no DT, no SpeakEasy, no IPO’s coming out of our proud city. So to all of my fellow starters out there, kudos to you, stand up, take a bow, and let’s keep this thing going!

 

Attention Designers, We’re Hiring!

Posted January 12th, 2011

Developer Town is looking for an experienced Web and Mobile App Designer. The ideal candidate is skilled in multiple aspects of digital design with a keen eye for pixel-perfection and has a solid understanding of utilizing best practices to produce the best user experience.

Responsibilities

  • User experience and user interface
  • Web design
  • Mobile Device App design (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.)
  • Identity / Branding
  • Physical Product packaging

Traits

  • Good communication skills internally with co-workers and externally with clients
  • Able to work in a fast-paced work environment
  • Should enjoy learning new skillsets
  • Able to handle several projects at once

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in web and/or mobile design
  • Expert-level knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Design, Computer Graphics, Visual Communication, or similar degree preferred
  • Expert-level knowledge of pixel-perfect digital design
  • Understanding of print design preferred
  • Experience in concepting interface usability and user experience
  • Development knowledge is a plus (HTML, CSS, Ruby, PHP, MySQL, etc.)

Think you’d be a good fit? Shoot us an email with your résumé and PDF portfolio or a link to your web portfolio.

jobs@developertown.com

Contact Nathan Altman with any questions: altman@developertown.com or 317.408.0969

Bob Mattax Ignites Smaller Indiana

Posted April 2nd, 2010
Bob Mattax Ignites Smaller Indiana

Bob Mattax Ignites Smaller Indiana

Bob Mattax presented at Ignite Indiana on March 23. We got a lot of great feedback on his presentation – way to go Bob! Here is the video via Smaller Indiana; see what you think.

Find more videos like this on Smaller Indiana

Preparing for ‘The Innovation Decade’

Posted December 7th, 2009

We predict 2010 will be the start of ‘The Innovation Decade’. Come back on 01.01.10 when we will officially launch Developer Town! Here is a teaser:

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