John Topley’s Weblog

Sorry to pimp Carson Systems again, but they’ve just launched a new site that details the entire process of bringing their second Web application—Amigo—to market. It’s informative and interesting stuff, although I find it a bit odd that they don’t actually say anywhere what the application will do! I’m sure all will be revealed soon enough.

(Update: I’ve just read the About page and it turns out that it does say that the only thing they won’t reveal until launch is what the app does).

Carson Systems have just launched Vitamin, which is billed as “a resource for Web designers, developers and entrepreneurs”. I’ve just had a quick look around the site and it looks like it’s going to be essential reading if you’re at all interested in Web design or the whole Web 2.0 thing (whatever that is!) There are certainly some heavyweights involved including David Heinemeier Hansson, Eric Meyer and Dave Shea, which bodes well for lots of high-quality content.

I’ve briefly met Ryan Carson and spent a little time talking to Gillian in the pub after the Rails workshop last month. I was struck by how passionate and approachable they both are, and also by how successful they’ve been at getting industry leaders to support their numerous projects. It’s great to see them adding Vitamin to the fold. Best of all, it’s free!