The past week or so Nashville has experienced some pretty intense heat. This wasn’t the normal kind of heat where the temperature and humidity levels are roughly the same. This was a new kind of heat. Suffocating, debilitating, triple digit heat. The kind of heat…
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It's official. We're four for four in the Nashville Business Journal's annual Best Places to Work contest. We're proud to be the place people want to come work. It certainly makes it easier to bring on more great people and I love the fact that…
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No, we're not going to get into politics, there's waaay too much of that coming to the blogosphere this year already. This post is about four more reasons I love working at Rustici Software. The Next Four Welcome to Rustici Software Andy Whitaker, Megan…
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Introducing TinCanAPI.com. My name is Andy and I’ll be your tour guide today. Let’s go! First stop: What is Tin Can? Here you’ll learn what the Tin Can API is, how it works, and why it matters. This is also where we’ll showing you who…
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For years, every single sales call at Rustici Software was handled by yours truly. We're selling a very technical solution to a difficult problem (SCORM), and my experience as a developer really helped me in those conversations. We've grown over the years, though, and having…
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These are busy times at Rustici Software. Between all of the activity around Tin Can, some new employees, and a bunch of new Engine customers, we have a lot going on. As part of a recent contract negotiation, I was asked to justify the integration…
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A few months ago, we asked our support staff (which is made up of project managers, and developers, and others) to focus on one word: delight. Ultimately, we feel like making customers happy is the most important thing we can do as a company. So…
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When it comes to getting something for free, I’ll do just about anything. Last summer, we had a new ice cream store open in East Nashville. The night before they “officially” opened, they were offering free ice cream. I stood in line for close to…
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Over a year ago, we started working with ADL to figure out where SCORM should go next. There were many roads that ADL could have gone down, and they’ve chosen ours — Project Tin Can. We’ve been building and refining the Tin Can spec and…
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Birthdays are fun around Rustici Software. We all get ice cream- and not just a scoop from a big bucket of vanilla or chocolate. Each person gets to order their very own combination from Cold Stone Creamery (shameless product placement for free ice cream). Given…
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We're hiring a Juggler. No, we don't need circus skills, but we do need somebody who can keep a lot of balls in the air. Project Tin Can is generating an enormous amount of opportunity and we need somebody to help us keep moving it…
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A few days ago, a Pyrex dish filled with orange-chocolate chip cookies arrived in our office. In our world, a Pyrex dish means one thing: we’ve been graced with treats from Tim’s wife. As we sampled the offerings, Tim told us about his wife’s new…
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