The Legendary Designer of Yahoo! to Collaborate with Altoros on the Largest RoR Project

by Olga BelokurskayaJune 27, 2008

The joint work will result in a social network solution with a set of integrated web apps, including personal time and project management tools, etc.

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The details of cooperation

Hillman Curtis, considered by many to be the leading designer of our time, will take part in our major Ruby-on-Rails (RoR) project. Previously, Mr. Curtis was involved in a multitude of design initiatives for such companies as Yahoo!, Adobe, AOL, etc. He was a Design Director for Macromedia before opening his own studio Hillmancurtis, Inc., and published four books on Flash and web design.

Mr. Curtis will join our 30+ Ruby-on-Rails experts to work on the largest RoR project known today. For one of our customers, we are creating a “life organizer” in the form of a social network that features a set of integrated web apps.

“I’m happy to start working with the team of development, marketing, and strategic planning professionals and would love to see this project grow.” —Hillman Curtis

The applications will include personal time management tools (to-do lists, blogs, wiki, files), project management tools (calendars, real-time alerts and notifications, time sheets), and social networking features (chats, contacts, etc.).

Olga Belokurskaya is a writer with a long history of working in the information technology and services industry. She has broad expertise in writing news and articles on cloud computing, data integration, and software product development. Olga is adept at holding interviews with business owners and representatives. In addition, she has experience working as an interpreter and communications specialist.