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Feb
24

2016 State of the Union

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CLIENTS, CREW MEMBERS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND FELLOW AMERICANS: WELCOME TO LUNARLINCOLN’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS (2016 edition).

If year one was a quiet tiny team of two, and year two was a crazy rollercoaster of growth, year three was a lot of figuring out the finer points of business and moving onward and upward. What comes after the giant hurdles? The answer is hundreds of tiny hurdles. (And overcoming those tiny hurdles is surprisingly painful – similar to stomping on Lego’s in the dark – who knew?). But now that we’ve stomped all those hurdles and arrived here at 2017, I have to admit looking around that we did a pretty awesome job. We built so many new things this year, in so many different areas. We got smarter, we got stronger, and we even made a teeny bit of money in the process.

 

But I digress, let’s get down to our favorite thing every. single. year. The Work!

The Work

We added several new and diverse clients: Bkon, Camping with Dogs, GoNoodle, HealthHere, Lasso, TReAD Lab, Pacecoach, Oak Hill School, Revl, Subpac, Synchronous Health, Tandum, and VDCI …whew I think that’s it. (Totally didn’t realize it was this many clients, holy crap you guys!)

With these guys (and gals) we got to work on all sorts of new things:

  • ResearchKit apps (tap for that dopamine..keep tapping…keep tapping)
  • Conversational Bots (hello Karla)
  • iBeacons and the Physical Web (beer + beacons!)
  • Customizable characters (my favorite is the cheeto fingers one)
  • Video streaming (Peanut Butter in a Cup loudly for the whole office while testing)
  • Instagram puppies (who have adventures in the great outdoors)
  • Designing naked medical bodies
  • Interfaces for running to your favorite jamz (personal running tune preference: Weird Al)
  • Ticketing, Tune Controls, and Tracking your Videos
  • Making doctor’s visits pleasant (and efficient!)

Some have shipped and are available for your pocket computer right now. Some were featured and reached #1 app in Apple’s App Store. Some were used at events with tens of thousands of attendees. Some helped people do their jobs better than ever before. Some help you get out there and get moving.  Some are still in progress. Some we haven’t even mentioned above because they are too cool and top secret to be hinted at as of yet. We’ve added many of them to our Work page with greater detail, along with our amazing clients saying amazing things about yours truly. Check it out!

The Team

You can’t do the work without the team, and we’ve assembled a stellar team….I would almost say they are rockstar developers…but I won’t because that terminology is stupid. They’re really, really good. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

This year, we had our first interns (MLK class of 15) and we welcomed Cory Wilhite to the crew. There were many Friday lunches, a single ice cream truck quest (found it after weeks of hearing it!), several arguments over code abstraction, and as always: general hijinks.

 

The Community

We wouldn’t be here without the love and support of the Nashville community, be it developer or mobile dev aficionados. This year we put our money where our mouth was and sponsored several events. Some of which we spoke at and some of which we merely cheerleaded from the audience. Each of these events and groups are great examples of creativity and innovation that is flourishing in Nashville.

  • DevFest Nashville
    • Intro to Android
    • Native versus Hybrid Development
  • MTSU ACM
  • Global Game Jam
  • Creative Mornings
  • Startup Southerner
  • Nashville Mobile Developer Usergroup Cagematch
  • Nashville Cocoaheads
    • Thinking Functionally in Swift
    • An Apple a Day: Developing HealthKit Apps
    • Continuous Deployment for iOS

The Future

So what’s next? Definitely more of the same and hopefully more of better things.  In the meantime we’ll keep building, keep coding, keep working with the community, and we’ll keep checking back with you as the year progresses.

Here’s to LunarLincoln in 2017!

Love and gratitude,

Jennifer, Wiley, Travis, Patrick, and Cory

 

 


Feb
05

Ground Control to Major Todd

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We’ve added a third developer! And after a month, we’ve decided to keep him. (In fact, we’re never letting him leave).

MAY I PRESENT: TODD GROOMS!

We first met Todd Grooms at another dev shop here in town, where Wiley also worked. In addition to his usual coding duties Todd had a bevy of n00bs that he trained and answered dumb questions for. Wiley was one of these dumb n00bs. Years later, LunarLincoln is doing pretty well, well enough to lure Todd away from a perfectly good job with the promises of friends, flexibility, and bright futures.

A little formal background:
Todd has a Masters of Engineering in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Louisville. Todd has been a mobile developer at several of Nashville’s leading tech companies, including Metova, Lonely Planet, and Asurion. He develops for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry(hah). He has experience in training junior developers as well as setting up development tools and services, such as continuous integration and automated build tools. Todd has also published his own app: Scenic Viewer. Scenic Viewer is an iOS app that allows you to view nearby Instagram photos taken at Foursquare points of interest.

In his free time, Todd will dazzle you with his vast knowledge of useless trivia and his passion for hockey (Did we mention that he plays hockey? Because he does). He has an awesome wife and a pretty adorable kid. He also semi-regularly publishes thoughtful articles on software development, complete with gifs, on his own blog.

Gif’s, hockey, and 90’s pop culture aside, Todd is a great third-wheel for our dev-tricycle here at LunarLincoln. We’re definitely excited to have him on board.

backtothefuture

 


Sep
15

Its getting crowded in here, you guys

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These blog posts are no longer getting written and posted on the weekend, y’all! In addition to LunarLincoln adding their very own minion, we’ve added the Lincoln part of LunarLincoln full-time.

Things that get more awesome with Wiley + Jenn (+Travis) full time?

  • In-house UI/UX design
  • In-house design and usability consulting
  • Post-app launch marketing advice
  • Web development (don’t you want a nice app website, to go with that nice app?)
  • QA testing
  • Even more blogging and twittering (and more gifs)
  • More company-built products
  • Admin tasks at lightning speed (and you get an invoice, and you, and you, and you)

Doesn’t this sound nice? I think so too.

ps. I’m really excited to do this full-time.

happy


Jun
17

Introducing LunarLincoln

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LunarLincoln is live! Wiley was ready to lay down some endless rocket metaphors for you, but I stopped him. You can thank me later.

So why LunarLincoln? Other than being a wonderful alliterative combo, and very SEO friendly (ew SEO), it combines a love from each of us. The Wiley-Lunar side – an obsession with all things space (I have seriously listened to When We Left Earth THREE times while working in our office, thanks to him) and the Lincoln-Jennifer side which combines a long-standing love of history, and a particularly favorite halloween costume. Together this combo will send us TOOO THE MOOOOOOON. (Dammit, I already used that line in the footer of the website)

But really, our knowledge, skills, drive, and determination have no end in this venture. We are excited to begin, excited to help others, and excited bring new, fun ideas to app stores across the interwebs.

Commence mission launch in three, two one…


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