Where we’ve been.

We have been on a soul searching mission as a company deciding who we wanted to be and what we wanted to do with our brand. First, we wanted to reinvent ourselves as a product based company. In order to do that, we were setting out to change the name of Integral Impressions while creating a product. That posed some major challenges with a company of our size and resources. At that point we decided to focus entirely on the branding of the product, known as Publish Social.

The thinking was, we needed to put the weight of the entire company behind Publish Social. As we consulted with digital-telepathy, it became clear that Integral Impressions was so much bigger than Publish Social and we needed to keep the parent entity. At that point we decided that Publish Social would be a product / project similar to Nourish or Outlandish. Furthermore, we decided to get the help of the community and make Publish Social one of the first open source Merb CMS’.

Now that Publish Social is taking an identity of it’s own, we are coming back to the parent company, Integral Impressions.

We decided to keep the name Integral Impressions due to the brand equity we have been building over the last 4 years (especially over the last 6 months). With that being said, the Integral Rebrand is officially being downgraded to an ‘Integral Redesign’ instead. We are working on giving this website better organization, refresh the look and feel, and integrate some social elements such as Twitter.

So what’s next?

Well, we are launching Publish Social as an open source project. Chris’ personal site will be the first site running on Publish Social, which will be deployed relatively soon. We will be putting some basic marketing materials together over the next couple months (such as blog posts, landing pages, documentation, etc) that clearly define Publish Social and welcomes Ruby developers to the party.

Our immediate priority will be to focus on Integral Impressions and redesigning our site to reflect our current attitude of transparency while empowering social content. From there you will see more development with Publish Social.

Since we have publicly made this entire process available on our blog, we have had some great feedback and we thank you for your involvement. We will continue to be as transparent as we can with our operations moving forward. Please continue to comment, critique, praise, and give feedback- we value and appreciate your participation!

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We have a unique opportunity for someone who has a strong desire to manage a talented team of developers and be an integral part of a growing agency.

About the position

We are seeking a Project Manager with experience managing websites and web applications, facilitating client communications, and managing the development schedules.

The ideal candidate should have the following expertise:

• Experience managing small and large projects to completion.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Experience with Basecamp project management software a plus
• Familiar with Use Case Scenarios, Creative and Functional Briefs
• Experience leading a team. You need to be able to drive projects to completion working directly with the developers, designers, and high level executives. The deadlines are aggressive and the job needs to be done on time no matter what.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience.

This is an exciting job for a highly motivated and extremely sharp individual. Compensation is competitive including potential stock options.

To apply, send a resume and introduction letter to matt[@]integralimpressions.com. In the subject line, please include: Project Manager.

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It’s real, Google App Engine has been released. I’ve downloaded the SDK and worked my way though the Getting Started guide, and I’m excited. Very excited. GAE isn’t just a virtual server to deploy your application on, it’s an entire platform. GAE includes a DataStore API that makes SimpleDB look like a hobby project, Users API (Google’s answer to OpenID) and more.

GAE comes complete with auto-app-versioning, your choice of runtime environment (Python only for now, but they say there’s more coming) and automatic scaling. In fact, GAE lets us forget all about scaling and reliability: it just works. And that’s the future: complete platforms, not ad-hoc components. Google has definitely hit the nail on the head with GAE and I can’t wait until it’s out of beta. Stay tuned for more on GAE soon.

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