In a Nutshell
Welcome to the Nutshell development blog. Here, our team will be telling the story of how we're building Nutshell. We'll share specifics like our experimentation with UI design patterns, the best practices of integrating with Microsoft Exchange, or the lessons we learn in collaboration. We'll also begin to give a few peeks into the applications we're building. Sure, maybe we'll generate some buzz along the way, but more importantly, we want to show you how carefully we're crafting Nutshell. We think that if you can see all the thought that goes into every decision we make, you'll get as excited as we are.
What is Nutshell?
It's a tool for businesses to manage their customers and sales. The industry would call it a CRM, and we'll accept that label -- we're chomping at the bit to compete against some of the biggest CRMs out there. But as we begin to show off some bits and pieces of Nutshell, you'll see that it does more than that. In particular, we're excited about the process management tools that are at Nutshell's core: enforceable todo lists that keep every employee on the same page.
Nutshell is a web application and a mobile application. We're designing an iPhone interface in tandem with the web, allowing each interface to inspire the other, while taking advantage of their niches. And from day 1, Nutshell also provides SOAP and JSON-RPC APIs to fit into existing systems.
Who is Nutshell?
We're a team of developers, designers and network engineers, many of whom have already collaborated on some very successful projects. Tyler Tate, our user experience lead, is guiding the team through every user interface from sketches on a whiteboard to finely-tuned pixel-accurate code. I'm working with our developers to bring those interfaces to life, and to handle every other bump along the way: translation, 3rd-party integration, and API development. Our network team has experience managing terabytes of data across multiple continents, and is building the cloud architecture to host Nutshell swiftly and securely.
Coming Up
Watch this space for updates on a variety of topics: job opportunities at Nutshell, technology previews, and anything else that's currently on our minds.
Andy Fowler
Andy is the lead developer at Nutshell and has been working with the web since the 28k modem. He’s a master at turning designers’ sketches into pixel-perfect interfaces. Look for his bike in front of our Ann Arbor offices, and find him on Twitter.