July 12, 2023
At Kindleman we LOVE Podcasts. It all began with Serial[https://serialpodcast.org/] back in the day and we're still hooked - The Teacher's Pet, This American Life[https://www.thisamericanlife.org/], 99% Invisible[https://99percentinvisible.org/] and everything in between. There's more to a podcast than great content you also need a great website to showcase the work and... Read More
April 12, 2023 by Emily
Education Technology, or EdTech, is a rapidly growing field with a focus on improving education through technology. This can include the use of software, mobile devices, and the internet to deliver educational content, facilitate communication and collaboration, and provide data-driven insights to improve student outcomes. EdTech companies and initiatives aim to... Read More
March 30, 2023 by Emily
Is this the year you get your shop online or is this the year you get your shop to really sing? Ecommerce has been a major buzzword for years with many get-rich-quick schemes and rags to riches stories attached but mostly ecommerce is about persistence. Success is mostly about staying in the... Read More
February 22, 2023 by Emily
Ecommerce is now a mainstream way of purchasing, so what should we be looking out for in 2023? ecommerce2023 1 We live in a world where email and phone scams are an every day struggle so when paying online, security is crucial. Ensuring the safety of your customers' payment information... Read More
January 31, 2023
At Kindleman, we use a combination of technologies and tools to build web applications, sites and business tools. One of our favourites is Ruby on Rails (RoR). It's a web application framework written in Ruby programming language. It follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern and provides a structure for building web... Read More
June 29, 2022 by Tim
For over 10 years, Kindleman has charged the same base rate of $150/hr + GST. However, it has become increasingly difficult to sustain a profitable and thriving business with these rates, which has been compounded by the effects of Covid, higher costs for our specialist developers, and now inflationary pressures... Read More
May 30, 2022 by Will
What is it JAMStack stands for Javascript Api and Markup. Although really, that's a bit muddled. Once deployed they are primarily markup, with interactive features and API data sprinkled on top with Javascript. JAMStack has made a splash over the last few years because it turns what has become the norm of... Read More
March 21, 2022 by Will
Most websites have a set of pages that need to be arranged as a tree, allowing users to drill down into more detailed pages. To manage that in the admin area, it's nice to be able to drag and drop the pages into the tree. Such a fancy feature is pretty... Read More
February 04, 2022 by Will
When a website requires a lot of custom functionality, we often reach for RubyOnRails rather than something like WordPress or SilverStripe. Rails has a lot of capability that enables us to build CMS features comparable to the best CMS systems. So when you want something unique, you don't have to... Read More
November 05, 2021 by Will
Climate change. It's real and it's bad. There aren't many human endeavours that aren't contributing to the catastrophe. Do you know how much carbon is released to power the internet? It is estimated there are a billion websites. All those web pages need a web server to store markup, databases, images... Read More
We have an uncommon depth of knowledge, passion and commitment to the web. If you have a problem, maybe we can help.