Archive for October, 2007

Exploding high-five!

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Ian Author

Aki MimotoName: Aki Mimoto
Role at GT: Code Master Supreme
Quote to live by: Exploding High-Five!

Looking at this photo, you’d probably think we hired a 19th century photographer with a ridiculously nice hat. But we at Gossamer Threads have not yet mastered the art of time travel - not yet at least.

Meet Aki! - The first in a series of our special interest pieces on Gossamer employees.

Read on to learn a little more about one of the star players here at Gossamer Threads.

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Tags: aki | company life | photography

Busses, Skytrains, and Good Ol’ Fashioned Leg Power

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Tarrin Author

Commute Title

The Economist recently named our city, Vancouver, B.C., the most liveable in the world, based upon a variety of factors, one of which was the quality and ease of transportation infrastructure and public transit.

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Tags: green | commuting | vancouver | skytrain | company life

Gossamer Forum for Mobile Platforms

Friday, October 5th, 2007

GForum for Mobile Platforms

Mobile sites have been around for a while, however with the advent of the iPhone one can only expect more and more sites designed specifically with mobile devices in mind.

Enter bigfishtackle.mobi - A custom Gossamer Forum installation that is optimized for mobile devices. All unnecessary content has been stripped to ensure fast loading times on low-bandwidth connections. Read on to see how we did it!

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Tags: mobile | gossamer forum | .mobi