Arcata Main Street
This local main street non-profit is invaluable to the downtown of Arcata, CA. The festivals and events organized by Arcata Main Street is vital to the economy and life of this small, coastal town.
They approached us to design a more youthful and accessible website to better deliver information to the local community. What we turned out was something that creates an enjoyable user experience while maintaining ease of use for the client.
Subversion, Part 1: A Quick Introduction To SVN
Like most people in this business, I'd heard the term version control here and there and knew roughly what it was but always assumed it didn't serve me any purpose as a web developer. This could not have been further from the truth. Whether or not you even know what they are you are probably using your own form of a version control system all the time.
Keep on reading »What's A Design Hobo?
The word "hobo", at least as it seems to us, describes someone who chooses a lifestyle of moving about and not being tied down.
Here at Boxcar we spend our days in a similar fashion. In the morning we strap our laptop bags on, trek down the road to find a wifi spot for to set up camp, and then head out looking for work to support our travels so that we can do it all over again tomorrow.
And we wouldn't have it any other way.