Pathfinder in the News

• Pathfinder Development Helps Deliver PlantCollections.org (6/25/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announces the successful development and launch of PlantCollections.org, providing a wealth of data and information about plants worldwide.

• Pathfinder Development Celebrates 10th Anniversary (06/12/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm headquartered in Chicago, has recently reached a major milestone by celebrating its 10th anniversary.

• Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin Outlines How to Build Ruby on Rails Applications for the iPhone in Latest Article for IBM’s developerWorks Site (06/06/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced the first in a series of articles by Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin is now available at IBM developerWorks.

• Pathfinder’s Matt Nolker Invited to Speak at Inaugural RIApalooza Conference (05/26/2008)

  Pathfinder Development, a leading user experience design and software development firm, is pleased to announce that Matt Nolker, Pathfinder’s Director of User Experience Design, has been invited to speak at RIApalooza, taking place in Chicago, May 30 & 31, 2008.

• Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin Unveils Rails Plug-In for iPhone Applications (05/16/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced the initial release of rails_iui, an open source Rails Plug-In for the iPhone created by Noel Rappin.

• Pathfinder Announces Brian Dillard’s Latest Addition to the “Ajax Overhaul” Tutorial Series (05/13/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, today announced the publication of “Ajax overhaul, Part 2: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery, Ajax, tooltips, and lightboxes.”

• Pathfinder’s Brian Dillard Selected to Speak at Web 2.0 Expo (04/08/2008)

  Pathfinder Development, a leading user experience design and software development firm, is pleased to announce that Brian Dillard, Pathfinder’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) Evangelist, has been invited to present at O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo, which is taking place April 22-25, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.

• Pathfinder’s Brian Dillard Writes “Ajax Overhaul” Tutorial for IBM’s developerWorks Site (03/06/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced today that the first in a series of articles by Pathfinder’s Brian J. Dillard is now available at IBM developerWorks.

• Pathfinder Announces the Release of Noel Rappin’s Newest Book: “Professional Ruby on Rails” (02/28/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading agile development and user experience design firm, announces the release of Noel Rappin’s newest book “Professional Ruby On Rails” (Wrox Press, 2008). Rappin is Pathfinder’s Director of Ruby on Rails Practice and has previously co-authored “wxPython in Action” and “Jython Essentials”.

• Pathfinder Helps Bring the Chicago Sun-Times to Facebook (2/8/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, teamed with the Sun-Times News Group to deliver its new Facebook application: YourSeason.

• Pathfinder Names Noel Rappin Director of Ruby on Rails Practice (01/09/2008)

  Pathfinder, a leading agile development and user experience design firm, has named Noel Rappin, noted software engineer and author of “Professional Ruby On Rails” (Wrox Press, 2008) as Director of it’s growing Ruby on Rails Practice. Rails is a full-stack web application development framework for developing rich, powerful applications in a fraction of the time required when using .Net or J2EE.

• Pathfinder Sponsors Chicago’s World Usability Day and Showcases Customer Success and Healthcare Expertise (11/06/2007)

  Pathfinder Associates is sponsoring World Usability Day in Chicago, taking place on November 8, 2007 at the Hotel Intercontinental. This represents the third annual global event designed to raise awareness of the importance of usability, focusing specifically on healthcare applications.

• Taras Novak Named Vice President of Development at Pathfinder (08/21/2007)

  Taras will contribute to building out Pathfinder’s agile software product development practice and lead research and development efforts on information visualization using emerging web 2.0 technologies, public APIs, and RIA platforms such as Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight.

• Pathfinder Invited to Present at Software Marketing Perspectives Conference (05/01/2007)

  Pathfinder will be providing significant content to the 2007 Software 500 Marketing Perspectives Conference and Expo. Pathfinder Sales Director Paul Dittmann will provide case studies for the Current Product Management Strategies of Selected Software 500 Companies panel. The annual conference for the nation’s top 500 software development and marketing firms is set for May 23rd through the 25th in Boston.

• Pathfinder’s Dietrich Kappe Contributes to New AJAX Reference (04/16/2007)

  Pathfinder’s Chief Technology Officer Dietrich Kappe added author to his list of professional credentials recently. Dietrich Kappe is a major contributor to Sys-Con Books’ latest technical reference: Real World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters.

• Pathfinder Headquarters Moving to Chicago’s River North (04/02/2007)

  Pathfinder, a leading provider of software development services, today announced the relocation of its Chicago, Illinois headquarters. A dramatic increase in demand for Pathfinder’s software product design and development services necessitated a move to a new office three times the size of the previous one.

• Pathfinder CTO Dietrich Kappe presents “Beyond the Magic Quadrant” (11/01/2006)

  Pathfinder CTO Dietrich Kappe presents “Beyond the Magic Quadrant: How to Evaluate and Select the Perfect BRE for Your Project” at the 9th International Business Rules Forum.

• Pathfinder sets the stage for user experience design at Software 500 (6/1/2006)

  The Pathfinder team will enjoy a high-profile presence at this year’s Software 500 Marketing Perspectives Conference, taking place in Santa Clara, CA on June 12-14, 2006. Pathfinder is a corporate sponsor of this important event, and will be sharing our experiences and perspectives on competing through Experience Design in the software market.

• Pathfinder Brings User Experience Design to the STC Conference in Las Vegas (05/01/2006) The theme of this year’s conference is “Technical Communicators: A Winning Community.” Pathfinder will present interactive sessions on “Creating Effective Documentation for Cross-cultural Design” and “The Challenges of Documenting User Experience Design.”