Welcome to Cykod. We are a fully-integrated, self-funded web-development startup located in Boston, MA.

Welcome to Cykod.

We are a forward thinking, Rails-based web start-up looking to change the way you interact and play with the web.

Self-funded, independent and agile, we strive to stay on the forefront of the whatever-o-sphere where ever it might take us.

How we're going to hire our next web developer 04/16/2010

So I had an idea yesterday evening for a way to winnow the field of potential candidates for our next Web Developer position. Unfortunately we're probably not going to be hiring for the next 6 months or so and chances are I'm going to forget about it, because that's what I generally do.

Capabilities not features 04/13/2010

When developing a web app, your app's capabilities are far more important than it's features. Wait, aren't they the same thing? No - a capability is something you can do with the product while a feature is something a product can do.

Know when to debug, know when to flail 03/16/2010

There are two ways of trying to tackle a programming issue: Debugging or Flailing.

Valentine's Heart and Arrow: Part 2 Create a Card 02/05/2009

Create a card by using our vector heart and arrow from part one and make a pattern background.

Valentine's Heart and Arrow: Part 1 Vector Heart 02/02/2009

In this Valentine's Day themed screencast, I will walk you through how to draw a heart with an arrow piercing it in Illustrator CS4.