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Atomic Object Presenting Twice at GLSEC 2013

Atomic Object will be presenting two talks at the Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference (GLSEC) on April 29. Time-based Estimates Are For Suckers; Size-based Is The Way To Go – David Crosby Dave will discuss the benefits of using relative complexity estimation to achieve better results. Nurturing Top-notch Tech Teams – Drew Colthorp & Mike…

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Glyph Joins Atomic Object in Detroit Office

Atomic Object is providing free office space to Glyph, an exciting Detroit-based company that helps people get the most out of each credit card purchase. Through its iPhone app, Glyph analyzes users’ spending habits and helps them decide which three credit cards they should own and when to use each one to maximize their rewards.

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Atomic Delivers ReapSo, a Unique Rewards App for iPhone

ReapSo, the latest Atomic Object-designed iOS app, has hit Apple’s App Store and is now offering rewards to customers at 30 participating businesses in the Detroit area. With the free ReapSo app, users visit participating businesses, scan codes called ReapTags with their mobile phones, and win deals and collectible media items. They can also get…

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Atomic’s Investment in Detroit Is Already Paying Big Dividends

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When others said it was too risky or a hardship to be in Detroit, we saw opportunity and a chance to be involved in change. So we announced our intentions in March and officially opened a new office in June. We’ve made our home in downtown Detroit on Randolph Street. It’s not your typical office…

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Start Garden & Grand Angels Invest $1.25M in AO Sister Company

Atomic Object has been making speculative development investments, or “spec dev” as we call it, since 2003. We give up some project revenue in exchange for equity, a royalty, or a revenue share in a new company. By taking on some of the market risk alongside our partners, we are exposed to the potential upside…

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Free Office Space at Atomic Object Detroit

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Atomic is offering six months of free space in our Detroit office to an early-stage company. Eligible companies are invited to apply before January 10, 2013. We will announce the winning company on January 18, 2013. Detroit’s growing density and investment in technology and innovation made the city an ideal choice for Atomic’s second office….

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Marissa Mayer and Yahoo’s Turnaround

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been in the news quite a bit since taking over Yahoo’s top job in July. Mayer is the fifth CEO in the last five years for the former internet king. Mayer’s career is impressive. Since graduating from Stanford and becoming Google’s first female engineer in 1999, she has held the…

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Improved Clickthrough Rates

We’re hiring! We’re actively seeking developers & designers for our new Detroit location. LEARN MORE Behold: that is the copy that we added to this blog for our Detroit hiring campaign. We made the change on April 14th. See banner above. :) Previous to this hiring banner, we have placed two other banners on the…

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Atomic Object is Expanding to Detroit

Atomic Object is opening a second office. We’ve selected Detroit as the location for our first expansion. AO Detroit, or AOD as we refer to it, is expected to grow to be a peer to the Grand Rapids office. To lead AOD, we’ve hired a managing partner with years of experience in corporate IT, product…

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The Ethics of Our Gadgets

There’s been a lot of news lately regarding Apple and its relationship with manufacturers and suppliers, particularly Foxconn. A lot of Atoms are big Apple junkies, but as a group we are very into sustainability, so of course it was quite troubling to hear that my iPhone might be the result of someone’s back-breaking shift…

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