About Us
This is not a typical "About" page. We have
chosen not to present the usual collection of
corporate statistics (sales volume, number of
employees, etc.). You also won't find short
biographies of the corporate officers (education,
degrees awarded, professional memberships and
similar information).
This was a deliberate, thoughtful decision.
We initially put together a traditional "About"
page and included the kinds of information
mentioned above -- but we weren't satisfied. On
reflection, we realized that the information we'd
presented was only "about" us in the most
superficial sense -- and it didn't capture what
we were really about at all. We weren't,
for example, "about" our annual sales or the
degrees earned by our engineers. Neither were
we "about" a list of completed projects or
current clients.
So we went back to the drawing board.
After a fair amount of time and a lot of animated
discussion, we realized that we wanted only one
thing from an "About" page: a clear statement
of what makes us different. More than anything else,
that difference defines us, sets us apart and
provides one way for a prospective client to
distinguish us from everyone else.
The Difference
Speedbump Software is about making technology
useful.
It doesn't sound terribly profound, but there
is a lot wrapped up in that apparently simple
statement. For example:
- It suggests that usefulness is in the eye
of the beholder. Usefulness is a quality
bestowed upon technology (software,
hardware) by the user -- not something
inherent in technology itself.
- It implies that technology should change
in order to adapt to the user -- not the
other way around.
- The statement applies equally to any
technology -- ancient, modern,
cutting-edge and everything in-between.
By making technology useful, we help our clients
make a difference: to do something better,
faster or more efficiently. In some cases, we
can give clients additional capabilities -- in
effect, extending the usefulness of their current
technology.
This is what we're "about". We're about getting
the job done. We're about solving business problems
and we're about pushing any technology to its limits
in pursuit of usefulness. We're about making a
difference by helping our clients to make a difference.
The rest is just so many statistics.
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