Welcome to our main Blog.   I suppose you might be interested in what we do.  We’re a members only consortium of talented software developers,  graphic artists,   hackers,   security professionals,  iPhone APP developers,  and just about every other discipline involving multi-media on computers.

Member wannabe’s can go to the “Apply to Crunch Creations” link and fill it out.  Clients wanting to hire teams to develop large scale web sites,   client side applications,  or any other large scale Web Franchise,  is going to want to talk to us.

Not everyone who signs up will be accepted as a member.    Each and everyone who does sign up will be contacted by me either via Skype or AIM (iChat).  If you’re not contacted,  it’s because you failed to give me your Skype name or have me blocked,  or were not chosen as a member.  If you were not chosen,   and feel you were unfairly not selected,   I’ll be happy to discuss with you,  the reasons why.

We are looking for the following talents…

* web site developers familiar with Javascript (especially Ajax and JQuery)
* Fast prototypers – People who can “mock up” web site layout quickly.
* java programmers – Eclipse,  and knowledgeable with Browser issues
* C++ programmers,   especially QT (Not Apple’s QuickTime)
* Apple Quicktime 7
* Django-Python
* Ruby on Rails
* PHP/MySQL
* SQL relational database design
* Video transcoding — ffmpeg,  handbrake
* Music systems – Ableton Live,   Propellerhead “Record” and “reason”
* MS Windows Visual Studio C++ and C#
* Unix administration
* Network administration
* joomla
* Word Press
* Dreamweaver and other graphics tools

The other blogs you see on this site are private blogs for people actually engaged in existing projects.  As new projects come in,   we identify what skills are needed to develop the project,  then go through our list of members matching the skills we need,  determine if they are even available,  then contact them to participate in the project after they agree to a NDA furnished by our clients.

All chosen members have to sign an NDA with us,  as well as a comprehensive agreement to the terms, and rules of engagement, conduct,  and other important issues that very often come up when working on teams,  and how you get along with your other teammates.    Included are rules to protect our clients as well,  in that we trust your integrity not to directly contact the client,  or offer your services to them without explicit permission from Crunch Creations.

Your work through us is on an independent contract basis under 1099,  and to make things simple and fair for all,   would require you to have a payPal account for receiving payment.  We have no policy setup yet for foreign contractors yet but certainly invite them to apply as well.

All new projects we take on,  are discussed with my trusty board of advisers,  and in some cases,  when I believe there might be legal issues,  with my attorney.   Things like penetration testing take special care in setting up legal protections,  insurance,  and accountability and disclosure.

We strive to keep our work inside the USA of possible,  due to the fragility of our current economy,  and try very hard to ask our contractors to help us be competitive with outsourcing costs,  and keep our work here at home.  That’s not to say we refuse memberships to foreign contractors,  as all who apply will be given an equal opportunity as anyone else.

ALL of our members will have talked to me in private during the screening process,  and be required to have a web cam,  and be video capable,  but I WILL make exceptions under certain circumstances if your skills are unique.

Although we aren’t able to offer this yet to our members,  but each will be given their own home page,  and through this home page,   if they are engaged in a project,   can talk directly to the client,  and vice versa.

ALL project participants chosen for a job will be given an opportunity to strut their stuff,  and before the project starts,  will be paid an advance on the project and be expected to do a fair amount of work based on their availability….  any changes on their availability they are expected to update their profiles as they see fit.