unspace.ca is five today
posted by pete on March 8th, 2010
I realized this afternoon that I registered the unspace.ca domain five years ago today.
Ryan McMinn, Anthony Watts and I had gone through some hellish “branding” workshops trying to come up with a name for our new, quasi-legal partnership. We were just a project manager, developer, and designer sharing about 220 feet in an old sweatshop building on Spadina for about six months before we decided that we should band together and go after bigger fish.
Don’t be alarmed, but Unspace was almost called Orchestra.
Unspace was actually Anthony’s password (at the time, obviously) and when he proposed it, it was so much better than all of the other alternatives that we just acted on it immediately. The first Rails Pub Nite — the only one held at C’est What? before moving to The Rhino — followed shortly thereafter, which led to us meeting this crazy punk kid from Florida named Hampton.
It’s been quite the adventure. Ryan and Anthony have since moved on to other things, but we’re all still good friends. That is what’s most important to us.
March 8th, 2010 at 06:14 PM
Congratulations on 5 years! Its a half decade of life that by itself may not seem that long but taken in concert with everything its all your most recent history (freshest in the minds eye).
March 8th, 2010 at 06:19 PM
We met Jeff Hardy at the first Pub Nite! Wow can’t believe it’s been 5 years.
March 8th, 2010 at 06:36 PM
Best. Company. Ever.
March 8th, 2010 at 07:24 PM
Awesome! I can’t believe it’s been that long.
March 8th, 2010 at 09:13 PM
Congrats! Who knew three punk ass kids would make such an impact!
March 9th, 2010 at 08:21 AM
Not to mention RubyFringe, FutureRuby, Employment.nil?, and whatever the next equally-cool-but-different project might be. Happy fifth, and many happy returns!
March 9th, 2010 at 09:11 AM
Strange, strange, strange thing to read.
I’d never heard the branding meeting thing. That’s really funny to hear about. I went through a similar pain when coming up with… “Catlin Software”. I know, the originality is startling. ;)
Keep it up for another 5.
-hampton.