hey.
we are justpayingthebillsTM,
an experimental web development and design studio.
we believe technology should serve to make us more human, not less.
we are justpayingthebillsTM,
an experimental web development and design studio.
we believe technology should serve to make us more human, not less.
- + cast of characters
- + jace cooke
Neither a programmer nor a designer by training, Jace hesitantly characterizes himself as a "combatant of the arbitrary." Be it through language, image, or structure, he is obsessed with the creation of order, meaning, and connection. Endowed with an unslakable thirst for information and hobbled with an ever-dwindling span of attention, he alternately loves and hates the web. Ambivalence aside, Jace recognizes digital technology as the ideal platform for developing ambitious, humane interfaces and modes of expression.
- + matt langer
At just 28, Matt has spent a full 50% of his life working professionally with web technologies. He grew up alongside the web, sharing in its successes, its evolutions, and especially its growing pains. At times he will code in deprecated HTML 1.0 out of sheer habit and to this day refuses to discuss an unfortunate flirtation with FutureSplash in '95. Matt's considerable experience affords him not only an unusually holistic understanding of the web but also a personal investment in exploring the potential of a medium still very much in its infancy.
- + aaron white
After four years of Programming Language Theory at Carnegie Mellon, Aaron was well on his way to a brilliant career in enterprise software development. Yet like so many before him, he failed to resist the siren song of web startups. Now instead of closures and modules, he spends his time pouring over acquisition analytics and scalable architectures. His personal mantra is "Restriction is Expression", which is very similar to and wildly different from "Less is More."
- + jace cooke
- + on the nightstand