2. HISTORY
37SIGNALS IS A PRIVATELY HELD
AMERICAN WEB APPLICTION COMPANY
BASED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE FIRM
WAS CO-FOUNDED IN 1999 BY JASON
FRIED, CARLOS SEGURA , AND ERNEST KIM
AS A WEB DESIGN COMPANY. SEGURA LEFT
IN 2000 AND KIM LEFT IN 2003, LEAVING
FRIED AS THE ONLY REMAINING FOUNDER.
4. SINCE MID-2004, THE COMPANY'S FOCUS
HAS SHIFTED FROM WEB DESIGN TO WEB
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT.
the company had moved away from
consulting work to focus exclusively on its
web applications.
7. 2004 BASECAMP
BASECAMP IS 37SIGNALS FIRST PRODUCT,A WEB-
BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL LAUNCHED IN
2004. THE RUBY ON RAILS FRAMEWORK WAS
EXTRACTED FROM THE BASECAMP PROJECT.
FEATURES
• TO-DO LISTS
• MILESTONE MANAGEMENT
• FORUM –LIKE MESSAGING
• FILE SHARING
• TIME TRACKING
8. 2005 BACKPACK
BACKPACK IS A WEB BASED PERSONAL
INFORMATION MANAGER AND INTRANET
FOR SMALL BUSINESS
FEATURES
• TO- DO LIST
• INLINE PHOTO GALLERIES
• NOTES AND
• FILE ATTACHMENT AND PAGE SHARING
9. 2006 CAMPFIRE
CAMPFIRE IS A BUSINESS ORIENTED ONLINE
CHAT SERVICE.
FROM NEAR OR FAR,CAMPFIRE HELPS
TEAMS WORK TOGETHER OVER THE WEB IN
REAL TIME.
10. 2007 HIGHRISE
THE APPLICATION CENTERS ON PERSON
AND COMPANY PAGES, WHICH COLLATE
INFORMATION SUCH AS IMAGES, NOTES,
AND CONTACT DETAIL.
“HIGHRISE DOES NEARLY EVERYTHING
A PERSONAL SECRETARY MIGHT DO
EXCEPT GO OUT FOR COFFEE AND
PICK UP OUR DRY CLEANING.”
11. 2005 TA DA LIST
TA-DA LIST IS A FREEWARE TO-DO LIST
APPLICATION
IT ALLOWS THE TRACKING OF LIST
MODIFICATIONS VIA RSS FEEDS.
AND TA DA LIST ALLOWS USERS TO CREATE
TO-DO LISTS AND SHARE THEM ONLINE.
12. WRITE BOARD
WRITEBOARD IS A WORD PROCESSOR THAT
LIVES ENTIRELY ON THE WEB, ALLOWING
USERS TO CREATE AND COLLABORATE ON
DOCUMENTS, AND EXPORT DOCUMENTS
TO THEIR DESKTOP.
14. TOOLS AND
WEB SERVERS
37SIGNALS HAS 40 SERVERS, AND 125OSes.
THEY USE CAPISTRANO AND CHEF FOR
AUTOMATION.
THEY USE CISCO LOAD
BALANCER,Nginx,HAPROXY,UNICORN,
AND MySQL.
