---
title: Keeping the Pressure On
teaser: Some recent accomplishments in our world.
tags: news
author: Chad Pytel
published_on: 2008-08-12
---

Rather than spending our surplus on gold rings, hookers, and fur coats, we've
been keeping the pressure on.  Over the last 3 months we've released 5 new
products, services, or open source projects.  I figured we'd take a moment to
remind you of them.  Consider this a [clip
show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7In7JT20dY) of GRSIOGR.

## In May

* We [launched a new t-shirt store,
  Tee-Bot](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/funny-shirts-your-friends-wont-understand-at-railsconf).
  The store currently features 3 Ruby on Rails inspired shirts, and we plan on
  releasing more soon.  To check it out, visit [the
  store](http://teebot.thoughtbot.com).
* We [released widgetfinger](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/widgetfinger-is-go), a
  simple content management system for simple websites.  Widgetfinger isn't just
  a CMS, its a complete hosted service for design firms, so they no longer have
  to deal with the annoyance of maintaining their own server or separate hosting
  accounts.  Find out more and get started at [the widgetfinger
  website](http://www.widgetfinger.com).

## In June

* We [released
  factory\_bot](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/waiting-for-a-factory-bot), a
  fixture replacement library that follows the Factory pattern.  The response to
  factory\_bot has been extremely positive, and we've had great success in
  converting our existing apps over, either replacing custom factory code, or
  completely replacing fixtures.  For more information, go to [our factory\_bot
  page](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/factory_bot).

## In July

* We [announced our new service, Rails
  Training](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/getting-strong-now). We'll be kicking
  it off with a session at [Lone Star Ruby
  Conference](http://lonestarrubyconf.com), and then quickly following it up
  with our Advanced Ruby on Rails session in Boston on October 14th.  For more
  information, and to register, go the [our Ruby on Rails training
  page](http://www.thoughtbot.com/training)
* We [launched Hoptoad](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/ride-the-toad), the hosted
  exception catcher.  A replacement for exception\_notification, Hoptoad sends
  all your exceptions to a centralized service, detects duplicates, and only
  notifies you about new, unique errors.  We followed that up with updates that
  included an <abbr title="Application Programming Interface">API</abbr> and
  Open ID authentication.  To start riding the toad yourself, visit [the Hoptoad
  website](http://www.hoptoadapp.com).

All this while [presenting at
RailsConf](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/slides-from-railsconf), making updates
to [shoulda](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda),
[paperclip](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/paperclip),
[squirrel](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/squirrel), and
[jester](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/jester), doing excellent work for
our clients, keeping a 40 hour work week, and just generally getting the job
done.

We've got a great team, and I appreciate everyone's work with everything we've
accomplished.

Visit our [Open Source page](https://thoughtbot.com/open-source) to learn more about our team's contributions.