We’re a friendly bunch here at Red Gate – always looking to make new friends.  Whilst it’s true that we dearly love sitting in front of our pooters and seeing who can grow the best chilli plants, sometimes we just want to get out, meet our users and have a jolly good gossip.

We like to listen, we like to observe and we like to learn.  We like to understand your niggly gripes, your favourite tweaks and what really makes you want to twist your melon until it can just utter the word “elbow”.  It’s nothing sinister, it’s just that we know that the best way to make useful tools is to really understand what would be helpful.  Sometimes it takes an onlooker to see how convoluted a process has become, or how many hoops you must amble through before you achieve your goals.

So that’s the plan for the next few weeks.  We’re on the road again, making new friends and hopefully learning a thing or two on the way.  If you’re in the UK, somewhere close to Cambridge or London, by all means get in touch and we can arrange to meet up for a chat.

Splendid.

Dom

Oh… and for the record, I reckon my chilli plant (Rangdo) pips the other wannabies having so far produced enough chillies to make a rather scrumptious sweet chilli tomato chutney.  The other somewhat puny plants in the office could barely muster enough chillies for a small dollop of vanilla ice cream.  Pah!