About Us
Our mission is to help build a better web for everyone.
First, there was a developer and a designer...
Othermachines was born against tough odds in 2009. We knew our competition would be massive; there was no shortage of web agencies, and many of them outsourced all or most of their development to boost their bottom line. But what we wanted to offer was different. Each of us had been working in the space for over a decade, and saw opportunity in combining our skills to build a better web and be enriched by the experience.
Nearly 10 years later, we’re proud of the ways in which we’ve helped solve problems and demystify the web for our clients. We have been fortunate to work with a diversity of individuals, companies and institutions, ranging from independent musicians to Silicon Valley investors to international NGOs.
The tools have changed but our commitment to quality is the same.
Although our partnership has prospered, we remain a two-person shop focused on offering exceptional quality and service.
We look forward to working with you on your next project!
Dwayne Holmberg
Lara Devitt
Co-founders, Othermachines
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Our Tools
We ❤ open source. In addition to giving us great tools to work with, it has fundamentally shaped our business practices and how we approach product development. It has made us better developers and better people.
We are constantly learning and growing our skill set to keep up with the rapid pace of web technologies. We work on both the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and the newer JAMstack, which is based on JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt Markup. JavaScript frameworks in our toolkit include React and Meteor.
Our focus
Our current focus is building lightning-fast Progressive Web Apps with GatbsyJS, and providing highly customized content management using the powerful Drupal framework.
Our Work
We have worked on hundreds of interesting projects, large and small. Here is a quick sampling:
- Centrally managed, multilingual network of 30+ websites for a free school organization in Sweden
- Customized Drupal content management system for a provincial art gallery
- Website and social media strategy for a United Nations anti-poverty initiative
- Recruiting and hiring web app built with MeteorJS
- Music website built with Angular + Prismic.io (Content-as-a-Service)
- Single page website for a Silicon Valley mentor capital firm
Recent clients include the Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton), Rosewood Family Advisors LLP (Palo Alto), Sherpalo Ventures (Menlo Park), and Internationella Engelska Skolan (Stockholm).
"The AGA website has a great deal of changing content and media which can be daunting, but they’ve helped put systems in place that have made that more manageable. I would not hesitate to recommend them for web projects large or small." — Sarah, Art Gallery of Alberta
Contact Us
info@othermachines.com
1-780-701-0954
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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