Blue Note Technology

Blue Note Technology is a software development firm whose name reflects its founders' love of jazz. It compares good software to jazz: a solid structure and organisation, with room for improvisation.

What Blue Note Technology offers

• Information architecture — plans the structure of large websites.
• Graphic design — visual design for public-facing sites.
• Content management — content management systems for organisations.
• Database solutions — custom databases for public bodies.
• Citizen communication tools — electronic mailing services that keep residents informed.

Who it works with

Its published projects are mostly for public bodies in Massachusetts: the City of Quincy, the state Department of Fish and Game, and Cambridge City Council, including the Cambridge E-Line service. It also ran a project to attract candidates to a specialist degree programme.