White Whale Web Services, Inc.
Oakland, California

We're a a small, smart, hardworking Web consulting, design and development company. Most of the work we do is for colleges and universities, although we're happy to talk Web with almost anyone.

We create handcrafted, personalized Web designs and robust, scalable content management applications.

Our current and past clients include Brown University, Duke University, Haverford College, Kenyon College, Lewis & Clark College, MIT, the Oakland Unified School District, Southwestern University, Tulane University, and the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Learn more about our staff, or visit our selected design portfolio.

Chapter 42
Our blog

Read what our staff has to say about CSS, code, design, and why running a Web design company is like playing the bass.

Thanks for visiting.

Newly launched: UC Berkeley School of Law

Congratulations to Sybil, Michael Dino, and all our friends at Berkeley Law. More about the site

Lewis & Clark redesign blog open for business

Visit and comment for design critiques and all-around good times!

The Kenyon College site has launched

Congratulations to Kenyon's Office of Public Affairs. More in our blog.

Why smaller is better

We're a small company, and that's how we like it.

“When you bring straight thunder, people are going to love you because of your confidence.”

Read Douglas' notes from the June 2008 SEED conference in Chicago.

Top-secret project to be unveiled October 1

We're getting ready to change the way you think about content management.
We've already changed the way we think about it.
New: A screenshot and some philosophy in our blog.

Giving away the store

We've begun to post code projects and other tools for free download at our open source project site.