diff --git a/app/models/contributer.rb b/app/models/contributer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c26b010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/contributer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class Contributer
+  # TODO: when cdq is included some events are not firing correctly.
+  # this works like a CDQ model, but not using CDQ right now without CDQ we can
+  # use create the feature we are trying to build here, but we need to sort out
+  # the CDQ thing
+  attr_accessor :name
+
+  def initialize(properties)
+    self.name = properties[:name]
+  end
+
+  def self.all
+    @all ||= %w{twerth squidpunch GantMan shreeve chunlea markrickert}.collect do |name|
+      Contributer.new(name: name)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/screens/contributer_screen.rb b/app/screens/contributer_screen.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d4b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/screens/contributer_screen.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+class ContributerScreen < PM::DataTableScreen
+  title "RedPotion Contributers"
+  refreshable
+  stylesheet ContributerScreenStylesheet
+  cell model: Contributer, scope: :all, template: {
+    name: :name,
+    cell_class: ContributerCell
+  }
+
+  def on_load
+  end
+
+  def on_refresh
+  end
+
+  # Remove if you are only supporting portrait
+  def will_animate_rotate(orientation, duration)
+    reapply_styles
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/screens/home_screen.rb b/app/screens/home_screen.rb
index 98f7ff1..56ad161 100644
--- a/app/screens/home_screen.rb
+++ b/app/screens/home_screen.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class HomeScreen < PM::Screen
       open MetalTableScreen.new(nav_bar: true)
     end
 
+    append(UIButton, :open_data_table_button).on(:touch) do
+      open ContributerScreen.new(nav_bar: true)
+    end
+
     append(UIButton, :open_example_controller_button).on(:touch) do
       open ExampleController
     end
diff --git a/app/stylesheets/contributers_screen_stylesheet.rb b/app/stylesheets/contributers_screen_stylesheet.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73be513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/stylesheets/contributers_screen_stylesheet.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+class ContributerScreenStylesheet < ApplicationStylesheet
+  def root_view(st)
+    st.background_color = color.white
+  end
+
+  def cell(st)
+    st.background_color = color.white
+  end
+
+  def cell_title(st)
+    st.frame = {t: 5, w: device_width / 2, h: 20, l: 5}
+    st.background_color = color.white
+    st.color = color.black
+  end
+
+  def github_button(st)
+    st.text = "View profile"
+    st.frame = {t: 5, w: device_width / 2, h: 20, fr: 5}
+    st.color = color.orange
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/stylesheets/home_screen_stylesheet.rb b/app/stylesheets/home_screen_stylesheet.rb
index fee44a1..0762161 100644
--- a/app/stylesheets/home_screen_stylesheet.rb
+++ b/app/stylesheets/home_screen_stylesheet.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class HomeScreenStylesheet < ApplicationStylesheet
   end
 
   def open_table_button(st)
-    st.frame = {centered: :horizontal, fb: 80, w: 200, h: 20}
+    st.frame = {centered: :horizontal, fb: 120, w: 200, h: 20}
     st.color = color.tint
     st.text = "Open table screen"
   end
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ class HomeScreenStylesheet < ApplicationStylesheet
     st.text = "Open metal table screen"
   end
 
+  def open_data_table_button(st)
+    open_table_button st
+    st.frame = {bp: 10}
+    st.text = "Open data table screen"
+  end
+
   def open_example_controller_button(st)
     open_table_button st
     st.frame = {bp: 10}
diff --git a/app/views/contributer_cell.rb b/app/views/contributer_cell.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc350e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/contributer_cell.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class ContributerCell < ProMotion::TableViewCell
+  def on_load
+    apply_style :cell
+
+    find(self.contentView).tap do |q|
+      @title = q.append!(UILabel, :cell_title)
+      @button = q.append!(UIButton, :github_button)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def name=(value)
+    @title.text = value
+    # TODO: this is being called twice for each cell...
+    @button.off.on(:tap) do
+      url = NSURL.URLWithString("http://www.github.com/#{value}")
+      UIApplication.sharedApplication.openURL(url)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/project/pro_motion/datatable_screen.rb b/lib/project/pro_motion/datatable_screen.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddad19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/project/pro_motion/datatable_screen.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+module ProMotion
+  #TODO ? - set_attributes is called twice - seems like this is in PM core
+  # this is because we call setup when we build the cell and setup when its
+  # about to display - this is because PM wants styling to fire in each case -
+  # and properties was where the styling is done in PM
+  #
+  # if we are going to wire an event when a value is set on a cell, this could
+  # be problematic, especially likely since cells are reused, etc
+  # see my new cell for example, where I have to remove and then add events
+  # because of the double call
+
+  class DataTableScreen < TableScreen
+    def self.cell(cell)
+      @cell = cell
+    end
+
+    def self.cell_properties
+      @cell
+    end
+
+    def table_data
+      [{
+        cells: cell_data
+      }]
+    end
+
+    def cell_properties
+      self.class.cell_properties
+    end
+
+    def cell_data
+      return [] if cell_properties.nil?
+      return [] if data_model.nil?
+
+      data_model.send(data_scope).collect do |c|
+        {
+          cell_class: cell_class,
+          properties: properties.inject({}) do |hash, element|
+            hash[element.first] = c.send(element.last)
+            hash
+          end
+        }
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def properties
+      @properties ||= cell_properties[:template].reject do |k,v|
+        k == :cell_class
+      end
+    end
+
+    def cell_class
+      @cell_class ||= cell_properties[:template][:cell_class]
+    end
+
+    def data_model
+      @data_model ||= cell_properties[:model]
+    end
+
+    def data_scope
+      @data_scope ||= cell_properties[:scope] || :all
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/project/pro_motion/table.rb b/lib/project/pro_motion/table.rb
index 1dcf78f..c6ef381 100644
--- a/lib/project/pro_motion/table.rb
+++ b/lib/project/pro_motion/table.rb
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ module ProMotion
       table_cell
     end
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/pro_motion/data_table_screen_spec.rb b/spec/pro_motion/data_table_screen_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7f4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/pro_motion/data_table_screen_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+describe 'DataTableScreen' do
+  class TestModel
+    attr_accessor :name
+
+    def initialize(name)
+      self.name = name
+    end
+
+    def self.all
+      [
+        new('one'),
+        new('two')
+      ]
+    end
+
+    def self.starts_with_o
+      [
+        new('one')
+      ]
+    end
+  end
+  class TestCell
+    def on_load
+      find(self.contentView).tap do |q|
+        @title = q.append!(UILabel)
+      end
+    end
+    def name=(value)
+      @title.text = value
+    end
+  end
+
+  class TestDataTableScreen < ProMotion::DataTableScreen
+    cell model: TestModel, scope: :starts_with_o, template: {
+      name: :name,
+      cell_class: TestCell
+    }
+  end
+
+  it 'should set the cell_properties value when we call DataTableScreen.cell' do
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_properties[:model].should.equal(TestModel)
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_properties[:scope].should.equal(:starts_with_o)
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_properties[:template][:cell_class].should.equal(TestCell)
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_properties[:template][:name].should.equal(:name)
+  end
+
+  it 'should return items that can be used to build cells from cell_data' do
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_data.count.should.equal(1)
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_data[0][:properties][:name].should.equal('one')
+  end
+
+  it 'should default the scope to all, if its not included in the cell definition' do
+    TestDataTableScreen.cell(model: TestModel, template: {
+      name: :name,
+      cell_class: TestCell
+    })
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_data.count.should.equal(2)
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_data[0][:properties][:name].should.equal('one')
+    TestDataTableScreen.new.cell_data[1][:properties][:name].should.equal('two')
+  end
+end