This is a great article on balancing client expectations with Speed, Quality, and Cost. It’s perfect for what we do on a daily basis. Read the Article
Does your company have a core application that it depends on? We are willing to bet the answer is yes. It might be a website that you use, a piece of software, or a custom intranet you built. We use a lot as you can see from our blog – Software We Use. Here is […]
If you need a video player that works for the iPhone, Droid or other mobile device and still works great for a normal computer try this out… http://flarevideo.com/#overview. It’s great for you website or mobile application. We actually used something similiar for a local Columbus, Ohio company launching their product to Home Depot.
Faster software develoment is one book away.
Check out this great and simple to use media player from Yahoo. Check out the commercial license before you use it on a live website. Should make development easier. http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/ ~Joel
If you have been looking for a good task management software check out http://www.gqueues.com. Its super simple, very powerful, and works just like you would expect. There is a free version and a paid version but the free version is great. If you want to view it in action before signing up just go to […]
I’m using Cobal version 1.13 on an Atari 2600 for the database backend and my cell phone running a boot legged copy of Windows ME as my webserver. My internet is provided by a TCP/IP tunnel running through an unmonitored socket on Battle.net. It’s all being powered by a carbon neutral generator made out of […]
If you haven’t seen this new mobile application check it out. http://www.neerlife.com/ It’s similiar to a lot of other GPS iPhone applications that we have seen crop up recently but has some potential.
One of our clients is now launching their private Beta site http://ow.ly/2iZnx . Public launch is within a few months check back soon.
Congrats to Mlicki Designs on winning a National Gold Addy. Nice job guys. http://ow.ly/2iZkw
We’re going back to Tech Columbus for more funding for another startup. So far we’ve helped launched six successful IT startups, four had partial funding from Tech Colmbus, and two were partially funded by us. This will probably be the fifth from Tech Columbus. We offer VC funding to anyone with a good idea who […]
For a better way to optimize your site for faster page loading check this out. http://sixrevisions.com/css/css-sprites-site-speed/#more-3552
Thanks to Shauna for finding these great photo galleries. All galleries use jQuery and some use PHP for the backend. http://tympanus.net/codrops/2010/05/05/beautiful-background-image-navigation-with-jquery/
Okay, I’m (Joel) actually 6′ 4″ tall so I’m not exactly micro but I am a micro manager. I know it but I still do it. Check this article out if you are a micro-manager or if you are micro-managed. If you work here at Switchbox accept my apologize. http://www.leadershipcourseware.com/blog/general/7-steps-to-overcome-the-addiction-of-micromanagement/
Free more storage space so you can keep developing websites not waste time deleting files.
RT @fastcompany: How Retro Can High Design Get? Think Wooly Mammoths and Fred Flintstone http://bit.ly/dpCKoc
BrowserLab – Great tool for cross browser testing http://ow.ly/1YdLw #development
RT @fastcompany: Facebook Rolls Out Insights Analytics Tools: Now You Can Tell Who “Likes” What http://bit.ly/a0Rrrb
RT @jquerybuzz: How to Create a Drop-down Nav Menu with HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery http://bit.ly/9hbXgT
Problems cleaning up space on your harddrive or free up #Dropbox ? http://windirstat.info/ #diskspace