And to top off the launch of a brand new site (see our previous blog post) we just launch another Android mobile app. This one is designed/developed to be both a tablet app and an phone app. You can download it in the app store https://market.android.com/details?id=me.lifecubby.mobile.
Congrats to Matt and Stephen for getting EyeScience launched. Check it out at http://eyescience.com
Interactive maps are being great tools for showing information. Instead of simply dumping out spreadsheets or big data into a chart you can show it on a map and make it interactive. A great application is big data pulled from census and other government statistical surveys.
Jacadis (A local web security company) came out to our office to present on web security to our team at our weekly Beer and Code event. It was a huge learning experience and at the end of the day we all took away a few basic practices to make web and mobile applications more secure. Thanks to Doug and Grant for presenting.
15 years ago companies saw a need for building out business automation platforms but there was not enough development talent to build them all. This meant that companies of all sizes started using “build your own database” applications like FileMaker and Microsoft Access DB to build business applications. Now those platforms are becoming obsolete and outdated. What should these companies do?
Most web developers and designers have used the Bootstrap framework for years but apparently the US government is getting involved now too. If you do work at the national or possibly even state level for website and web applications you may see this pop up on an RFP requirement soon.
We just had a meeting with one of the Verizon IoT developers and we have to say we are impressed with what they are doing on enabling mobility devices through their network.
Who actually owns your website? Or maybe asked a different way, who has the ability to shut your site down if they want? We are starting to see panic stricken clients asking this question more and more often and it’s one you should be asking now.
Working with GIS data for new applications can present problems. One of the biggest is the fact that most GIS data is still in legacy formats. If you are having trouble converting legacy GIS map data we can help.
Interactive wireframes are a great step in the discovery process of any web based project. They go beyond the standard view of static wireframes and help clients explore how the website or mobile application will function instead of just showing what the website will look like.
