Outside the Box – Perspectives, News, & Notions

We’ve been doing this for over two decades: helping companies solve their biggest challenges with insight-driven, digital solutions and custom software. We’ve seen trends come and go, but one thing has never changed – our dedication to delivering results that move businesses forward. After much hard work and introspection about Switchbox – who we are, who we’ve always been, and

It finally happened, my childhood caught up with me. Back in high school and college I was building out some pretty basic windows applications using VB6 and eventually VB.Net. I thought I had left all those behind as most of the world moved to more modern web and mobile applications. But… I was wrong. It turns out a lot of those old legacy applications (most

How many companies do you know of that will put 70 people on one plane and fly them to Orlando to hang out together for the weekend? Oh, and have our CEO (ahem, Joel!?) accidentally direct us onto someone else’s bus to the grocery store and hotel? Well, we really like our staff and their families, so that is exactly

In today’s internet, every business leader can see the significance of user experience (UX) in their online presence. Custom web app development is the way to stand out and allow companies to create tailored solutions that not only meet but exceed their customer’s expectations. But a web app is only as good as the UX created for it. No matter

Answering whether you should hire internal web or information technology professionals or hire external or consulting firms.

Battle of the Chili Puns, 2023 Edition It was that time of the year again, Switchbox’s beloved Annual Chili Cook Off! Our staff gets together and works on their best chili recipe, or if you are Joel, Googles the best chili recipe, and we have a blind taste test to see which Switchbox team member is the best chef! For

AI Taco Quiz for Condado Tacos Switchbox, in partnership with Fahlgren Mortine, created a viral-style multi-question quiz that allows users to find out which Condado taco most closely matches their personality. Fahlgren Mortine produced the layout design and questions, and worked with Switchbox to build the new feature into the Condado website in a way that matches the existing brand,

Client Appreciation Night and Team Gathering Something about the Switchbox team is that we love to work hard and meet our goals, but we also love to have fun doing so. So, when the opportunity arises to combine those two, we jumped at the chance to take it! In September we had the chance to throw an event for our

Every year we have goals to work for, and in turn if we meet them (we usually do!) we get to treat our team to an awesome company trip. Our goal for 2023 was a full trip to Scottsdale, AZ in February, and most of our team was able to join us with their plus ones and families! We love

Switchbox is kicking off another IoT initiative. In the past we’ve done a number of projects including tracking farm machinery, ensuring safety in manufacturing nuclear pharmaceuticals, helping campers reduce electricity usage and to keep their eyes on their campers, and even just a little work with drones over golf courses for keeping the course green. This time we are proud