Outside the Box – Perspectives, News, & Notions

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

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

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,

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

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Why should everyone be taking a strong cybersecurity stance? With the ever growing technology, people don’t see something physical they tend to forget that it needs to be secured. When you walk into a bank, you can physically see the security that is protecting your assets. With IT, people have a tendency to forget about their server that might be

How to make your business more efficient and creating systems within to save time and money.

How to make your business smarter and more efficient “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Bill Gates As you read in our first in the series of Business Automation blog

How to make your business smarter and more efficient “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Bill Gates What exactly is business automation? Business automation is taking tasks within your business

HR & Cyber Security, Basics You Should Know As a department in your company, Human Resources has a lot of responsibilities, not to mention access to confidential information for your employees. This makes it all the more important to make sure that you are taking the right precautions to protect you and your employees’ information. Here are just a few

JSON has been around for many years but we still get lots of questions about it.  This is a brief introduction.