So you found a low cost development team.  Maybe they’re offshore, or it’s a couple of guys working from their house in Des Moines. They gave you a killer estimate on creating your app and they sound like really sharp techies that know their stuff. You make an upfront payment and they start working.  Everything’s going great until… …you realize it’s not going well at all. You’re finding that: your development team isn’t

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Age and Treachery vs. Youth and Ability

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by FGarcia on April 11, 2011

A favorite witticism holds that “age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.” It’s funny, but is it true? Perhaps not, as history shows. Alexander the Great was tutored by the famed philosopher Aristotle, named king of Macedon at the age of 20, and conquered the known world by the age of 30. Fast-forward to 2011 where there’s a whole new generation of young, social, plugged-in digital savants.

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The Girl Scouts Go Plastic

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by FGarcia on March 29, 2011

If you were born any time after 1920, chances are you’ve had yourself a Girl Scout cookie. Thin mints, samoas, trefoils — whatever your favorite, not much has changed about the cookies, or the girl scouts, in decades. Which means they’re due. As of this year, purchases for those tasty Girl Scout treats can now be made by credit card via a card reader attachment and mobile application for smartphones.

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Our Unofficial SXSW Party Recap!!

by FGarcia on March 21, 2011

Our first ever ‘unofficial SXSW Client Mash-Up’ was awesome! We’d like to thank everyone who was able to come out during such a busy conference and hang with us. We especially want to thank Appcelerator for bringing the “infotainment.” The demos were a huge success and we’re excited to be working so closely with the Appcelerator team. Many thanks to LoneStar for providing their tasty brew. It made it a

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