We’ve been hearing rumors about it for over a year. It was finally available for pre-order on April 10, 2015 at midnight PST (3:01 a.m. for us east coasters). Within the first fifteen minutes delivery dates were pushed months beyond it’s first delivery date of April 24, 2015. Great for Apple. But, what does it…
Over a year ago, at OPG, we decided to move to Laravel as a primary framework for new PHP application development. The last couple of years, the popularity of this framework is constantly growing. And, according to Futurehosting, 2015 may see the Laravel PHP Framework overtake all others as the leading PHP software development platform.…
Over the past few years, a number of companies have made the news over leaks of sensitive information varying from customer data to credit card numbers. It seems that regardless of size or profitability, whether they’re online-based such as LinkedIn and LivingSocial or have a physical presence like Sony or Target, nobody is invulnerable to…
Predicting the future is a daunting task. Even the most studied and knowledgeable minds are making a “best guess” in most instances. Many predications range from a Utopia to Apocalypse to everything in-between awaiting us. While predicting the future is necessary for preparation and planning – on a personal scale to World-wide implications – often…
Communication is a very important factor in making the workplace a productive, efficient and enjoyable environment. Open communication and using the right tactics when speaking with your clients and co-workers can make any situation easier to get through, keeps everyone informed and ensures that no one is left out of the loop. Lacking communication between…
Turns out that managing operations is hard work! Worse is when self-admitted non-detailed oriented people (like myself) tend to make it harder than it needs to be by ignoring one of the most powerful tools in our belt: the Standard Operating Procedure, or SOP. Tell me if any of these scenarios look familiar: You get…
Technology is constantly changing, out with the old and in with the new. Some of these technologies are so new, professional web developers have never even heard of them. But one new technology has been named dropped at job fairs, in the college classroom, and even HBO’s Silicon Valley; Ruby on Rails is the hot…
Years ago web developers were able to get by specializing in one coding language, but today’s web developer needs to be a full stack developer. That is, they need to be flexible and comfortable in numerous languages, including the structure of HTML, style of CSS, functionality of Javascript and PHP, and possibly converting Photoshop or…
Over the years website needs have steadily evolved. What once was thought for large companies only has now become a commonplace for the “Average Joe” startup. With more moving parts on a website the question that arises for the “Average Joe” is, “Should it do that?” The answer more than likely is no if you…
Let me start by saying that my background was primarily focused on the hospitality industry and not the software technical industry. I have somehow evolved into this new world of ours. A world that is so technically driven that it is hard to keep up with. How many of us spend thousands of dollars on…
