Category: Development
On Mentorship and Feeling Like a Badass
Before I stepped into the marketing world, I was a classical guitarist and guitar teacher. When choosing music for a student to play and practice it’s important that the music is not all too hard or too easy. In other words, a guitar student needs to practice something that will push them, but they also […]
Lone Star PHP 2017 Wrap-Up
This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend Lone Star PHP in Addison, Tx. Even though this was the last running year of the conference, the quality of speakers and sessions was not lessened. Here’s a wrap-up on my top 5 favorite talks of the weekend: Your API is Bad And You Should Feel […]
How to Build Dynamic Banners that Clients Love
What do you do when you want to use the same banner template for an entire feed of products? Create a dynamic banner! Unfortunately, the pre-existing banner templates aren’t the best looking display ads… Luckily, we were able to conquer Google Web Designer and create awesome banners for our clients. Let’s get technical. So how […]
We all know there are more ad tech companies in the digital space than anyone can count. To stand out to agencies and brands, you must have amazing, unique tech. That will get you on the plan. But new innovations pop up every second. Your competitors will create comparable tech before you know it. To […]
Creating wireframes or Sketches is a critical step before developing new software. But what happens when you have multiple wireframes that outline several pages in a piece of software, or several user states that the app can have? It can be a bit overwhelming to review, and you quickly lose the context of what you’re […]
Customizing Your Macbook with Terminal
I got my first Apple Macbook Pro in 2010 when I went off to college. If you’re like I was back then, you love it, but you’re not sure what all it can actually do. Even worse, some things were just a flat out headache. Always wondering where that one screenshot went, constantly having to sort […]
With all of the craze in web development around React and Redux currently, we at PMG started using it about a year ago and have adopted it in most of our tools that run in the browser. It has made working with Javascript and the presentation layer much more enjoyable than what has been done […]
Stop Wireframing and Start Sketching Your Mockups.
When creating a new feature or building a new piece of software from scratch, one of the first steps in the software development lifecycle is always mocking up your design and bringing your vision to life. Sometimes this requires working with a graphic designer or UX specialist, but really, who can design what you have […]
UI/UX Design Before Development is Important
UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) are important steps that need to be thought of first, before building software/ web applications or adding new features. I’ve touched on this topic before in my Lonestar PHP 2016 conference recap about the You Can UX Too: Avoiding the Programmer’s User Interface session by Eryn O’Neil. This post will cover […]
The Right Level of React Abstraction
Yesterday while reviewing a few pull requests from my coworkers, I was struck by how easy a few changes were in some React code. The changes were easy because the codebase in question had found the right level of abstraction in the pieces that were changing. ReactJS may be the next shiny new thing, but […]
