A messaging app with a function to make your texts disappear: sounds like a bad idea, right? Well, not exactly. This concept has turned Snapchat into one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, with approx. 178 million worldwide daily active users absolutely loving the idea. Snapchat's popular 'Stories' feature was copied by Instagram, WhatsApp, and everyone in … [Read more...]
Eliminate Data Waste: Data Usage at Every Level
Big Data has completely revolutionized every aspect of business and finance. Executives, managers and specialists have a world of information, statistics and data at their fingertips at all times, and can use this data to make informed decisions that will positively impact their company. Depending on the industry, size of the company and other factors, the amount of information … [Read more...]
Maintaining Your Online Applications
Maximizing Innovation Utility Today there are numerous solutions for the design, management, and development of online applications. This can even be done remotely through varying cloud SaaS (Software as a Service) platforms. Remember Wix.com? Well, there are smartphone app design websites of a similar kind in today’s day and age. It’s no secret that cloud applications are … [Read more...]
Reflecting on 404 Tech Support in 2016
2015 was a calm year for 404 Tech Support. I had recovered from a Google search algorithm and kept a rhythm. 2016 has been a different story. I moved and began commuting to work in July which took up a lot of my free time and posting to 404 Tech Support became less consistent. I recently landed a new job in information security so the commute is gone but I work with different … [Read more...]
Report from Ford Foundation discusses the collective technical debt of our digital infrastructure
In a report titled Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure, the Ford Foundation addresses the shared code that companies profit from and individuals benefit from. Are we contributing enough to those that maintain the programs, libraries, and other code? If not financially, are we putting in the hours to help review the code that we heavily rely on? … [Read more...]