Rapid Application Development in Django: Scoreboard
Django is an open-source web framework acclaimed for it’s seamless, no-nonsense approach to web development. Widely touted as the “framework for perfectionists with deadlines,” Django helps streamline...
View ArticleThe Power of Social Media Marketing
The emergence of Web 2.0 technology opened a new door in advertising. Before, virtually all of a company’s marketing had to be a one-way message from the business to consumers. But the advent of social...
View ArticleBudget vs. Timeline
Custom development is not easy and estimating what’s involved to get the job done is not black and white. But naturally, before you start on a project you want to know how much it is going to cost and...
View Article3 things to look for in a great client
Just like your prospects are interviewing your firm to determine if you are going to be a great vendor or partner, you should also interview them to see if they will be a great fit for your team. We’ve...
View ArticlePrice Modeling of ‘Daily Deals’ for Small Businesses
Jay Goltz, in a November 2010 editorial for the Small Business section of the New York Times, basically encapsulated my feelings about the Groupon phenomenon from a small business marketing...
View ArticleHow To: Survive A Technical Industry When You’re The Creative Type
At one point or another, all of us have been the “New Hire”. When you’re in high school and college, it isn’t such a big deal, as you’re typically working in high-turnover jobs: movie theaters,...
View ArticleWe’re in the Cloud!
ProAce.com was recently moved to Rackspace Cloud Hosting. The transition was smooth and the service has been working great. Cloud hosting will continue to expand dramatically as we move forward, but...
View ArticleA Happy Team is a Happy Client
Personal History—Accounting and Sales I have worked in various industries and positions throughout my career, each worlds apart, each requiring different mentalities and mindsets. When I began my...
View ArticleThe Third Mobile Ecosystem
The current smartphone landscape has 2 major players and several smaller options competing for customers’ attention. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems offer users 2 very different...
View ArticleCreate or modify a Linux user
Need to add a user to your Linux server? Maybe change a password? Here are a few basic commands you’ll need. relevant links: useradd passwd usermod groups # Create a user with a home…
View ArticleBuilding Software: Versioning and Compilation
The first goal of our build server is to version and compile our code. Versioning is an important step because the version number is how you identify one build versus another build. This comes in...
View ArticleWorking with Partials in FubuMVC
Today I was working on getting a partial view working properly in FubuMVC and started trying stumbling through it, very unsuccessfully. I ended up reaching out to Joshua Arnold for help with it. I’d...
View ArticleProAce celebrates its 6th Anniversary
November of 2010 marks the 6th anniversary of ProAce as a company. Our fist office was only about 1,000 sqf and our team consisted of four members if you count Max – a tiny malti-poo. This has been a...
View ArticleOur Top Technology Trends for 2011
It’s the time of year when the internet goes crazy with top ten lists of predictions for the upcoming year. Well we take a different approach. As a custom software development house, we are exposed to...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 9 Cometh
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 to the world last night and they were kind enough to invite us to the launch party and press event. Who knew 3 years ago that we would ever be excited for a new…
View ArticleA few comments following SxSW Interactive 2011
I have attended every SxSW Interactive Conference for the last five years. The interactive portion of the conference is a big gathering of software people, interactive marketers, gamers, etc. that come...
View ArticleRestore a Deleted File in Git
Today I found out that we deleted a file in one of our projects that we actually needed. We deleted it a few weeks ago and therefore I had no idea what commit it was a part of or how…
View ArticleSpelling Failure is Not an Option
The Internet is indeed the great equalizer. In removing the middle man in publishing, we’ve seen record labels crumble, bloggers get six figure book deals and more cute kitten videos than America’s...
View ArticleGetting Started with HTML5
HTML5 is a group of standards that was developed to succeed HTML 4. The HTML 4.0 spec was finalized in 1998 and since then the web has evolved to require many features that HTML 4 was not designed to…
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