How to Plan for a Trip Using Technology
In May I purchased tickets for my partner and I to go on a vacation to the Pacific Northwest for a weeklong trip. I decided that we’d plan on hopping from state to state hitting up Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC. Since we were going to multiple states and countries we knew it was important […]
Distractions in the Workplace
While you are sitting at your desk, working your 9:00 am to 5:00 pm job, how much time have you lost being unproductive? How did you get back on track after your break from the monotonous tasks? According to a Career Builder survey, three out of four employers believe that their employees waste at least […]
5 Signs You Should Invest In Web Design
5 Signs You Should Invest In Web Design A few months ago we were working with a company on a website. This company had two main business partners who just came together from two other companies, two different backgrounds. Fred, the first partner, came from a company that provided him referrals from his previous employer, […]
Codecademy Developers Course Summary
Two months ago I decided to take on the task of entering a class by Codecademy entitled “Freelance Website Development”. The scope of the class was to teach people that were interested in becoming developers all the skills they needed to do so in the time span of two months. To me, this excited me […]
Is it Hurting You or Helping You?
At this point, I am sure you have heard of the term “Website Template.” If you have not, a website template is a prebuilt website using HTML and preloaded photos and content. There are a multitude of templates with various price ranges. You can find them anywhere from hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars to […]
My Ideas for the Future Dev Office
The Development Office of the future? Here at Nextfly, we have been toying around with the idea of making an office for the development team. Being lead developer here, I have some opinions on how I believe we should plan the office. I think the people who should be in this space should consist of […]
Julie Becomes a Developer : Week 1 of Codecademy’s Freelance Website Development
Years ago when I first got started working at Nextfly I decided to learn a bit of code in order to be able to truly understand the language that puts a website together. Since then, I’ve taken my foundation of knowledge and applied it to my job, which later lead to receiving a promotion to […]
Why A Website Should Never Be a DIY Project
Wooden pallet furniture, glass jar light fixtures and or repurposed shelves on the wall. These are all projects that can be done with little to no money-spending and instead using what is available around the house. In today’s society, there is a growing trend of people taking on this self-sustaining, independent approach to their day-to-day lives. This is mostly for the benefit of saving […]