Art+Logic Named One of the Top Design and Software Development Agencies in Los Angeles
Art+Logic was named one of the “Top Creative, Design, and Development Companies in Los Angeles 2018” by Clutch. Our accolades were in the categories of Software Developers, Graphic Designers, Digital Design Agencies, and .NET Developers. According to Clutch, companies...
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The Internet of Things and the Future of Healthcare
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to drive change and innovation across many industries. In the world of IoT, devices collect and exchange data with each other, making it easier to analyze massive amounts of information accurately and more efficiently.
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What Are Progressive Web Apps?
Progressive Web Apps (PWA) continue to gain popularity within the tech community and are on course to become an integral part of app development. PWAs use modern web techniques to deliver a native app-like experience to users. While some companies like...
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Digging In The Dirt: 27 Years Of Project Data
About 10 years ago, Art+Logic christened its homebuilt project tracking and management system. At our Annual Conference that year, we voted on the name “Trantor.” I’m not a sci-fi nut like most of my colleagues but, apparently, the name comes from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series. Trantor was . . .
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Art+Logic: Rebranding Ourselves
Who ARE we? You may have noticed that we changed our logo. We felt it was time to revise our design so it continues to represent our unique blend of art and logic while also connoting the kind of strong, solid, and innovative work we do. How to achieve this goal sparked some amazing conversations about who we are . . .
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Art+Logic Invites Submissions for New Software Incubator Lab.
Art+Logic announces the launch of a new software incubator called the Art+Logic Lab. This incubator lab will focus on developing a working prototype of a selected software project. This first iteration of the lab will target the music technology and professional audio...
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Milestone versus Waterfall Development
Milestone-driven software development is Art+Logic’s proprietary, iterative development process based on proven agile principles. Each iteration contains all phases of a project: requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and delivery. Software is built incrementally from the start of the project instead of trying to deliver it all at once. This approach helps teams respond to unpredictability by promoting consistent and frequent opportunities for feedback.
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A Brief Introduction to Blockchain
At its simplest, a blockchain is a distributed database of transactions that are cryptographically linked to form an incorruptible chain. Transactions are grouped together at intervals to create a 'block.' Every new block depends on its ancestor block being unaltered....
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Zen and the Art of Working with Internal Teams
I’ve had the pleasure of working with many internal development teams in my career in software development. For our company, working in partnership with internal development teams is, in fact, a common project type. Clients call on our particular services for any...
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Digital Disruption and the Menswear Renaissance
Disruption has been the buzzword in tech for the last half a decade or so, and I thought it might be interesting to detail how disruption has personally changed my life as it simultaneously changed the fashion industry. First, let’s define a few terms: Ready to wear...
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Music and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Prior to the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927, live musicians accompanied motion pictures in movie theaters. After the integration of synchronized sound, live musicians were no longer necessary. Protesting this technological advancement that took away their jobs,...
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Maintaining Your Application — It’s Like Owning A Cat
I may live to regret this analogy. But let’s consider this a PSA for the purpose of maintaining your software application . . . perhaps co-sponsored by your local ASPCA or Animal Rescue. I frequently find that clients think of their applications like a very heavy...
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iOS 11: The Culling
Amid the OS updates rolled out last week, one of the iOS updates may have passed by the casual observer or novice application developer with little notice. iOS 11 no longer supports 32-bit applications. Technically, there’s no reason to not support 32-bit...
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Long in the Tooth: What to Do with Aging Software
Software development has moved through several ages as both technical innovation and the cultural evolution driven by those technical innovations has moved from the early adopters through the late adopters and permeated our expectations of what technology is. But, now, we’re seeing a wave of projects driven solely by applications just getting long in the tooth.
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When a Fixed Price is a Reasonable Option
I still run into a lot of companies that have the expectation that software development can be done on a fixed-price basis. They’re either still used to waterfall management style, or dealing with goods vendors, or, maybe a few are still running into software...
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Persistence
Boston March 1911 Icy wind blew the pages of the young man's book from beneath his near-frozen fingers. His tattered gloves helped little. He huddled in an alley finding what warmth he could behind a bakery. The scent of baking bread made his mouth water but he dared...
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Art+Logic @ SXSW2018
Once again, Art+Logic will have folks attending the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. If you’re there and want to speak with someone from our sales, engineering, or recruiting groups, we’ll be attending from March 9-14.
To set up a meeting, send an email to inquiries@artandlogic.com or send a Direct Message on Twitter to @artandlogic.
Azure Cloud: Mining the Ether (a practical guide)
A Practical guide to Mining and Transferring Tokens of Your Own Private Cryptocurrency "Which cryptocurrency is better? Mine, of course! Please don't make me sign up to another service, just let me trade Ether and create Tokens ..." Like many old-school developers, my...
More PWA to Ya! (Progressive Web Apps, Part 2)
Last time, we got into the nitty-gritty on how to make your web application into a Progressive Web Application (PWA to its friends). I promised we'd dig even deeper this time, and show you how to make your web app a little more 'native' on Android - and how to deal...
More PWA to Ya! (Progressive Web Apps, Part 1)
It's project kickoff time, and you're having a conversation with your client about what form the application will take: Client: I'm thinking mobile app. Our users will definitely be using this on the go. Dev: Sure, we can do a native mobile- Client: Mind you, we'll...
