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I was just responding to an email from someone interested in guidance on pursuing an education in web design and app development. This individual was considering attending a local community college and going through the web design program offered there. I ended up recommending some alternative educational resources and thought I’d share them with you [...]
Here at Cramer Dev, we are always trying new things. If we run into problems that haven’t been solved by existing software, or the stuff that’s out there just doesn’t work as well as we think it should, we figure out how to build something better. This week, we are proud to announce two new [...]
It seems as though everything has a landing page these days. From my designer perspective they are equally exciting and challenging to work on. These seemingly straightforward pages provide a nice little test into writing good copy, using effective imagery and making a quick pitch. I am still refining my ability to create a successful [...]
When you were a kid, you probably had some pretty great ideas about what you wanted to be when you grew up. Maybe you wanted to be a doctor, police officer, fire fighter, veterinarian, or maybe you had no idea at all. For me, I dreamed of becoming a superstar basketball player in the NBA. [...]
The vast majority of web designers are expected to code their own designs, so when I jumped into my first iOS design project it felt like a blast from the past. As the role of web design has matured, more emphasis has been placed on coding and less on tools such as Photoshop. What used [...]
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been listening to Tony Hsieh’s book Delivering Happiness on my drive to and from the office I work out of in Chattanooga. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend checking it out. In a one sentence summary, the book talks about the history and growth of the culture [...]
How well do people around you really know your story? In my experience, people tend to share only what seems appropriate or comfortable. Early on you can quickly gauge personality and work ethic, but dig deeper and there is so much more we can learn about each other. There is a lot of missed potential [...]
We’ve been quiet here on our blog for a while, but that’s because we’ve been busy building excellent products for our customers. Not only that, but our founder, Josh, has been active outside of Cramer Dev as a mentor and advisor for startups. You can read an interview in a Des Moines Register article about Josh [...]
During the 12 years that we’ve been building web and mobile applications, we’ve had the wonderful opportunity to work with dozens of clients from around the country. No matter what we are working on, we share ownership in both success and failure; but no amount of effort or hustle can guarantee success. We want nothing [...]
A few weeks ago the Cramer Dev team got together in Chicago for our bi-annual company meet-up. I was hired on to our distributed team back in June and this was my first chance to actually see the people I work with face-to-face, so I was seriously excited about the time we would have together to catch [...]