Tag Archives: web development
Introducing Pixafy Content Marketing Strategist Gee-Gee Law
Gee-Gee is the latest addition to the Pixafy team, bringing a diverse set of skills in a number of important areas, such as social media, partnerships and marketing. She answered our interview questions as she was settling into the job.
Q: Where are you originally from? Do you still have family there? Do you have any siblings? If so, what do they do?
I was born and raised in New York City. Most of my family live in NYC and Brooklyn. I don’t have any brothers or sisters, but I do have several cousins who are just like siblings! Growing up, three of them were boys I frequently went toe-to-toe with (and occasionally bested!) on all kinds of nerdery, including various (now-retro) games. (more…)
25 essential Twitter accounts for developers
Great developers are always learning. They know that there’s always room to grow, and with a rapidly-expanding list of cutting edge technologies to wrangle with, it’s imperative to stay informed. Thankfully, there are many resources that help developers increase their knowledge base, including plenty of free or low-cost tutorial sites, blogs, and even Twitter streams that are readily available on the web.
Twitter can actually be a useful tool for tech-minded learners to keep abreast of interesting trends, development tips, and new releases. Pixafy asked our own developers which Twitter accounts they find essential and received a wide range of responses, from accounts that are informative, to inspirational, to just plain fun!
Here are 25 developer-centric Twitter accounts we like – no guarantees, but following them *just* may help you become a more amazing rockstar developer! (more…)
Women in Tech: Obstacles to overcome for success
Women in Tech: Why women are not taken as seriously as men in the tech industry and what obstacles women need to overcome to make ensure that they leave their mark in the technology field.
After recently attending the Women in Tech: Tech Panel at the AlleyNYC last week, I was able to listen to a few extremely successful women in the tech industry and pull what I believed to be:
The Top 5 Reasons Women allow themselves to succumb themselves to a certain ‘bold-less’, ‘lady-like’ stereotype in the industry:
9 common mistakes developers make in WordPress
Having done dozens of projects on the WordPress platform, we’ve learned a lot along the way about best practices from which others could benefit. Here are tips, culled from our team, of common mistakes to avoid when developing in WordPress:
10 ways to break a mental block
When working as a front-end developer or an engineer, hitting a mental block can be one of the most frustrating parts of the job. Still, no matter how much you want to avoid it, sometimes it can’t be helped.
So how do you get past it? We asked our team to offer their suggestions, and we developed this list of 10 suggestions: (more…)
Dynamic virtual hosts using Apache mod_vhost_alias
Apache has the ability to serve multiple web sites of different domains on the same physical server using the same installation of Apache. It does this by using virtual hosts either by using the host header or IP address to select the path of the files to server. In this article, I will highlight an Apache Module called mod_vhost_alias, which allows for dynamically configured virtual hosting. (more…)
When there isn’t safety in numbers: A security lesson
Pixafy staff listen to the introduction to the security lesson.
An oft-repeated statement is “trust no one.” When it comes to securing something in the world of IT, it’s especially important, and has been the subject of much discussion.
That was the subject of a session on security of web applications led by President Uri Foox. Two-thirds of the company’s staff attended the voluntary session and broke into teams to learn how one simple decision can lead to a complete breakdown in a website’s efforts to keep people out. (more…)
TopDog invites you to a food fight
Social media has certainly transformed the Internet, and sites are increasingly calling on the power of social to introduce some really cool websites. But one of the most intriguing, and most fun for us, is the recently launched TopDog. The site presents a series of competitions, each with prizes to the winner, and takes the standard concept of voting for your favorites to a whole new level.
For Thanksgiving, the site has launched a “Food Fight” competition, where people can submit and boost their kitchen creativity for the chance to win a $500 Whole Foods gift card. Users can upload a photo of their most delicious dish, and other users of the site are able to vote for that dish by boosting it, and a leaderboard shows how you’re doing amongst friends and the Internet at large.
The Thanksgiving competition runs through Dec. 12, 2012, but don’t worry if you don’t make it in time – TopDog launches new competitions regularly!
Pixafy has enjoyed developing the technology for TopDog with their team, integrating Facebook social features and creating a platform that allows for easy rollouts of new competitions. We encourage you to participate by submitting your photo and boosting others by visiting TopDog!
Pixafy company retreat: Play ball!
At Pixafy, our focus on people doesn’t stop with customers; it extends to our employees. As such, from time to time we take a company retreat to encourage team building and relationships within the company. On Wednesday August 29th, we took one such trip, a group trip to go see the Yankees take on the Blue Jays. The Yankees weren’t victorious but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the game and what it had to offer.
With an awesome food spread and great seats, we enjoyed the Audi Yankees Club and each others’ company. Ranging from pancakes to sushi, we couldn’t have asked for a better buffet filled with delicious food to satisfy everyone’s taste buds. We were even amazed to see how awesome the bathrooms were!
We certainly hit a home run with this company outing; Check out our Facebook album filled of pictures from our trip!
Making HTML emails (non-mobile)
I remember the late 90’s as an era of both pop and if you lived in my neighborhood, reggae. It was an age where the closest thing to anime on American Television was Sailor Moon, and N64 was still new. Not every household had a computer, and AOL was the best thing since sliced bread. (more…)
