Back in 2009 when I founded Chop Dawg, working remote was still a new concept. I was intrigued, but I jumped on forming a remote team mostly out of necessity. …

Push notifications have been around for quite awhile. In fact, it was in 2009 that the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) launched. Ever since, this technology has had at least some presence in our lives, changing the way we think and plan. — 2016 was primarily a banner year for the technology. With the launch of rich push notifications on iOS and Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android; these steps in push notification technology would allow for developers to produce much more complicated push notifications than ever before.

It seems like ever since 1848, we have been in a continual gold rush. Everyone is pushing to get to the next big thing first. It’s all about being first. It even has a term. We call it the first-mover advantage. — The idea is that the first person in an area benefits from being able to take up the necessary resources with little to no competition, setting the standard in their field and operating almost like a monopoly until everyone else catches up.

If you think that app design and development agencies are too expensive, that they aren’t worth the money, or you don’t think they will get anything done for you that you can’t do better by hiring your own talent internally, in some cases you’re absolutely right. If you already have…

So, you’ve decided that you want to hire a company such as Chop Dawg to help build your future iPhone or Android application. That is exciting! With that said, now comes the vetting process that is so critical to the success of your app. We’ve covered before extensively on our…