Flutter For Your Next Mobile App Project
Are you considering using Flutter for your next mobile app project? If so, you’ve come to the right place. The purpose of this blog is to give you the lowdown on Flutter, in particular whether it should be considered for your next mobile application project. In this article, we cover the considerations both a technical […]
Remote Work and Work From Home in 2020
Before writing this blog, I thought everyone was talking WAY too much about COVID-19, and that for our own mental health, we need to ensure we keep talking about other things, too. However, a week ago my team and I conducted 12 interviews with decision-makers regarding remote work (or work from home), and the results […]
The Process Automation Dilemma: People vs. Profit in 2020
In the past, there was a very clear hierarchical difference between the owner of a business and their staff. Cutting people in service of profits was an easy decision to make. When the company had reached a fork in the road, such actions were always predictable. The fight between people vs. profit almost always favoured profit. […]
E-Commerce vs. Online Marketplace
I still remember when Uber reached Australia in October 2012. I had only ever used trains and the occasional taxi to travel to and from meetings. Occasionally I would drive and pay excessive parking fees in Sydney’s CBD, which never seemed worth it. Uber was created soon after the global financial crisis, and I remember […]
Drupal vs. WordPress in 2020
I’ve used Drupal and WordPress for the grander part of the last five years, and it’s clearer now more than ever where each of these systems triumphs. What these content management systems have to offer is vastly different than it formerly was, and this continues to evolve each year. That’s why I love writing my […]
Does Australia’s COVIDSafe App Steal Your Private Data?
Data privacy is becoming an ongoing threat to our internal sense of security, and an issue many have woken up to following the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal. In light of Coronavirus, the Australian Government has released an app called COVIDSafe, which aims to reduce community transmissions of COVID-19. With the release of this […]
Establishing a Business Continuity Plan Amidst Coronavirus
At first, no one is sure how to react to the unprecedented fear of coronavirus. But the good news is, with a strong business continuity plan in place, you’ll be able to function and survive amidst unpredictable times like this pandemic. Realistically, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for a business continuity plan, but being agile is the […]
How You Can Easily Prepare for Drupal 9
I first started developing with Drupal in 2012, a year after Drupal 7 was released. However, at the time, I actually started by working with Drupal 6. This was because a majority of companies I was initially contracted to work with were still using Drupal 6, and had no immediate plans to upgrade. It wasn’t […]
Replacing Marketers by Bots One Word at a Time
In a society that is increasingly relying on technology to simplify daily lives, artificial intelligence has built machines that can automate our music playlists, make our coffee, and as of late, write effective sales copy. Publicising their landmark partnership, JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States and one of the largest financial […]
Will my Digital Product be Successful?
How to test your product’s perceived value before investing time and money. In the earlier stages of Station Five, we had a prospect who, for the purposes of this article, we shall call Jamie. Jamie approached Station Five because he had built the first iteration of his digital product, through which he was looking to […]