Peace with Food

Sometimes a business is lucky enough to be found by amazing people.  Peace with Food is one of these.

We partner with people in a number of ways and the Peace with Food mobile app story is a good example.

In June of 2016, Nerdy Dragon was receiving website contact form submissions from Mike Ziray / Z Studio Labs.  We've worked together since 2012 or so, in a number of ways.  Also have developed a great friendship (started on twitter).

Jonathan Brendefur wondered why people struggled with math, then researched..and collaborated, published, innovated and...After years of persistence, he traced the root of the issue to early childhood education, identified 6 fundamental dimensions that can be measured, and built the only assessment tool that diagnoses a students ability and gives educators the information needed to give the right instruction to improve student outcomes. Not only that, he built curriculum, instruction, and professional development to help every person have the tools needed.

In this episode we learned about Chris Shattuck - Open Source Community Influencer, Entrepreneur, and International Celebrity.  He self-started a web design and development agency, subscription product selling training on Drupal, and a number of other ventures.

Mobile app development is not limited to a single thing, in that you can simply "learn mobile app development" and be successful developing apps.

There are layers upon layers of considerations when developing apps for mobile platforms.

First off, should you even be developing a mobile app?  If so, then should you build it for iOS and Android both? Or use a hybrid framework - such as React Native, Ionic, Cordova, or something else?

We sat down with James Shawver with SWYM - Share What You're Making.  He likens it to "Pinterest for Engineers".  The platform brings people, technology, and projects together to make things and connections.    

James parlayed his passion for open source and making things happen into an exciting company.  Learn about about him and SWYM.

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Selecting the right marketing channels for your target audience is critical to achieving successful ROI from your digital marketing campaigns.  This assumes you first know who your audience is, understanding where they can be found, and then structuring and executing campaigns to reach the right people via the right channels.

Making a mistake in your online marketing channels can be a HUGE, unprofitable expense. In this post, we cover a bit of detail behind a number of popular marketing channels and hope it's helpful for your digital marketing efforts.

Listen to Prince with Art of Visuals on this episode of Decision Pints! Prince followed his passion and created, made art, inspired others, built a following, and a successful business around it all. Learn a bit about his story and Art of Visuals.

We all put hard work, not to mention our hearts and souls, into the pursuits we care about.  We pursue and persevere with our goals, though, not to say we always go about it the best or most efficient way.

Now at the start of 2018, it’s appropriate to spend some time reflecting and planning ahead.