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Hello 2022

Smashing Boxes, a leading software development agency in Durham NC, says goodbye to 2021 and HELLO to 2022!

New Members Join the Smashing Boxes Design Team

Steve Banfi and Mike Dalton recently joined the team, amplifying Smashing Boxes’ design offering.

Right idea at the right time? Jarrod Overson Discusses New Triangle-Based Tech Company

By age 11, Jarrod Overson was already teaching himself how to program and creatively use technology, including making video games on his graphing calculator for friends in math class. A few decades later, Overson is still working with technology to create innovative solutions that help others.

What’s an Agency? A Resource to Help Your Business Break Through

Agencies’ varying areas of expertise and thought leadership provide many benefits, elevating businesses—from small start-ups to major organizations—to the next level.

Meet Our Newest Team Member

Smashing Boxes is excited to welcome Emily Neville to the team. With extensive experience from running her own company, she is focused on new business and growth at SB.

Smashing Boxes to Launch New Co-Working Concept in Durham, N.C.

Space within the beautiful Durham Bottling Co. building, a great place to create through content and co-working, will be available later this summer.

Smashing Moves! At Smashing Boxes.

We are excited to announce several new team members to Smashing Boxes!

Adventures in Ventures

Smashing Boxes Ventures, the venture building arm of our business, incubates, develops, and launches technology products and IP.

The Internet of Musical Things or “IoMusT”. It’s IoT, for Music

IoT has the ability to unlock enhanced experiences across a broad spectrum of industries, and music is no different.

We Are Smashing Boxes

After 10 years in the game, we had to take stock and make a plan to thrive for the next 10 years and beyond. In short, we are iterating on ourselves, we’re disrupting ourselves, and we are evolving.

Podcast Episode One: Becoming An Entrepreneur

What does it take to be an entrepreneur? To turn your passion into a business that you love to run? In modern-day America, it’s easy to think of entrepreneurship as something that’s untouchable – only accessible to those who have an excellent education or an incredible mind. We think of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, or any other world-changing innovator. The result? We don’t try it ourselves. The reality is that, with hard work and the right amount of dedication, you can turn your interests into a viable business. We’re covering this and more on Episode 1 of the Next Matters Most Podcast as Nick talks with Jes Averhart, creator of the Reinvention Roadmap, and Founder of Jess and Co.

Top Innovation Hubs in the North Carolina Triangle

While Silicon Valley remains the best-known startup ecosystem in the United States, the Triangle region of North Carolina boasts a ...

How to Choose the Right Product Development Firm

Smashing Boxes Senior Project Manager Neal Raval on choosing the right digital product development firm to bring your idea to life.

Why Everyone Needs a Lab

Now through July 18th, you can see a digital art installation in the first-floor window of the 21c Hotel

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Peer Advisory Group

I owe much of my development as an entrepreneur and business professional to the power of a peer advisory group.

What a Strong Brand Means For a City

The nickname, Bull City, comes from the former brand of tobacco, Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco.

Wellness In the Workplace: 8 Mental Illness Myths

Want to Up Innovation at Work? Take a Break.

Sometimes the most efficient way to rejuvenate is to take a break from actually working.

Want to Learn How to Code?

This week is Computer Science Education Week and even President Obama is helping out with the Hour of Code initiative.

Using GitHub Issues to Manage Projects

GitHub has a built-in issue tracker that can be turned on or off per repository.

Using Coffeescript Classes to Extend Libraries

Coffeescript classes provide an easy mechanism for creating child classes of anything that uses the prototypical inheritance pattern.

Uh-Oh...We have a Bug: A Guide to QA

At a simple level, “quality assurance” means “the activity of checking goods or services to make sure that they are good” says Merriam-Webster.

Topologica: Your Event-Sourced, Flux-Driven Dream Code

Discover Topologica - an instrumental app allowing anyone with an Android phone to intuitively traverse orbifolds to make music without underlying mathematical or musical theory.

Top Takeaways from All Things Open Raleigh 2019

Over 4,000 technologists attended All Things Open 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the largest gathering of os professionals on the East Coast.

The Smashing Boxes Webby Awards Voting Guide

It’s the time again! The nominees for the 20th annual Webby Awards have been announced, and the site we built for Moogfest 2016 was selected in two categories

The Scrap Exchange: A Customer Experience Audit

What if every business could see their services through the eyes of their customer?

The Keys to Project Success: Inside the Mind of a Project Manager

“We believe successful products are the result of successful partnerships.”

The Inclusion Revolution

Diversity in tech. A quick Google search results in countless thought-pieces, articles, and forums that intend to “start the conversation” and address the issue.

The Four P’s of Entrepreneurship

Marketing classrooms have long discussed the four P’s of marketing: product, promotion, position, and price.

The Digital Product Guide: Uncover Your Target Audience

Researching where your product fits into the marketplace is a vital component to achieving success early on.

Pro Tips for Surviving the Digital Health Product Lifecycle

Two weeks ago, we co-hosted the 5th Annual mHealth@Duke Conference with the conference founders, the Duke Global Digital Health Science Center.

Practical Guide to Improving the Service Experience in Healthcare

Today, we’re launching a brand new ebook, “Transforming Healthcare Services: Design Tools For Innovation”. It’s a comprehensive guide to apply service design to healthcare challenges.

Pokémon Go: Fitness App of the Year

Niantic, Inc. along with Nintendo have truly produced a masterpiece - quite possibly a tour de force for many years to come in mobile gaming and even fitness apps.

Next Matters Most: Why Pursuing Innovation Is a Mindset Not a Reaction

As emerging technology platforms mature and become more accessible - the realm of ‘what’s possible’ gets exciting.