Author: josh
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ResultWorx TMS Solution
A Transportation Management System (TMS) is a vital component of modern freight logistics. Without this essential software, businesses lack critical visibility into the real-time location of their drivers and cargo. I can’t imagine operating in the freight and logistics industry without it! In 2011, I collaborated with the team at ResultWorx, a division of BIS…
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React Mobile Dispatch Center
Keeping hotel employees safe has been a priority in the industry for years now. Starting as far back as at least 2016, regional authorities including the City of Seattle began passing laws requiring panic buttons to be furnished to hotel workers. These buttons provided employees a discrete and fast way to notify security and emergency…
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Decentralizing the Internet: The Case for Stronger IXPs in Alabama
The “Cloud”, for all the marketing lingo and buzzwords flying around about it, is actually quite simple. At it’s core, the Cloud is simply computers connected across diverse areas and networks. That’s it. There’s no incantations or magic spells holding our digital age together – though on second thought, the engineers that design and keep…
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Fellowship With The Titans
A gentle fog hung over Birmingham, Alabama this morning – visible as far as the eye could see from the 20th floor of the immaculate John Hand building. Industry and commerce humming about below the club floor powered by technology our ancestors couldn’t fathom in 1912 when this building joined Birmingham’s emerging skyline. The innovations…
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Join the REVOLUTION, Self-host Your Content!
I grew up on a more open internet. It wasn’t perfect, but generally speaking, gatekeepers were significantly less common than they are today. On the 2025 version of the internet – algorithms/AI and corporate hucksters get to be the primary gatekeepers of information. If a post isn’t shared on Facebook, X, or Reddit – likely…
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Gate Agent Mobile App
High school football games are a classic American experience bringing communities together to cheer on their local athletes. Who doesn’t love watching these kids develop both their athletic talent and good sportsmanship at the same time? TouchdownTix, an Alabama company, serves schools in this space through development of a custom ticket sales platform. Their goal…
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Carbon Calculator for CareAR
CareAR, a division of Xerox, is an augmented reality software company with the motto to “Make Expertise Accessible”. They do this through their proprietary mobile application which connects field technicians to experts at their home office. Both the technician and remote expert are able to interact together in real-time over live-stream video from the work…
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Haven Today Mobile App
The Haven of Rest, a Christian radio program by Paul Myers, has been broadcast across the globe since 1934 delivering listeners a message of encouragement, hope, and redemption. Now operating under the name “Haven Today” – the program reaches older and newer listeners alike not just on the radio, but also via podcasts, their website,…
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When Fiber Fails, Wireless To The Rescue
Pictures are worth a thousand words – and this one has a story indeed. Shown in the center is a Mimosa ethernet NID. It’s connected to an outdoor wireless internet CPE used for this customer to get internet. It was part of a recent install where a customer upgraded from unreliable fiber internet to Lightwave…
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Partners Experience for Command Alkon
I recently wrapped up development of a new custom WordPress plugin for my friends at Command Alkon. This plugin is used to power the Manufacturer and Industry partner pages on their website. This enables leads on the site to search-and-filter Command Alkon partner companies. JavaScript was used for the filter and search functionality as opposed…