“We design and develop elegantly crafted services, web and mobile products, and connected device experiences”: Smashing Boxes

Whether it is Google drive suite, WhatsApp or Djarvis, the software technology has taken over the industries and the world as a whole. For the easy management of tasks in industries as well as in daily lives, software plays an important role. With apps like online banking, shopping and so on, the whole world is interconnected, isn’t it? If you compare computers to music and musical instruments you can think of hardware as the instruments and software being musical notes. And let’s perceive how important it is in the industry.

Introducing Smashing Boxes; the makers and the doers

Endowed in the year 2010 and headquartered at Durham, NC, Smashing Boxes is well known for its innovative ideas in creating web and mobile apps. Branding and Messaging, iOS App Development, User Interface Design, User Experience Design, Web App Development, API Development and Integrations fall in the categories where they find their unique role in. With recent advancements in the software technology, ‘Smashing Boxes’ help to build great companies by making use of IOT and cloud technologies. The product design and development agency with a bunch of creative designers and developers got featured in the App Store and get mentioned in the likes of Mashable and Wareable recently. By merging with IOT, wearable technologies and health tech, SB is establishing a unique stand in the software technology.

An elegantly crafted connected device experience

Software services, hasn’t it made a much more connected experience? With the innovative technologies in designing, web development, mobile development and IOT, Smashing Boxes brings an outbreak in the software technologies.

Design, Development and Project Management for web and mobile applications

“For us, a human-centered approach to engagement all begins with empathy. Understanding the state of mind, motivations and context of the user are all key to creating successful, fulfilling and frictionless experiences.” - John Pucci, Director of Design

SB Design takes a human-centered design approach from information architecture to data visualizations to create compelling product User Interfaces and Experiences. SB assures to bring in a product that will definitely match the requirements of the users. With a focus on the emerging technologies, SB helps in designing and developing user friendly software always.

Better Platform for connected devices

With a wide platform for connected device integration and development, and by making use of existing technologies in IOT, they create software that seamlessly connects the overall experience. It can help you build a platform where the software devices can be better connected, be it in network or a standalone platform, write code for the devices in the best possible way ever.

The human-centered design methodologies

Smashing Boxes can make the complex business solutions simple. With a simple but different approach and human-centered methodologies it creates social innovations.

What is Service Design?

Just as mobile apps and websites are designed, services are too. Services are made up of human, physical and technological touch points. Each encounter needs to be intentionally designed to drive both innovation and business objectives. From customers to employees, they help businesses innovate and inspire through thoughtfully-designed services.

Finding out the latest technologies – The core product

Actual id

Talking about the product, this is a cloud-based web application which is built with Ruby on rails. This technology bring forth an easy way to track the employees time for the payroll requirements. The programming that they created could sync with the ActualiD’s biometric hardware and store data in the cloud. Thus it provides easiest time scheduling at different locations as well as in different organizational structures.

The web development could completely track the unusual human behavior and the difference in their timing which varies accordingly. But their tracking system could manage and recognize each of these behaviors which added to the better redesign of the software.

The Hardware Integration

In order to track the different time scheduling, it was mandatory to make use of the punch in and out information, thereby bringing the fingerprint scanner technology. In a way, though hardware integrated, this software could track the right timings of the preferred users it seems.

Software to harness the power of personal referrals

In its venture to help one of its client EmployUs, they designed and developed a custom Ruby on Rails backend application and API, and Native iOS app, that could help companies win the war for top talents. In this way the connectors are rewarded with bonuses when their referrals get hired. The entire business was focused in the sharing economy. Instead of using some intermediaries in the hiring process, it focused on getting referrals from real people such that more talents could be brought together. This technology has helped employers to find the right candidates without the need for any intermediaries.

Admire the Luminary

Nick Jordan, CEO: A lifelong entrepreneur, Nick Jordan entered the technology field as founder of Smashing Boxes, a product design and development agency that employs 60+ designers, developers, strategists and support staff. Smashing Boxes is known for creating innovative web and mobile apps that win awards, get featured in the App Store and get mentioned in the likes of Mashable and Wareable. As CEO of Smashing Boxes, Nick oversees vision, strategy, business development and culture. He is a strategic problem solver with broad experience leading the design, development, and implementation of robust client-focused technology systems, while managing operations and project-based initiatives.

“We help clients unlock opportunities, achieve strategic business initiatives and speed innovation using human-centered design methods”