Message queues allow different parts of a system to communicate and process operations asynchronously. I thought it would be helpful to have a resource explaining them in more detail and how we use them at TINT.

SaaS (Software as a Service) is often deemed as the holy grail of scalable business. Some SaaS tools function with zero outbound marketing and zero outbound sales…

We don’t really know what wearables will look like, and we don’t really know what they will do. So how can you prepare a marketing strategy? By relying on what marketers do best: creative thinking, looking for patterns from consumers, and a little bit of imagination. Here are four ways wearables will change marketing – and what you can do to be ready.

2014 was a big year for social media and activism: from pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, to raising $100 million for ALS research, to providing a stomping ground for nascent conversations about race and police brutality, the range of social media’s involvement in good causes has grown. But. For every stirring story of activism organized on Twitter, there is an equally un-stirring story about hashtags that don’t do anything. Except to make us feel like we’re doing something. “Hashtag Activism” – it’s a phrase reserved for ineffective, vaguely narcissistic Twitter do-gooding.

The way spectators view live sporting events is changing along with mobile technology. Sports fans can often be found occupied by their smartphones during the game, or shooting selfies in the stadium to share with friends over social networks. Sports organizations already know the importance of social networking…

What do Raleigh, Denver, Houston, Seattle and Minneapolis have in common? Not weather. Not cultural attitudes. Surprisingly, they share a love of free Wi-Fi – they’re the best cities in America for free WiFi hotspots. In the past years, as connectivity has become more important and the number of WiFi-ready mobile devices has exploded, a number of U.S. cities have scrambled to give their citizens access to free public Wi-Fi networks, although they’ve come with mixed results.

This past Sunday, 400,000 people took part in the People’s Climate March in New York City to demand action on climate change. The march made the front page of The New York Times, but received the usual mix of coverage and inattention that climate activists have come to expect from traditional news media. The same day, there was a second climate march- one that made its own coverage. It was a digital march that engaged participants across the globe on the new battleground for change: social media.

New York Fashion Week has been an exclusive event, for the shakers of Fashion with a capital “F.” But with the ascent of social media, it’s changed.