Predictions 2024: 5 Things That Will Happen in Tech

Crypto is BAAAAAAAAAACK Just when you thought it was safe. Confidence is surging, and the legal and financial anarchy of the last 18 months is seen as growing pains (propelled by adolescents). Major financial firms are bullish, and there are new players looking to lead the industry. Naturally, Bitcoin will reach $100k by EOY ’24. […]

A Digital Product Canvas Template To Start Building Your Mobile App

Getting started Once you’ve decided to build a mobile app, the biggest challenge can be figuring out where to start. Ideas come in fast and furious … how do you even begin to organize your team’s thoughts and goals? Start by using our Digital Product Canvas Template. Just fill in the post-its to help formalize […]

Takeaways from the Realtime Fan Engagement Summit

Realtime Fan Engagement Summit Recently I had the opportunity to attend an exclusive Real-time Fan Engagement Summit for product and engineering leaders. In conjunction with Amazon Web Services, Ably brought together sports industry experts from the NBA, NASCAR, Stadion, and similar entities to talk about the quickly evolving present and fast-approaching future of fan engagement. […]

Best Practices In The Government Contracting Process

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Navigating The Process Over the years, we have worked with government partners to build many digital products. Our engagements have been tremendously positive, but one thing is certain: the thicket of departments, approvals, forms, and requirements in the bidding and contracting process (at both the state and federal levels) can seem a bit complicated. If […]

Products and Capital Everywhere: Takeaways from New York Tech Week 2023

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Beautiful Chaos First things first, New York Tech Week is a little more unstructured than many major tech events, and that’s absolutely part of its egalitarian charm.  The organizers purposefully give the brands and event hosts the opportunity to bring value. Anybody could submit an event on a Google spreadsheet, which balloons to include hundreds […]

What Happens (Exactly) In A Product Discovery Phase?

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Finding the balance In our philosophy, a well-crafted product starts with striking the right balance of business objectives, technology needs and approach, and value to the end-user. Finding that balance is the key to a successful, useful digital product, which is why agencies like Dom & Tom rely on a Discovery Phase as the first […]

What’s Your Mobile Application’s Post-launch Plan?

Thinking proactively about post-launch Congratulations, you’ve just launched your new app! And now … the hard part. It can be daunting to think so far ahead when prepping to release an app or website. But as the launch date quickly comes into view, digital product owners need to think proactively about ways to support and […]

Essential Questions A Digital Agency Should Ask Based On Your RFP

Going beyond the RFP template Dom & Tom has been designing and developing digital products since 2009, and in that time we’ve seen a lot of Requests for Proposal. Most mobile application RFPs cover the basics pretty well: company profile, project description, stakeholders, project timelines, platforms for delivery, differentiators … info that’s now standard in […]

A (Short) Directory Of Practical AI Tools and Resources

Poe Poe is Quora’s chatbot service that gives you easy access to a whole range of chatbots, all in one place. Claude, Google, Llama, ChatGPT … you can switch back and forth easily, and it’s a great tool to help you try out models. The free version limits the number of daily messages, but a […]