GORGES Blog
GORGES Launches a Shared Business Loan Application System
October 7th, 2015
GORGES launched an online loan application system designed for the small business owner. In an unusual arrangement, the work was done for a collaboration of two separate credit unions, Alternatives Federal Credit Union of Ithaca and Cooperative Federal of Syracuse. The economies are obvious and there is also the opportunity to match the Applicants to whichever CU is the more ideal.
Learning Management Systems
April 21st, 2015
Learning Management Systems (LMS), MOOCs, and online universities are often newsworthy these days. More quietly, and over many years, GORGES has provided LMS for clients in the medical certification field.
Why GORGES uses Ruby on Rails and When
April 20th, 2015
There are so many languages available for creating web and database applications: JAVA, PHP, ASP, Perl, Python, Cold Fusion. GORGES is a Rails shop that switches to Drupal for some CMS-focused projects, and also is very accomplished with PHP.
GORGES, Inc. acquires Ithaca startup Push Interactive
February 5th, 2015
GORGES, a custom software developer in Ithaca, New York, is expanding its mobile, data integration, and Bluetooth beacon expertise by acquiring Push Interactive.
Consumer Wearables Tech may Lead the Way for Medical Remote Sensing Tech
February 4th, 2015
Wearables technology includes fast-evolving consumer products and glacially slow medical products. The one will make the path for the other and medical services will be increasingly commoditized.
GORGES at Pebble Developer Retreat
October 22nd, 2014
GORGES is again sponsored by Pebble to their exclusive west-coast developer retreat.
Child Care Solutions new Drupal-CiviCRM web app
October 15th, 2014
GORGES client, Child Care Solutions, in Syracuse, New York, has launched a new web app to support service providers across several counties.
GORGES launches new Programs Management Software for Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
September 26th, 2014
On July 15 the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) began using new program management software developed just for CHESS by GORGES, Inc., an Ithaca, New York software firm. On that day Ernie Fontes, Associate Director, CHESS, and the Director of the CHESS X-ray Program User Office, Kathy Dedrick, switched program management to the new software.CHESS serves a wide spectrum from Universities, National Laboratories, and Industry. CHESS provides users a state-of-the-art synchrotron radiation source for research in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Sciences, and Materials Sciences. Five to six hundred scientists and training scientists visit CHESS's 12 endstations to run their experiments and collect data each year.
Maintenance Plans at GORGES
August 28th, 2014
At GORGES, we have found we can help our client businesses grow and prosper by continuing with them after initial development to provide expertise as needed to keep the websites and applications responsive to their users and prominent in their intended realms. Maintenance Plans are one way to do this.
Sometimes Custom Software is the only Way
August 7th, 2014
On July 15 the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) began using new program management software developed just for CHESS by GORGES, Inc.
New Languages - Same old Challenge
July 16th, 2014
While Apple's Swift programming language, D from Facebook, and Go from Google may be welcome replacements to the set we have used for the last decade, the challenge at GORGES remains economical production. Clients seldom have a passion for technological advancement for its own sake and few of them gain any advantage from announcing their technology advances.
Responsive Design Done Well
July 2nd, 2014
It is oversimplification to define Responsive Web Design as nothing more than a design that takes into account the size of the screen.
GORGES begins work for Child Care Solutions
June 17th, 2014
GORGES, Inc. is excited to announce entering into a software development contract with Child Care Solutions. Child Care Solutions is the not-for-profit child care resource and referral agency that serves Onondaga and Cayuga Counties. They have offices in Syracuse, NY and Auburn NY.
When Free Software is Too Expensive
May 19th, 2014
There are cases where the choice between free and commercial application components is not clear-cut, when you evaluate the true cost of using each. Sometimes the “free” component can be more expensive, because a commercial alternative is available that is a better fit to the application’s requirements.
Drupal e-Commerce website for Cortland Line
May 14th, 2014
Cortland Line is an old line fishing line manufacturer in Cortland, New York that is undergoing a whole new line of marketing and sales.
GORGES integrates Bing map for shoppingcenters.com
May 12th, 2014
The Directory of Major Malls worked with GORGES to update its ShoppingCenters.com website with a new interactive mapping feature.
Cicero-North Syracuse teacher to be honored with 'Outstanding Teacher Award'
April 18th, 2014
A Cicero-North Syracuse teacher will be honored with the Technology Alliance of Central New York's 2014 Outstanding Teacher Award.
Matthew Harbinger is a math and computer science teacher at Cicero-North Syracuse High School in the North Syracuse Central School District.
The Technology Alliance of Central New York is a nonprofit that was founded in 1903 as the Technology Club of Syracuse. Its mission is to facilitate community awareness, appreciation and education of technology.
Electronics Park, LLC
February 18th, 2014
Just five minutes from downtown Syracuse, there is approximately 20 acres of land are available within Electronics Park for development by tenants requiring buildings specific to their needs. Building sites range in size from one to seven acres. Approximately five acres of land has been zoned commercial and are available for such uses as a restaurant, health club, bank, and day care center.
GORGES Joins CenterState CEO
February 7th, 2014
GORGES has joined CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity (CenterState CEO). CenterState CEO is a twelve-county, business leadership, and economic development organization, based in Syracuse, New York.
Jeff Ellis joins GORGES' Syracuse area expansion
February 5th, 2014
GORGES has long been a leader in web software and mobile app development and Jeff will be helping GORGES bring these skills to more businesses in the Syracuse, NY and the Central New York region.
Technology, Teacups and Testing
January 20th, 2014
The hardest thing about creating software isn't building it - it's changing it
GORGES Celebrates Another Successful Year at the New Argos Inn
January 15th, 2014
The GORGES family had a great time at our holiday party.
Big Data Workshops
January 1st, 2014
John Sammis and Don Ellis, of GORGES, Inc., presented a three-hour workshop about Big Data on December 12, 2013
Internet was Not for You
December 19th, 2013
Big Data is a child of the Internet – destined to become a sibling. It is already changing again the way we think about information and communication.
Tide and Weather Pebble Watch App
November 10th, 2013
Matt Clark, CTO at GORGES, has made a weather station for your wrist in a Pebble Watch. GPS finds the closest weather monitoring station and displays local weather information, plus tide information.
Google Fonts
October 7th, 2013
Yesterday I encountered an unexpected problem. I was using the "Crimson Text" Google Web Font on a project, and the font did not show up on IE. So I tried "Buenard" and had the same luck. The customary Stack Overflow search led to the conclusion that not all fonts work in IE.
Pebble Stop Watch App
July 15th, 2013
Matt explores the Pebble Watch, buys one, and starts seeing ideas for great uses.
Shared Library Application by GORGES
June 30th, 2013
Many organizations need to develop information for constituencies that are mostly the same at every consuming point, but are also different in critical ways
E-Commerce and Tax Rates
June 24th, 2013
Someone recently asked me how to compute accurate tax-rates in an e-commerce solution.
Do Views make your Drupal site slow?
June 24th, 2013
The short answer is yes. I was able to shave 40% off the uncached response time of one page with four views by refactoring it to use the Entity Field Query API.
Drupal Page Caching and Case Sensitivity
May 17th, 2013
On a large, high traffic client site, we rely on Drupal page caching for anonymous users to keep the user experience responsive.
Team GORGES takes a field trip
May 16th, 2013
Having found December a fairly difficult month to gather for a Holiday get-together, the gang here at GORGES decided to wait until January to share some laughs together outside of the office; laughs we had.
Belle Sherman Robotics Club
March 26th, 2013
This academic year I agreed to teach a robotics class at a local elementary school.
Customizing the TRAC ticket workflow
March 26th, 2013
At GORGES (among other tools) we use TRAC to manage bugs and feature requests (aka "tickets") and tracking those against various version control systems.
The Code of Life
December 17th, 2012
Last weekend an enthusiastic group of coders from the Ithaca area gathered at GORGES for a special event, as part of the Global Day of Coderetreat.
The True North Strong and ... PHP?
November 12th, 2012
Just got back from the True North PHP Conference in Toronto, and boy, is my brain tired!
Better PHP Diagnostics with ChromePHP
November 7th, 2012
ChromePHP is like FirePHP's handsome cousin. Both the client-side and server-side libraries are really simple, small, and elegant - because ChromePHP does exactly what I thought FirePHP does.
Brad Treat at the PopShop
April 27th, 2012
I visited the PopShop in CollegeTown last night for an event
Overcome challenges to meeting accessibility standards and your website will be usable to a much larger audience
March 16th, 2012
Building a website to comply with Section 508 or WCAG accessibility standards can mean meeting a number of specific technical requirements.
Fitness Frolics
January 26th, 2012
One peril of software development is that there is too much sitting going on.
Medical Data Proliferation
January 26th, 2012
Medical Data Proliferation – One Pattern, One Value, and One Prediction
Wordpress or Drupal
January 19th, 2012
GORGES does not have any intrinsic preference between, Drupal and Wordpress. We can and will provide either.
Choosing Web Chart Technologies
September 9th, 2011
Web-based charting has emerged as another great use of the browser.
An interview with Matt Clark about wearable technology such as the Pebble watch and the Samsung Gear watch.
Under Matt's leadership GORGES has developed watch apps and watch interfaces for Pebble and Samsung watches
