by Christine Hortinela | May 22, 2017 | Mobile phones, Uncategorized, Voice
At engageSPARK we’re often asked the question: which is more effective – IVR or SMS? So we decided to write an article comparing the benefits of IVR (or automated phone calls) versus SMS campaigns. IVR (interactive voice response) is a technology that allows you to...
by Murat Knecht | May 21, 2017 | Engineering, Open
How do you balance speed of delivery and quality in your software development process? Add elimination of waste to the mix and you’ll never get bored. To find the right balance is about asking the right questions, asking them often, and experimenting. Inspired...
by Christine Hortinela | Mar 25, 2017 | Mobile phones, Technology, Uncategorized
SMS shortcodes for texting are toll-free phone numbers (also referred to as reverse-billed numbers) that allow your customers or clients to send you text messages at no cost to them. In other words, when a person sends and SMS to your shortcode, no load is deducted...
by Murat Knecht | Mar 9, 2017 | Open
Do you also get laser-focused on a task sometimes, and then wonder where the time went, and, oh, you also wanted to clean up the code from last week and learn about that new library? It does happen to us. But no matter what you do at engageSPARK engineering, if...
by Murat Knecht | Feb 26, 2017 | Engineering
We at engageSPARK are using uWSGI to run our Django app in production. uWSGI’s awesomeness includes extensive docs and excellent community tutorials such as this one by DigitalOcean, making it easy to get things running quickly. Now have a look at the...
by Marisa Quiaot | Feb 7, 2017 | Engineering
Are you having problems in finding specific test cases among the hundreds, or perhaps thousands of test cases in your test suites? Are you having difficulty remembering the last time when a specific test passed or failed? Perhaps you’ve tried using tools such as...
by Christine Hortinela | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Image of QA meetup demo and participants by Lovely Banquil With the proliferation of IT companies and startups in Cebu, it’s no wonder various tech communities and groups have sprung up in this beautiful island over the past few years. These groups usually cater...
by Zakatell Kanda | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have you ever gotten tired of Selenium breaking every time your Firefox is updated? Certainly I am. For this blog post, I’ll explain how to use Selenium with their official image in docker hub. Pros Pin a browser to a specific version Same testing on all...
by Karen Rae Arnoco | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Learn how to use engageSPARK to maximize the impact of your programs! Our co-founder Avner Mizrahi recently kicked off Engineering for Change’s Webinar Series on Mobile Data Collection Tools. In the webinar, Avner dives deep into the engageSPARK platform,...
by Karen Rae Arnoco | Dec 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Have you ever installed WhatsApp on an Android phone in the Democratic Republic of Congo (aka DRC)? That might seem like a weird question to many of our readers, but those in the DRC will understand. If you happen to be in the DRC right now, try it: pop a SIM card in...
