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2026

  1. Why prototypes fail the moment real users show upAug 7
  2. A packaged food manufacturer's 350-slide monthly report, automated in 4 weeksMar 26
  3. A property developer saw its whole business on one screen in Week 2, and signedMar 26
  4. How Mount Fuji Lending uses Google WorkspaceMar 4

2025

  1. The real cost of manual onboarding in BPOsAug 19
  2. Workplace app management: the four levels and how to move upJul 29
  3. Symph partners with Josys on SaaS management for enterprise teamsJul 9
  4. Project DIME: Tracking Public Infrastructure Spending for Every FilipinoMay 22
  5. When AI started getting us leads, and we didn't see it comingMar 20

2024

  1. How we trained Metro Retail's team on Google Workspace and GeminiSep 17
  2. Project DIME: tracking government project spending on Google CloudJun 7
  3. Cybersecurity tips from Ranil Jaramillo, our Technical Project ManagerApr 9
  4. Tech Listens: Celebrating Women's Month with Game ChangersMar 20
  5. Women's Month: Women in tech at SymphMar 19

2023

  1. How a Philippine Non-Bank Financial Institution Serves Filipinos Without Bank AccessOct 23
  2. How a leading finance firm trained its team on Google WorkspaceOct 23
  3. Webflow makes a professional website easy to build and maintainAug 3
  4. 5 Google Workspace tools for remote teamsJul 26
  5. How Google Workspace can help your team stay organized and productiveJul 18
  6. Managing a Shopify project: tips from project manager Frances TevesMay 12
  7. How we build apps users keep coming back toMay 5
  8. Treat your software like a teammateMay 5
  9. How we help startups get their software builtMay 5
  10. "I Already Paid the Price Yet There Are Still Bugs?"May 5
  11. How to innovate in an enterpriseMay 5
  12. Is research and development CapEx or OpEx?May 5
  13. How we keep a feedback loop with our clientsMay 5
  14. Three myths about software development costMay 5
  15. Project estimates are a guide for your software projectMay 5
  16. Off-the-shelf vs. custom software: which is better?May 5
  17. What changes when you treat software as an operational expenditure (OpEx)May 5
  18. How Agile methodology works in software developmentMay 5
  19. Tech Listens: Connecting the creative communityApr 27
  20. How we ran a Consultative Design Thinking with DBMApr 19
  21. How we helped ASPS Motor Sales digitalize their supply chain trackingMar 30
  22. How Milksha Philippines launched its website in 2 weeksMar 15
  23. How to deal with the fear of founding a companyMar 2
  24. How Stanible is changing the celebrity-fan culture in the PhilippinesFeb 17
  25. How Sunnies Studios moved prescription glasses buying onlineFeb 2

2022

  1. The women behind Symph: our marketing teamOct 20
  2. Our 8 UI/UX design services for your software and productsOct 20
  3. The Women behind Symph: Our Project ManagersOct 20
  4. How team retrospectives get everyone's ideas heard at SymphOct 20
  5. How we cut applicant screening from 1 week to less than 24 hoursOct 20
  6. The women behind Symph: Our Product OwnersOct 20
  7. The Women behind Symph: Our Developers and DesignersOct 20
  8. Your apps are easier to use with progressive usabilityOct 20
  9. Raven Duran, our lead engineer, on taking ownership as a developerOct 20
  10. A Newbie's Guide to Symph WordsOct 19
  11. Is your real estate website optimized for your OFW customers?Oct 19
  12. The Symph TeamOct 19
  13. Albert Padin on six years as a Google Developer ExpertOct 19
  14. These 12 companies are changing the F&B industry through technologyOct 19
  15. Food and beverage companies can now digitize their commissaryOct 19
  16. 5 new Symph apps to try this weekOct 19
  17. How our 30-Day Challenge helped us build habitsOct 19
  18. Why is it important to build a community?Oct 19
  19. Tech Conference Survival Guide: Francis AlturasOct 19
  20. Symphfolio: Weapons of Mass DistributionOct 19
  21. How machine learning works, as our CTO explained it to kindergartenersOct 19
  22. Sharing our story on machine learning at GCC Meetup PhilippinesOct 19
  23. How to love your work when it is hard toOct 19
  24. The apps we use for productivity and collaborationOct 19
  25. The question we ask before building a mobile app for your businessOct 19
  26. The Dollar Effect is here to support nonprofitsOct 19
  27. Why We Recommend Wordpress to Our ClientsOct 19
  28. How a Nonprofit's Fundraising Struggle Led Us to Build The Dollar EffectOct 19
  29. 4 video conferencing tools we've tried: Pros & ConsOct 19
  30. Symph Talks: Albert Padin on thought leadershipOct 19
  31. Symph Asks Vol. II: Mark BuenconsejoOct 19
  32. Valentine's Day can grow your online sales tooOct 19
  33. 5 tips for how a non-technical founder can work with technical peopleOct 19
  34. 3 Books to Read if You Want to Run a CompanyOct 19
  35. How Branchify helps restaurants and cafes manage their branchesOct 19
  36. Ask Symph Vol. I: the basicsOct 19
  37. Symphfolio: The Mactan Newtown website for MegaworldOct 19
  38. Dave Overton's tech conference survival guideOct 19
  39. Top 3 challenges nonprofits faceOct 19
  40. Cebu students know the wait for school documentsOct 19
  41. Symph Talks: CommunicationOct 19
  42. How we moved the whole company to remote work in 3 monthsOct 19
  43. Online payment in property managementOct 19
  44. How our team improved our sales process after an 8-hour challengeOct 19
  45. Is AI killing Call Center Jobs?Oct 19
  46. Decision Jam cuts decision-making time in halfOct 19
  47. Symph Talks: PrioritiesOct 19
  48. Symphfolio: Haier Apps OnlineOct 19
  49. 5 challenges in starting and running a companyOct 19
  50. How The Dollar Effect makes funds the least of a non-profit's worriesOct 19
  51. Albert Padin's 5 tips to excel in the field of technologyOct 19
  52. Practical tips to stay productive working from homeOct 19
  53. Why software is never finishedOct 19
  54. Qavalo: how 1 breakfast meeting raised a team's productivity by over 33%Oct 19
  55. Internships at SymphOct 19
  56. 3 Reasons Most Real Estate Websites Are Not EffectiveOct 19
  57. A step-by-step guide to selling your products with FB ShopsOct 19
  58. Geostore Artificial Intelligence: How we categorized over 200,000 road imagesOct 19
  59. What your business misses without a websiteOct 19
  60. Ask Symph Vol. IIOct 19
  61. 5 PH Businesses Using Tech to Keep Operating During COVID-19Oct 19
  62. Symph Asks: Haier CebuOct 19
  63. How our team built 4 facial recognition apps in 2 daysOct 19
  64. What to expect when you work with usOct 19
  65. The Dollar Effect: A simple way to tackle nonprofit problemsOct 19
  66. Why UI and UX matter for every companyOct 19
  67. Every decision-making technique we've used at SymphOct 19
  68. I have an idea for an app. Now what?Oct 19
  69. Symph Asks vol. 1Oct 19
  70. 5 people in tech on the one piece of advice they would give aspiring start-up foundersOct 19
  71. How we spent our 2-week paid holiday breakOct 19
  72. Symph Asks Vol. IIIOct 19
  73. The Types of People You Meet in TechOct 19
  74. Tools we recommend to help build your e-commerce storeOct 19
  75. 4 Practical Tips for Managing Multiple BranchesOct 19
  76. How Tech Companies Got Their NamesOct 19
  77. Tech 101: ChatBotsOct 19
  78. Tech Is the New NormalOct 19
  79. How we built the Freedom of Information Portal in 2 monthsOct 19
  80. Symphfolio: Geeks On A BeachOct 19
  81. What Makes the Symph OfficeOct 19
  82. Ask Symph Vol.III: InternshipOct 19

2021

  1. 4 practical tips to manage your time working from homeOct 19

2019

  1. Symph's 5 Goal-Setting Tools for Your 2019 GoalsOct 19

2018

  1. What we got out of Google I/O Extended Cebu 2018Aug 10

2017

  1. 5 Things You Missed at Devfest gDay x Cebu 2017Nov 24