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Zeek Interactive is looking for a web engineer. The candidate should be experienced, imaginative and have the ability to create robust code quickly.

Zeek Interactive is ready to turn you into a software developer – even if you do not have a lot of programming experience.

If you want to know how to increase your website speed when it’s using WordPress, then you need one tool and the following tips.

A single email can destroy trust. Take the time to consider how your response will be perceived. Email communication is permanent.

Most of the time we think we’re hiring developers to write us some new code. The best developers can write a lot of code fast, right? At Zeek, we’ve found that one of the most important things we do is …

We see it all the time. We’re talking to a customer who has a problem with their hosting company. Their site is offline because the host is under attack, or has some sort of problem. Every host has downtime – …

As a digital agency, we get a lot of calls about website projects. One of the most common challenges we hear about sounds like this: We just paid a lot of money to get our website redesigned and suddenly we’re …

If you do a google search for inexpensive WordPress hosting, you’ll find a lot of options. One of the names you’ll see is Digital Ocean. They’re a well-respected hosting provider that gets you access to hardware for just a few …

We answer our phones. It may sound silly, but this is a key differentiator.

If you are building a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, you’ll likely get a lot of advice about how to do it right, and even more advice about what not to do.

Here’s why web, mobile, and SaaS development for your projects should all take place in one shop.

Every day, we hear stories from clients about developers & agencies they’ve hired who just disappeared with their code. Here’s how to protect your project.

Clients ask us often about wanting a mobile app. But does your business really need one?

Is your WooCommerce store slowing down? Don’t miss these customizations to ensure your WooCommerce store outperforms the rest.

If you’re like me, you can’t begin to count the number of conferences you’ve been to throughout your career. But, you can count on one hand the ones that truly made a difference. We love WordCamps, proven by the number Zeeksters …

We spend a lot of time at the Orange County WordPress Meetup talking about how to make your site more secure. A few basic tips we discuss are: don’t use “admin” as your username, follow best practices when creating your passwords, …

We love WordCamp, so we get involved as much as we can. A WordCamp is a weekend event in cities all over the world where people get together to talk about how they use WordPress. You’ll find members of our team …

Chris Lema has been a trusted friend and informal advisor to me and to Zeek for several years. Today, I’m pleased to announce that we’ve made it official: Chris Lema has joined Zeek’s Board of Advisors. The WordPress community already …

Zeek is proud to announce that Aaron Holbrook has joined the team as a PHP/MySQL WordPress web developer. In the past, the Zeek team has all been local to southern California. Aaron becomes the first to join us from his home …

Ultimate Media Ventures is an eSports agency that works with some of the top brands in gaming, producing events and crafting brand identities. Ultimate contacted us to help them create three sites encompassing their lifestyle, culture, and community commitment to gaming: …

Prudential Lighting is one of the country’s most sought-after custom lighting companies, specializing in architectural fixtures. They contacted us to create a new website to feature their many products and serve as a central point of communication between them, their customers, and …

“What do you mean when you say ___?” Speaking with developers and development agencies can sound like a different language. When I start working on a new project with a new partner, my first order of business is to establish …

Best of NJ called us with a vision of turning their editorial feature and events listing site into a directory of everything happening in their home state of New Jersey. Phase 1 has just launched with their high quality features …

WordPress is (in my opinion) the best content management system to be used as a backend for developing mobile apps. Some app projects utilize Adobe’s PhoneGap, which is a technology that combines HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in a web browser view to connect …

Zeek Interactive launched on June 1, 1995 in Orange County as a the next great CD-ROM game company. And CD-ROM games died on June 2, 1995. (Google it. That’s the actual date. Not really.) We learned quickly to adapt with …

You may have seen our fearless leader Steve Zehngut’s presentation at WordCamp Orange County last year about how we use Auttomatic’s Underscores and ZURB’s Foundation as the basis for the custom WordPress themes we produce. Since Steve’s WordCamp talk, we’ve …

If you are like many business owners, all you want is an app that works. Discussing native, web or hybrid platforms for your applications may be a conversation that causes your stomach to churn. Yet, it doesn’t have to be …

At Zeek we solve a lot of problems and clean up after a lot of developers. We get a lot of questions regarding mobile development and mistakes developers make when going mobile.  We also talk to a lot of developers to …

As I review the last year at Zeek Interactive, I realize we’ve experienced a lot of change and growth. As our focus has shifted to accommodate the needs of the ever changing responsive web environment, we have added team members …

Eric Dobyns was fascinated by iOS and came to Zeek seeking to learn more as an iOS app developer. His entry into the tech industry began at a point-of-sale company, where he was quickly pulled into the development department working on Order …

Many clients turn to Zeek Interactive for app development. One of our clients, Edwards Life Sciences is in the business of saving lives and needed an app that ran seamlessly.  They came to us explaining their process of certifying doctors …

Montrail Cooper had an interest in the tech industry long before he came to Zeek. Tech advances intrigued him from childhood and in November 2008 he determined to pursue his dream and enrolled in classes at ITT Tech Institute. After …

As many of you know, I’ve been proud to know Steve Zehngut and call him a friend for more than twenty years. I’ve also been proud to work with him in partnership at RealEstateShows.com for the last 12 years and …