Oct 07, 2025
Imagine a world where your creative team never hits a wall. Where brainstorming sessions generate hundreds of possibilities in seconds, where repetitive tasks vanish, and where your designers spend...
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Fresh off the press, get your hands on the latest news and publications from our Pugs here. Catch up on the latest articles from our web design, web development and operations teams, including our latest events, projects, and moments of fame.
Oct 06, 2025
Imagine your inbox as a bustling digital marketplace, crowded, competitive, and full of fleeting opportunities. Yet, with the right email marketing strategy, your brand can cut through the noise li...
Oct 01, 2025
If you’re a business owner, mastering marketing fundamentals is essential, and in today’s digital landscape, social media platforms offer one of the most accessible ways to connect with your audien...
Sep 10, 2025
Our Journey Building PugSync: A Content Generation App Using RSS for Webflow
PugSync lands on Webflow’s Marketplace
When we launched PugSync on the Shopify App Store in 2019, our goal was to simplify co...
May 27, 2025
For visionary leaders of global enterprises, luxury brands, and high-growth startups, generic software often stifles innovation and limits growth. Your business deserves a solution as unique as you...
Mar 12, 2025
Bad Cards Levels Up
A Playful Triumph with Black Pug Studio
At Black Pug Studio, we thrive on projects that blend creativity with purpose. Bad Cards was an ideal match.
Mar 07, 2025
NumWorlds Lands on iOS: A Cosmic Puzzle Odyssey Begins
Galway, Ireland — March 7, 2025 — Black Pug Studio, a spirited indie team from Galway, today unleashed NumWorlds on iOS, rolling out to 45 countries across North America, Europe, and the UK. Powere...
Galway, Ireland — March 7, 2025 — Black Pug Studio, a spirited indie team from Galway, today unleashed NumWorlds on iOS, rolling ...
Dec 15, 2023
Black Pug Studio: Charting Our Progress, Expansion, and Prospects
Discover Black Pug Studio's journey of innovation and growth. Learn about our dedication to client service, our expert team led by visionary founders, and our diverse projects that have propelled our success. Stay tuned for insights on our design process, and get a sneak peek into our exciting future projects.
In recent years, Black Pug Studio has been engrossed in a series of thrilling endeavors and advancements. Our unyielding dedication...
Sep 12, 2023
Introducing PugSync Version 3: Our biggest update yet on the Shopify App Store!
PugSync is now embarking on an exciting new journey with its third major update, thanks to the invaluable feedback we’ve gathered from Shopify stores over the past four years. This update introduce...
PugSync is now embarking on an exciting new journey with its third major update, thanks to the invaluable feedback we’ve gathered from Shopify sto...
Mar 04, 2021
PugSync v2 is out!
About a year and a half ago, our Studio released the first version of PugSync for Medium. Our Shopify app allows its users to import their Medium publications automatically and display them as blog...
About a year and a half ago, our Studio released the first version of PugSync for Medium. Our Shopify app allows its users to import their Medium publicati...
Jun 09, 2020
Tour de France — Ireland Edition
The creation of a community of French businesses in Ireland
COVID-19 crisis showed us how important the sense of community is when it comes to such critical circumstances. It is true in every aspect of life, and even in business.
Jun 03, 2020
How to promote your business online
8 effective short and long-terms ways to boost your company’s visibility online
Today, more than ever, it’s essential for businesses to have an online presence. Especially since the pandemic, the landscape is reshaping and many companies are reconsidering their digital ...
Apr 17, 2020
Black Pug Studio Recommended Podcasts!
Mar 25, 2020
Starting guide to build a Twitch Extension
My journey into the Twitch-verse
You might already know about Twitch, the streaming platform originally for gamers which now welcomes all kinds of streamers. Today content range...
Mar 20, 2020
Tips and tools for working remotely
Make it work from home, and stay classy!
We rarely publish so many articles, but since Manon, our Web Project Manager & Digital Marketer, joined our team, we are louder as we increased the frequency of our publications and articles. H...
Mar 13, 2020
Black Pug Studio — Magazine #4
New Website, Growing team, Jobs, Velvet Valkyrie, and Wasder. Issue #4 | March 2020
Dear readers,
Mar 11, 2020
5 free apps to have an incredible Instagram feed
If you want to take your pictures to another level but also pimp your Instagram feed, here are five applications to stand out.
I think we all agree that Instagram filters are not the best, and I doubt a lot of people still use them. I know I don’t anymore. However, more than 500 million people use Instagram, whether...
Feb 18, 2020
How to be more productive thanks to digital detox
In 2020, it’s not too late to add a resolution to your list and change your habits.
Have you ever checked the screen time setting on your phone? I have, and honestly, I was quite surprised and mad at myself for spending so much time scrolling through my phone. We always complain t...
Sep 12, 2019
Black Pug Studio in the Irish Tech News podcast
Learn more about our Studio and what we’ve learned as a startup
On July 24th, Ronan “The Tech Doctor” Leonard visited our Studio at the Galway Technology Centre based in the ...
Sep 10, 2019
Tailored Software: A sound investment
Discover the benefits of building your own software solution
Software as a Service is a popular solution amongst companies to get access to professional tools to match most of their business n...
Aug 29, 2019
Building a Shopify App
A developer’s journey through the Shopify App ecosystem
At Black Pug Studio, we have been recommending the services offered by Shopify for a while now. We believe that it is...
Jul 23, 2019
Galway company represents Ireland on global stage in Copenhagen.
Galway-based international company, Black Pug Studio Ltd., joined companies from over 60 countries at the Bella Center, Copenhagen, at the beginning of July to pitch their creative projects to an i...
Galway-based international company, Black Pug Studio Ltd., joined companies from over 60 countries at the Bella Center, Copenhagen, at the beginning of July to pitch their creative projects to ...
Jun 18, 2019
We made our Merch Store in 10 days
How to create an eCommerce store without using existing platforms
Starting a new project is always very exciting for all of us. It begins in your bed at night when thinking about a grandiose future for your startup. How great it would be to build an online store ...
Jun 05, 2019
Black Pug Studio — Our story so far
An origin story
Starting a lifelong project such as the creation of a company means finding the right people to share your ideas with. Over the years, we have found many of these unicorns, these “Right Peop...
Feb 08, 2019
Black Pug Studio — Magazine #1
Issue #1 | January - February 2019
Welcome and thank you for stopping by here and taking the time to read the first issue of our Black Pug Studio Magazine. We will be publishing exciting updates centered on all Studio activities and...
Dec 18, 2018
Premium Technology Level for Top Brands
What’s important to know when working with top brands
Technology and innovation go hand-in-hand as something that, as tech-minded people, we all love to learn more about. We tend to opt for the latest technologies and services that make our products s...
Aug 06, 2018
Jul 09, 2018
Throughout the entirety of my creative journey, I have learned many things. All of it was useful in one way or another. A few of those lessons came relatively easy, through observing other artists&...
Jun 27, 2018
Don’t price Design, Value it!
Designers earned their seat at decisional levels.
As organizations and their leadership team mature, they start to better understand the importance of Design, and as such, they are more willing to invest in it. You may have heard of Read more
Jun 21, 2018
Inside Google Developer’s Group — Galway Chapter
Deirdre O’Connor, of Google Developer’s Group — Galway Chapter, explains the purpose of the group and how the community has grown in the west of Ireland.
Google Developer Groups (GDG) are voluntary organizations run by passionate individuals in the developer community who are interested in using, and spreading knowledge around Google’s develo...
Jun 06, 2018
5 tips to write good code
Don’t just code, code smart!
As a developer, your goal should be to build things that work well and to build them right! Writing good code is simple and complicated at the same time. Even though common rules are easy to follow...
May 23, 2018
Working as part of a Group
Tips for both creatives and non-creatives
Over the past few years, I have experienced that sometimes working in a group can be difficult. It can occasionally be challenging to balance personalities and tastes as well as producing work that...
May 16, 2018
RESTful APIs
10 DOs and DON’Ts
In a world where RESTful APIs are used every day to feed our lives with more data than ever possible, it is necessary to understand how they work, or at least how they...
May 09, 2018
Art Style: What is it?
Why is it important and why do Creative Industries need more of it?
Everyone who has ever created anything has a style. It is a combination of everything that makes a person; their memories, feelings, likes, disl...
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