Michael Pereira

Will Hutchinson at Infinity Interactive recently wrote a fascinating blog post on iOS animations in Xamarin, as used in the TaxChat app. The post – the first in a two-part series – discusses the utility of judiciously deployed animation in creating a compelling user interface, and offers examples of the specific lines of code used to animate the TaxChat UI. For Xamarin developers considering...

We are thrilled to share with the Product Hunt community – particularly the UI, UX and design aficionados among us – a case study on TaxChat recently created by Parade: http://www.parade-sf.com/work/taxchat. Parade was our partner in creating the TaxChat brand and identity; in designing a simple, clean and functional user interface; and in formulating a radically simple user experience....

A member of the Product Hunt community asked how we at TaxChat are handling security of documents, data and personally identifiable information (PII). In the interest of providing the Product Hunt community with confidence in the security of our system – without undermining that security by describing it in too much detail – following are some of the measures we have taken to ensure that...

TaxChat lets you get your tax return prepared by one of the best tax professionals in the U.S., entirely on your mobile phone, for a low fixed fee. Steve and I started TaxChat because the tax preparation process is unacceptably complex, opaque and antiquated. In response, we set out to build a product that is super simple, transparent and contemporary – in short, the antidote to the pain of tax...