We had been to this one-day conference a couple of years ago, and were keen to go again. Especially as Chris Matts was on the speaker list. It was his work as a BA working with ...Read More
Year: 2013
Velocity – London 2013
After a thrilling 3 days at the Velocity Conference in London, I've put together this blog to give an overview of the more interesting talks covered in this year's conference. For those whom are unfamiliar ...Read More
The Power of Personas
Prior to joining Caplin via an internship for my master’s program in Human-Centred Systems at City University London, I had spent several years working in front-end Web development, application design, ...Read More
Designing for the user: not as easy as it sounds!
As a UX intern, I got the chance to work with the UX team on in house research for Caplin Systems solutions and services. Being involved with research designed to inform aspects of the UI of future ...Read More
The importance of colour in trading platforms
Psychologists, scientists, advertisers, web designers and so many others have studied colour extensively throughout the years. Studies that associate colour with psychology, culture and even gender have been conducted in an attempt to understand and appreciate its significance in our everyday ...Read More
JAX London
This was my first year at JAX London, so I cannot compare it to other years, but I must say that my level of satisfaction is quite high. The location was perfectly adequate ...Read More
Be careful how you apply your hardware accelerated CSS3 transitions
I have been experimenting a lot with HTML5, JavaScript and especially CSS3 on a variety of mobile devices recently. I want the mobile applications that we build with web technologies to continue to provide ...Read More
Trouble in Flatworld
My mother gingerly taps the screen at arms length, as if lighting a firework, and then waits, flinching. And, as with a firework, only when she is absolutely sure that nothing is going to happen – and that could take some ...Read More
Gradle eXchange 2013
A whole day devoted to Gradle – what fun! The fact that the event took place shows how much traction, and how prominent Gradle is becoming in the build community. It’s becoming the de facto build tool for ...Read More
Hit The Numbers – An aid to blue-sky thinking
When the digital world first became a workplace, trading platforms were adaptations of physical work environments evolved over many years for a niche group of highly skilled and specialized people. The burgeoning ...Read More