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FinTech New York Hackathon Round-Up
FinTech Round-Up After some much needed sleep we’re able to reflect on the inspired (and at times manic) hacking that took place this weekend in New York. Over 30 teams presented their demos competing for the grand prize of $10,000 from Novus. Hack Projects The various hacking projects can be…
Read MoreCaplin to support FinTech Hackathon NYC
We are excited to be participating in the FinTech Hackathon in New York City on April 6-7. The goal of the FinTech Hackathon is to promote the development of financial technology for institutional customers and consumers. This is a space in which the Caplin web trading technology is being used…
Read MoreQCon 2013 – Day three – end of day review
So it’s over. 3 days and 3 nights at Qcon London. That’s a lot of software conversations. Here’s the round up from Caplin on Day 3. Keynote: A forward look at federated wiki – Ward Cunningham Ward Cunningham was the inventor of the wiki and his talk was aimed at…
Read MoreQCon 2013 – Day two – end of day review
Day 1 ended… late. We finished at midnight after the Atlassian guys threw a party with free beer, foosball and a lot of socialising with fellow geeks. Even though it seems like the whole BBC dev team are here they are great guys and we shared a lot of ideas….
Read MoreQCon 2013 – Day one – End of day review
We’re at the first day of QCon London 2013. It’s big. The opening keynote was attended by a couple of thousands and there’s an iPhone app. A mixed bag of talks and some great people and suppliers to meet. I can’t believe it’s gone so quick, here’s the summary so…
Read MoreQCon 2013 – Day 1
Morning quick update: A couple of talks we’ve seen this morning on Java EE 7 and iOS Testing for Banks, as well as the keynote from Barbara Liskov on the history of programming methodology. Further details on these talks will be posted later. For now here is a photo of…
Read MoreReflections on UX Brighton 2012
Below is a review of my experience at UX Brighton 2012, if this comes across in a slightly aggressive tone, you’re reading it wrong. I believe events of this kind can benefit from a more detailed review than simple praising (or flaming) tweets. It was my first time at The…
Read MoreSketching – a creative problem solving tool (for everyone!)
As a designer who sketches daily as a fundamental part of my creative and problem solving activity I am still surprised how often sketching is discussed within the UX community - as if it’s a ‘new thing’ that one really should be doing. But there are many routes that bring people into…
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