Author: Ian Alderson

After weeks of keen anticipation, not to mention many long nights of preparation for my own session, SPA 2011 has now been and gone.Overall it was an excellent conference with a great group of attendees. The numerous inter-session conversations I ...Read More

I heard a great quote a year or two ago about how software developers always want to reinvent the wheel. Most other scientific disciplines require you to learn from others before building upon what they have done. Sir ...Read More

Breaking Development 2011 (Design and Development for the Mobile Web) is now over. The line up of speakers was excellent with many of the leading voices for the mobile web presenting. Although I didn't attend I was ...Read More

Last week my colleague Sarah asked the question of whether Is Google Search Dead? The question is especially pertinent after Google's controversial move to find more high quality sites which seems to have inadvertently impacted ...Read More

Last night I had the pleasure of attending two excellent HTML5 presentations by Christian Heilmann, organised by the London Ajax User Group and hosted by Skills Matter eXchange. The ...Read More

It is a badly kept secret that my favourite business book is Clayton M. Christensen's seminal Innovator's Dilemma. Even though it is more than a decade old, its ...Read More

I've just signed up for the Using HTML5 sensibly and how to cheat by using the web event hosted by Skills Matter on Tuesday 8th February. I am really looking forward to hearing Christian Heilmann speak about HTML5 ...Read More

Caplin has for a long time pushed the limits of native browser technology, and with HTML5 it seems clear that its time has come. The Caplin HTML5 Hackathon was run in order to develop new HTML5 features to be used in ...Read More

As the clock struck midday last Monday, we started our inaugural Caplin 24 hour HTML5 themed hackathon. Inspired by similar days run by Atlassian (amongst others) we were keen to release our engineers from any shackles and leave them ...Read More

When does a web page cease to be a page and become something that is more like an app? The answer is pretty subjective, and two people can argue (and have) about this for hours and still not agree. Superficially the ...Read More