It's day two of the conference talks at QCon. The day started with a gentle look back at some key figures and ideas in the history of software development, reminding us to enjoy what we are doing. It ...Read More
QCon 2014 – day 1
Another year, another QCon. Only this year it’s different as Caplin is also an exhibitor with our BRJS stand on the 5th floor, sandwiched between Google and Atlassian. We are lucky to have such nice neighbours, and saw a steady stream ...Read More
Five Ways to Optimise the Journey to ‘Hello World’
Every week, usually on Friday, the JavaScript Weekly and HTML5 Weekly newsletters drop into my inbox. And every week I scan through the list of five or six new libraries ...Read More
New ways to write better documentation
After a thought-provoking experience of an advanced writing course at the end of last year, I thought I'd share what I learned. Stay tuned for some fascinating videos, a view on how Caplin is keeping up with the latest communication trends, ...Read More
Hackday V – Hoverboards and Flying Cars
Since innovation is important to us at Caplin we run regular Hackdays, where developers (and UXistas) form miniteams to build something cool of their choice for 24 hours. At the end of the 24hours ...Read More
Agile Testing and BDD Exchange 2013
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
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