Platformability

A few weeks ago a colleague sent through a link to this blog by Paddy Donnelly (warning, this link carries a parent advisory sticker) in which he expresses his frustration with web sites littered with spelling mistakes. I also find ...Read More

There seems to be some confusion with some articles I have read about what PubSubHubbub (PuSH) does with regards to the real time web. This article should clear up some aspects of PubSubHubbub. PubSubHubbub is a protocol ...Read More

This week's first CaplinTech blog post: From @martintyler - Why we don't need HTML5 WebSocket: http://bit.ly/OgvD5 Excellent post! #CaplinTech blog post by @patrickmyles - The banking exodus from IE6 begins? ...Read More

Last week I blogged about how an estimate is not a guarantee. A small, but important, omission from that post was the distinction between an accurate estimate and a precise estimate. Frequently accuracy and precision seem to ...Read More

I just blogged about the build vs buy choice with regards to Single-Dealer Platforms on the SerenDiPity blog. It’s a bit of a new take on the build vs buy debate and how that relates to open ...Read More

The UX team at Caplin are always looking for ways to enhance our Usage Centered Design (UCD) process and tools because we realise the importance of UCD in helping us to uncover the pain points of our users. ...Read More

We've all seen the retail and consumer space push to ditch IE6 gathering pace over the last 6 months, including a petition to the UK government and Google's announcement that their online productivity suite ...Read More

I was going to blog about HTML5 WebSocket last week, but got side tracked. In the meantime, Greg Wilkins wrote an excellent piece covering some of what I wanted to say: http://blogs.webtide.com/gregw/entry/websocket_chat The idea of WebSocket is sound ...Read More

RT @patrickmyles: Google's newly proposed SPDY protocol could be interesting 4 realtime finance webapps, if adopted - http://bit.ly/AAR95 #RT @jurgenappelo: Scaling Lean & Agile Development, by Craig Larman and @ ...Read More

The statement that an estimate is not a guarantee might sound obvious but it often feels anything but. Over the years I have frequently heard managers complain that something has taken longer than was anticipated and have been told to improve ...Read More