Here at Techdept we like the websites we develop to have a rich user experience and be developed in a clean and consistent way. An important factor for the majority of…
Are You ‘Open’ For Business?
The last two years have seen an explosion of books, articles and talks about ‘social business’. There are currently 108,250 social business books on amazon.co.uk and when IBM have written a book…
5 reasons why you need a new website…Now!
1) Mobile and tablet usage Roughly 15% of global web traffic is now from a mobile phone. This equates to over 1.2 billion people accessing the web from their smart…
We are nine!
Crack open the bubbly…on 1st of June we turned 9…which is nearly 10! So we will be having a party (watch this space for photos) but only as a warm up…
Pomodoro Technique
Phones, email, instant messaging, text messages, RSS feeds, Twitter, Facebook… The next time I feel like I’m getting distracted, I will try out this Pomodoro Technique. There are plenty of…
2013 Internet Trends from KPCB
The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report was released yesterday and we have been having a flick through in the office. The report, by Mary Meeker (partner at…
My history with the Personal Computer
This was the first PC I ever got my hands on, it’s a BBC Micro. The primary school I attended had one of these to share between about 400 pupils….
Curious learnings in martial arts principles, to help make you a better software developer
In my spare time I study a martial art. Here is an attempt to apply some of the important principles of the art to software development. Use minimum effort (efficiency)…
Why I will not be teaching my children to program
It seems that many people are suggesting we should all learn to program computers and that all children should be taught programming at school. I guess people see computers and subsequently programming…
Avoiding the bottom half
That’s it. I’ve had enough. Today is the beginning of a better life. From today I will not be reading the comments on web pages. AT ALL. Who the hell…
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VIM Adventures – Learning VIM while playing a game
VIM Adventures – Learning VIM while playing a game
