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Thoughts and insights from the world of software and web development.

Your Cloud – 5 Flavours to Consider

November 20, 2016

The Cloud has steadily revolutionised our world in recent years, perhaps in a quieter way than smart phones and Social Media. It’s a very broad subject, and I won’t attempt to cover all areas. I’ll focus on a number of small to medium sized clients that we know, and can add insight based on our...

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5 Ways to Spec a System

October 20, 2016

You’ve decided you need a system developed, or perhaps a new website. What next? How do you turn your business objectives into clear instructions for software developers to create a system that will fulfil your needs? 1  Write a Spec The traditional approach is still used widely. Sometimes it’s used in conjunction with other approaches,...

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Introducing ‘Seymour’

September 23, 2016

Seymour is simple solution to a common problem – how to move data held in spreadsheets onto your website in an automated way. The graph below was produced by Seymour. The Problem For years we’ve seen organisations such as Fund Managers go through a manual daily process of receiving Unit Price and performance data from...

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Your Software Applications – Build or Buy?

August 20, 2016

  We often meet businesses looking for a system that will help their business, but they aren’t sure whether to go out and review what’s in the marketplace, or look to develop their own. These days of course, virtually all businesses use off-the-shelf technology for their general needs such as email and collaboration, accounting, timesheets,...

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What’s Wrong with Spreadsheets?

August 1, 2016

  I love spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are wonderful things, I use them all the time, and so do our clients. But it can be difficult to know when to stop using them. When the subject arises with our clients, the issues are the same for both large and small organisations. Consider a boutique Fund Manager using...

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Software Development Specs

March 21, 2016

How do you specify a system for a software development project? In the majority of cases clients do not have a detailed set of documents describing the system that they’d like to build. Hence we are often asked how this can be done, and whether a standard way of doing this exists. The short and...

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How We Work 1: Web Frameworks Explained

October 19, 2015

This is the first in a series of posts discussing the various technologies and techniques that we make use of for client projects, here at the Bridge . We have previously discussed the selection and use of content management systems when building your website. Another, far more recent concept that has changed the face of...

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Developing Your Company Website Part 3

June 22, 2015

Part 3: Hosting We are often asked to provide a hosting solution along with the development and ongoing support of a website. There are normally two reasons why clients ask this: There are a bewildering array of options, so unless their organisation insists on specific hosting providers it is difficult to know how to choose,...

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Developing Your Company Website Part 2

May 14, 2015

Part 2: Bespoke Design or Template Driven? In a previous article we discussed the first step – the choice of a content management system (CMS). Once you have made this decision we can start the process of actually designing and building your new site. The first question to answer for the design of the site...

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Responsive Design vs Mobile Websites

March 23, 2015

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past five years, you are no doubt aware of the importance of considering mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets when developing a website. It is frustrating trying to view a website on a mobile device that may be difficult to read or navigate, or worse...

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