Category Archives: Technical

Here’s a place for all things techy. Don’t worry, this is the only place we’ll unleash our technical department on you.

The Story Behind The Code

Why Technical Documents Make For Better Software
In any software project, documentation will play a part. Typically it will consist of a set of requirements, technical documentation of the architecture, technical documentation of the source code & user documentation, e.g. help files.
Usually the set of requirements will be made, software written, and enough instruction given to [...]

Functionality – Is It Worth It?

If you look up the definition of the word functionality in a dictionary, you’ll find it fairly straightforward in terms of the method something uses to fulfil its purpose. Look up the definition on the Internet however, and this is another word that increasingly is now used predominantly for the purposes of describing the way [...]

What’s All This QA Business About

Tim Cooke Shares His Knowledge

Quality Assurance
In fact we all do QA all of the time without realising it – You use spell checker before sending your emails or Word document and look at the ’sell by’ date when buying milk or sandwiches from the garage forecourt, right? That’s all QA of some sort.
Having started with [...]

Technical Marketing

What goes on behind the scenes?
When it comes to online marketing there is a significant amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure success in terms of search engine position, which is the key to site traffic.  Many people assume, incorrectly, that it’s all about link building, social media and flashy graphics.
What [...]

Tickets For Crickets….

Nope, nothing to do with the latest events at Headingley, but more to do with our friends in Liverpool, the BugWorld Experience. We’ve now integrated the Gamma ticketing system into the BugWorld Experience website so that insect lovers around the world can pre-purchase tickets to see the UK’s only insectarium attraction.
The payment [...]