This year, the Code String team have decided to do something a bit different. Something that involves not only leaving the comfort of our computer screens, but also means we need to go outside and, shock, run a bit. Yes, we’ve signed up for the ultimate challenge for a group of techies: the Reaper Run.…
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Part of our plan for 2014 is for all the team to increase their skills and qualifications, and co-director Richard Van Aken is leading the way. Richard took his SQL Server Certification exam this week and passed with flying colours. 100% in fact! Now he won’t answer to anything other than his full title of…
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Our team is continuing to expand (and not just from too many mince pies!) and on 2nd December we welcomed Rob Hamilton to Code String. Rob joined us as a developer, having decided to give up his illustrious career at McDonald’s. Rob studied software engineering at university and really enjoys implementing changes and seeing them…
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Wow, what a busy month! We’ve had our heads down and have been cracking on with some very exciting projects over the last couple of months. It’s been hard work and we may have been a little bit grumpy at times (!), but all the effort has been well worth it because November was a…
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You must have heard of Black Friday. It’s the American name given to the first Friday after Thanksgiving, which signals the ‘official’ start to the Christmas shopping period. Our friends across the pond start at the end of November and not after Bonfire Night like we seem to in the UK! Many of the US…
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What does your website look like? You may have spent hours and hours proofing it on your computer, but have you tried viewing it on your iPhone? What does it look like? In the UK, there are now more mobile devices than people, and so not considering how your site looks on a smart phone…
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What would you do if you lost all your competition data? It wouldn’t happen to you, right? It’s never happen before, so why would it happen now? Hmm. But… what if it does happen? What if your system corrupts or a virus gets in and everything is wiped? What would you actually do? Could your…
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As part of our continuing growth, we’ve recruited an apprentice. Tyler Allen joined the team on 1st October and will be working with us while he undertakes his Computing apprenticeship. Tyler will be learning all sorts of stuff: we’re big believers in ‘in at the deep end’! So far this week he has already configured…
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Apple launched its latest software update on the world yesterday, and – finally after 9 gruelling hours of watching and waiting while Apple’s servers struggled to cope- we’ve updated all our devices. So what’s new? The most major of the changes is a redesigned interface, displaying icons that are more stylised,along with a cleaner, sharper…
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The idea of a private cloud evokes images of something heavenly, maybe with a pina colada thrown in, and that’s not too far from the truth. Having our own private cloud is indeed heavenly. We’ve recently created a really special place for our clients: a safe and secure haven behind a robust firewall. There may…
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