Conceptric

A summary of all the content on Conceptric

  1. Working with Git and Subversion

    I’ve got a local copy of the Subversion repository under Git, so I thought I should talk about my workflow.

  2. Importing a remote Subversion repository with Git

    To start this series about teaming Git with Subversion, I need to create a local copy of the Subversion Repository.

  3. Advantages of a Git and Subversion blend

    I’ve had time to try Git with my remote Subversion repositories, using the git svn commands, and I wouldn’t go back. To start this small series, I’ll try to explain the enthusiasm.

  4. Destroying your business through growth

    Is growing a business always going to lead to disaster for your loyal customers?

  5. Refresh Northampton

    I recently got into a discussion about networking around Northampton, and now we’re going to do something about it.

  6. Realigning Conceptric

    After a few informal projects, Conceptric is taking on a more business like persona. It’s becoming my freelance trading name, and as such needs a little reorganisation.

  7. When to save your money

    Long term investing requires commitment to both the current holding and the regular addition of new cash. But when to raise, hold or fold?

  8. Paper2.0

    A spate of recent blog posts on Lifehack appear to be pushing paper as a new media for organise our lives. Could this remixing of an ancient media be the beginning of Paper2.0?

  9. Testing applications for the Web

    I’m a fan of Test-Driven Development because I enjoy the freedom that a comprehensive test suite provides: without it I tend to feel that I’m walking through a minefield.

  10. A trade or an investment?

    Invest or trade, both have their place in a good strategy, but don’t get trapped in the middle.

  11. CodeIgniter test coverage

    I’m still not happy with the code coverage I can get even with SimpleTest fully integrated with CodeIgniter.

  12. Learning from the Credit Crisis

    I’ve been looking back on the effects of the Credit Crisis on my investments. I’m going to write a series of posts on this topic, but first a little background.

  13. Keeping it simple

    I’ve just completed the first release of a website for a local artist, and plain old HTML seemed the best way to do it.

  14. What is Information Technology?

    I don’t like the label “IT”. It’s just too vague in practice, and too focused in the minds of the public. What does the term mean to you?

  15. Facebook illiterate

    Facebook confused me, an unacceptable position for a Web Developer, so I signed up for an account in order to explore and figure it out.

  16. There’s more to Web Applications than selling

    I’m frequently surprised by the number of organisations that could benefit from Web technologies, some have moved beyond the billboard website stage to including Internet retailing. Bringing the Social Internet inside your organisation can tap resources you may not have realised you had.

  17. Gaining a technological advantage

    Since the earliest times humans have used technology, by making tools, to increase their own effectiveness and productivity. From flint flakes to microchips this process has remained unchanged, but as technology becomes more complex is there a limit to the rate of these gains?

  18. The Information Analyst?

    In most organisations, information is collected into an impenetrable heap. Good intelligence is a prerequisite for sound decisions, and these become much more valuable as the economy turns down.

  19. Perceptions of risk

    Risk is central to everything we do and every decision we make. Do modern approaches to risk management attempt to be too scientific?

  20. When frameworks are too friendly

    High quality Content Management Systems and development frameworks are everywhere, but are they all trying to be too friendly and flexible?