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We've worked with various content management systems (CMS) over the years but WordPress is our favourite. Thanks to its powerful user interface and open source architecture, it's the most popular CMS on the planet. (In fact its market share is 10 times the size of its closest rival!) Whilst WordPress empowers millions of users to publish...

At Go Tripod, there are many ways in which we improve our working efficiency. We pick the best technologies, such as WordPress, React or Ruby on Rails. We pick the best services, such as Teamwork, Slack or Xero. But we spend our days sat in front of a computer and the way we interface with...

Software design is a complicated business. To illustrate this point, here is a user flow diagram from a previous project of ours. This level of detail is useful for a number of reasons; it gives the client a real feel for the end product before the need for any coding, it aids in the design...

In years past, Google was renowned for its 20% time - a developer was allowed to allocate one day a week to working on ideas that weren't necessarily related to their normal Googley projects. Some of these ideas were even spun off into new properties for Google, and some were incorporated into existing internal and...

Ok, so we know access to business intelligence is crucial to all those involved in making a business successful. This applies not only to the CEO but all the way down to the telephone operators and order pickers. Everyone needs measureable data to understand how well (or not so well) they're doing. At Go Tripod...

You have probably heard about the SSL Heartbleed threat by now. In case you have not, here is a summary. What is SSL? SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol that websites use to encrypt and protect data between you and them. This happens in the background whenever you use, for example, online banking. So...

When your application's out in the world, facing the rigours of daily use, there's always a possibility that annoying little bugs could start to appear – or, worse, that something critical breaks in an unexpected way. That's why we're introducing GT Protect: a flexible support contract, giving you peace of mind that any surprise bugs...

As you can see, we’ve given the website a bit of a spruce up over the past few months. Hopefully, we’ve improved the usability of the site, and the updates will assure our customers (and prospective ones), as well as Google, that we are moving with the times and our content is fresh. Our updates...