The importance of User Acceptance Testing
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is essential for the successful implementation of any bespoke system and relies on the end user – often the client – investing sufficient time into the process. So what...
View ArticleSPAM emails (SEO)
Going to have a rant about emails we receive on a regular basis about our website … These emails often come from outsourced businesses based in India and use GMail addresses, so we don’t take them...
View ArticleA word about Google algorithms
The other day I wrote an article about the aggressive, pain based sales techniques used by some Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) companies and some advice on how business owner /managers can spot them....
View ArticleYou have more knowledge than you know
I was talking to a friend the other day about someone I know that’s considering starting a business as a florist. They said how amazing her flower arrangement were, but more on that another day. During...
View ArticleObject Orientated Programming (OOP) and doors
I often use day to day things to explain Object Orientated Programming (OOP), to explain how we develop software and promised I would write a separate article about doors and OOP in a previous article...
View ArticleA day in the life of a Managing Director of an SME
I’m often asked what it is like to run a Small to Media sized Enterprise (SME) – aka small business – although strictly speaking Ayrmer Software is a micro business right now as we employ four people,...
View ArticleObject Orientated Programming (OPP), classes and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article that introduced the concepts of Object Orientated Programming (OOP); in the article I touched upon classes, but said that we would write another article to...
View ArticleYou are losing out on £22,000 A YEAR
An unsolicited email just hit my inbox with the subject line “You are losing out on £22,000 A YEAR” that caught my eye, so I opened it expecting – goodness know why – something sensible, a nugget of...
View ArticleGetting the most out of Google
There are some things that you may use everyday, but do not realise how much they can do. A great example is Google: something millions of people use every day, and the homepage for most peoples’...
View ArticleA couple of questions, by a concerned parent
I was recently asked a couple of questions, by a concerned parent and thought it was worth spending some time and answering the question in a rational and constructive manner. The first question was...
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