Go Tripod

Business Versus Pleasure

When we formed Go Tripod we did it for some pretty straightforward reasons – we wanted to work together on a business that would make us some money while making us happy. I think that we’ve done pretty well for the first two-and-bit years; Jon and Mrs Helen Baker have brought Max into the world [...]

Music Diary 2012

As big music fans at Go Tripod, we’re always recommending and listening to lots of new music. On his personal blog, Colin’s taking part in Music Diary 2012, keeping a log of everything he listens to for the next week. Take a look!

Sencha Touch – Deploying to Production

[I first posted this on my personal blog as The Sencha Touch 2 Microloader & Sencha Command] When examining how to build a new Sencha Touch 2 application for production, I wanted to make sure I wasn’t reinventing the wheel. I’d heard of Sencha’s commandline SDK tools but this gave me cause to look into [...]

We are looking for a Digital Project Manager – Freelance or Permanent

Go Tripod is growing and as part of that expansion we are looking to take on a Digital Project Manager to join our team and continue our mission in creating web and mobile applications that although technically complex are elegantly simple to use, intuitive and visually stunning. Digital Project Manager We are seeking a experienced and [...]

Apps and The Mobile Web: What should you prioritise?

Both apps and mobile websites have become increasingly important ways for companies – particularly retailers – to connect with people. However, while there have been good arguments put forward for the benefits of both sides – there has been little cold hard data to really compare how many people are engaging across each channel, nor [...]

A Go Tripod Christmas

It’s been a great year for Go Tripod and early plans for 2012 look to be just as exciting for our colleagues and for our clients. First off, I’m pleased to say that our team is expanding again. We have just hired a new office manager, Sophie Yule. As our client base continues to grow, [...]

Stubmatic Update [31 Oct 2011]

We have just rolled out an update to Stubmatic. Although on the surface stubmatic looks the same we have made some major changes to the underlying logic in preparation for some future enhancements that we are working on. For now one of the biggest changes you will notice is we have updated the way events [...]

From QR to Blippar: Making sense of the increasingly complex world of mobile tagging

As mobile and smartphone camera technology continues to become more powerful, there has been increased speculation into the usefulness of camera phones for driving consumers of offline marketing towards digital content via scannable tags, codes and images. Mobile tagging adoption From crowd-sourcing reviews and comments of physical products via barcode scanning, to embedding URLs in [...]

Is simplicity the key to a hit app?

One of the biggest stories in the world of the iPad last month centred on the success of the app released for The New Yorker. By turning their back on interactive features and the ‘Bells & Whistles’ approach to digital versions of offline media, The New Yorker’s developers essentially put all of their efforts into [...]

On Amalgamating Social Media….

How amalgamating social media might be able to help you get more from your feeds and highlight those networks which aren’t delivering on value There has been much written recently (this post and this one at Econsultancy are good examples) about the difficulties businesses, marketers and individuals have in being able to quantify and analyse [...]