Thu, Apr 12th, 2007
posted by ian.smith 12:04 PM

We built Capital Currencies original trading system a few years ago.  Originally, as a one-man business and for expediency, it was built using MS Access.  However, since then the business has expanded and issues regarding the ability to trade whilst out of the office as well as scalability have arisen.

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Wed, Apr 11th, 2007
posted by ian.smith 11:04 PM

You know, there are days when you kind of forget what you discussed with which client at which meeting.  It normally happens when you try to pack to many meetings into one day.  Client visits are always a nightmare - you go there to talk about one thing or fix one problem, only to end up doing half a dozen other things. “Could you just….” never means a quick job.

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Tue, Apr 10th, 2007
posted by ian.smith 05:04 PM

www plus keyboardI’ve been trying to avoid blogging for some time.  It’s not that I don’t like new technology - working in IT means that I automatically qualify as a bit of a geek and thus love all the new shiny tools I can get my hands on.

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