2012 Trends in Mobile and New Technology
Top Trends for 2012: APIs, Mobile, Fragmentation, Consumerization, P2P from Dan Barron and George White.
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18 Interactive Video Evaluations of HTML5 and Related Technologies
HTML5 is an umbrella definition for a loose collection of evolving standards: HTML5, SVG, CSS3 and Canvas/OpenGL. And although the definition is rather broad “HTML5″ is useful when describing this user interface (UI) for the next generation of the web, which is turning up in all sorts of devices including desktop web browsers, mobile apps, connected TV, and digital out-of-home [...]
Read MoreDan and George Talk About the End of Flash
Dan Barron and George White talk about the end of Flash and where we’re going moving forward.
Read MorePutnam Investments FundVisualizer iPad App Wins 2011 MITX Interactive Award
Cantina is pleased to announce that the Putnam Investments FundVisualizer iPad App has won the 2011 MITX Interactive Award in the Financial Services category. This groundbreaking app, which has attracted notice in the financial industry, is an open-architecture analytical tool that enables in-depth evaluations of over 12,000 investment choices in real time, using more than [...]
Read MoreCome to the Meetup: Boston Ruby on Rails Meetup Group – Lightning Round
We’re hosting a night of Ruby and Rails related Lightning Talks. Five minutes, one projector, multiple presenters, anything can happen! Well, I guess only presentations can happen, but with that begets learning and hopefully some good discussions about best-practices, useful gems, and other interesting topics about our favorite programming language and web framework. Come in [...]
Read MoreCome to the Meetup: Groovy 1.8 – Grails 2.0 New Features
The 2.0 release candidate has been . . . released! Whats new? Why do I care? How can I get more productive with the latest releases? How good is eclipse these days? What about STS? Fellow member Jim Mason will present and demonstrate the upcoming features in Grails 2.0 / Groovy 1.8, followed by a [...]
Read MoreThe New Mobile Reality
I recently read that more consumers will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs. This is hardly a surprise, but the way they will consume the mobile Internet has been strongly influenced by the fate of Flash in a world dominated by Apple’s iOS. While this is good news for organizations who [...]
Read MoreWhy Don’t We Have An App? (And what is our mobile strategy?)
Mobile has become a focus of the enterprise, driven largely by customer behavior, both internal and external. Internal sales professionals have been bringing their own iPads to sales calls and employees bring tablets to meetings to share notes and collaborate in real time. Organizations are discovering that they own a growing number of sand-boxed native [...]
Read MoreArt For Work’s Sake
Cantinistas all seem to have one thing in common, they’re interested in things and actively doing them. Our team includes tri-atheletes, bicyclers, beer bloggers, dietary activists, musicians, producers and all sorts of folks, including artists. Our Director of Communications, Mitchel Ahern, has brought a gallery sensibility to the back half of our office space hanging [...]
Read MoreIntroducing Allison Sigrist, Senior User Experience Consultant
Allison comes to Cantina with over 10 years of front-end web development and consulting experience. Several years ago she was bitten by the open-source bug and became a convert, particularly to the Drupal CMS, going so far as to record a remix of the Drupal Song in tribute. Regardless of platform, she relishes the challenge [...]
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