Blog | Kyan

Joel Richards
February 17, 2010

Outside the office

Recently some of us from Kyan have been heading to Craggy Island indoor climbing centre after work for a bit of social exertion.

Pictured below, Gav & Phil tackling a couple of the variety of routes of the evening.

As unfortunately there’s no pub at the top of the walls, which could provide a good incentive for completion.We usually end up down the road at “The Drummond”: http://www.thedrummondguildford.co.uk/ for a pie & a pint (if they’re on the menu).

Paul Sturgess
October 30, 2008

How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference

Recently I finished reading the book ‘The Tipping Point’, it was a fantastic read. I picked it after it was recommended by Jeremy Keith at this year’s d.Construct conference.

The book explores the reasons behind wide spread adoption of fashions and trends that happen once they’ve reached that mysterious ‘tipping point’.

Why do people adopt certain ideas and not others?

It is a must read for any budding entrepreneurs, launching a new product, service or even say, a new web application.

The author explains his ideas with a wide range of intriguing stories that make his concepts sound so logical and at the same time make it hugely entertaining.

Even though it was published back in 2002, the ideas are relevant today, particularly for anyone looking to harness the power of the community and social networking.

Laurent Maguire
October 15, 2008

Yammer-Dama-Ding-Dong

A few weeks ago I came across a blog post about Yammer, the winners of the top prize at Techcrunch 50, in the blog post I read the line:

“takes the familiar Twitter messaging system and applies it to internal corporate communications.”

Which is some thing we’ve been looking at for the last 18 months, so I decided to take a few minutes and have a play with it.

Piers Palmer
January 25, 2008

Kyan Vs Computer Strategies Bowling Challenge

A challenge was made, a date set and geeks rallied.

Lifting the trophy aloft, it was remarked at how similar it looked to a bowling pin; fortunately not one of the dazed’n’confused staff had reported any missing. Two close games, the second only won by 7 points left Kyan the winner on this occassion. Special mention should go to Steven ‘Rocketman’ Thompson whose genuine loathing for bowling pins meant that not only did he get the top score but also managed to upset the ‘magic’ bowling robot so much that a ‘tek’ was required to fix our lane.

Highlights:

Paul taking out his own ankle with a ball
Laurent coming second last
Phil wondering how may pins in ten-pin bowling
Stevie T’s top speed of 24mph

Thanks to all at Computer Strategies, especially Tony for organising and sourcing the prices.