Caktus Blog
Web development blog with how-to's on UX, quality assurance, project management, and more.
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Making your Django app more pluggable
This blog post is about ways of doing things in your Django app, and pitfalls to avoid, so your app is easier to plug in to other sites. Introduction One of the most enticing pr... Read more
June 12, 2013 -
Caktus Teaches mHealth to Fulbright Enrichment Students
As part of the Fulbright Enrichment From Lab to Market seminar, Caktus hosted 16 Fulbright students from around the world on Wednesday, May 29th. The participants were enginee... Read more
May 30, 2013 -
AngularJS to PyGame: Caktus’ 2nd ShipIt Day
We had our 2nd ShipIt Day at Caktus last week. ShipIt (coined by Atlassian), in case you don’t know, is an exercise that allows your team to work on alternative projects in a 24... Read more
April 30, 2013 -
Managing Django Translations with Transifex
We manage a number of open source Django apps here at Caktus. While many of us here are proficient in a number of programming languages, the same can’t be said for our ability t... Read more
April 25, 2013 -
Time Magazine: 100 Most Influential People of 2013
UNICEF clients Erica Kochi and Christopher Fabian were listed among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013 for creating text-message based applications in the devel... Read more
April 18, 2013 -
Caktus sponsoring and speaking on mobile health at SwitchPoint 2013
SwitchPoint is a one-of-a-kind conference and a unique opportunity to learn, share ideas, and hear about global and mobile health efforts around the world. We had a great time a... Read more
April 18, 2013