Convertri Updates – 06.02.18

Dynamic Text is officially in progress. Our main development Slack channel is being filled with commits that say things like ‘Renamed Char.getStoredDynamicText to Char.getDynamicText and Char.getDynamicText to Char.getEffectiveDynamicText’. Understand that? No, me neither.  But it means dynamic text is on the way!  It’ll probably take another few weeks before it’s ready to be released into […]

What’s In A Name?

Humans are superheroes at being lazy. If we want to spin it to our virtue, we can say our brains have evolved to find the simplest and most resource-efficient manner in which to complete essential survival tasks. But really, it’s all about conserving energy for things that are more fun – like sleeping. It’s truly […]

Convertri Updates – 23.1.18

It doesn’t take a thousand words to describe the importance of images. To be fair, it’s rare you’d use a thousand words to describe anything – except perhaps the beauty of a summer’s evening, the evolution of Scottish crofting law from 1715 to 1993, or why the Simpsons went downhill after season 8. (Disagree? Let’s […]

SSL Issues, Jan 2018

Some users have been reporting issues getting SSL certificates issued.  We’ve looked into it, and it turns out that yes, there’s A Problem. Now I should say right now, this probably won’t affect you.  We’ve got some short-term measures in place that should last just fine until we deliver a long-term fix. But we like […]

Why There’s No News Like Bad News

Two boxes: inside one, is a gift voucher for $50 at a nice restaurant. Inside the other, is a lottery ticket with a chance of winning $50 million. Which do you choose? In fact, a better question: how could you NOT know which to choose? Sure, you could win $50 million.  But what are the […]

Convertri Updates – 16.01.17

There’s an old saying: The only advert you like, is your own. (Okay, it’s not that old. And it’s not a saying, I made it up. But feel free to tweet that.) It’s likely you have AdBlock installed… even if you love marketing. I’m not here to judge – just to let you know, that’s […]