Five important IOT and mobile app development lessons Polymorph learnt in 2017
Our mobile app development teams are comprised of designers, developers, product owners and are held together by formidable agile managers. With decades of experience, the agile managers are exceptional and have a wealth of knowledge relating to creating successful teams. Not shy of conflict, our agile managers regularly bring calm and perspective to the teams […]
The best product development process summarised in 5 steps
In the past year, I have written a great deal on app & product development, but it is a topic that people are always asking for more clarity on. App & product development is a space where a thousand things can and probably will go wrong so how to make sure that your app & […]
Ctrl: A Story of Mobile App Development
South Africa’s first independent digital short term insurance advisor, Ctrl, will launch in the first half of 2018. We spoke to Pieter Venter, one of the three founders about their experience working with Polymorph to develop the mobile app, as well as their thoughts about the future of insurance Mobile first and independent, Ctrl has […]
IoT connectivity comparison (GSM vs LoRa vs Sigfox vs NB-Iot)
With the growing options for connectivity, JP Meijers and I took a look at the comparison between each. The vast majority of the IoT we build for our clients relies on GSM, Bluetooth and Wifi, but the personal projects within Polymorph are focused on using technology such as LoRaWAN. Thus, we ensure we are always […]
Interesting things to watch suggested by Polymorph’s product and app development team
Every year, I ask around the Polymorph Slack rooms and the halls of our HQ in Stellenbosch to ask my fellow Polymorphers; what are you reading, watching and listening to. This year, I am dividing it into three posts so I can switch between what I feel like doing; reading, listening, watching. My final list […]
The True Cost of Building the Internet of Things
In a recent Forbes article, B2B spending on the IoT technologies, apps and solutions will reach $267 billion by 2020 and Statista forecasts that the market value of IoT will be $1,391B next year. It is a huge market and many are rushing to be a part of it, but what are the true costs […]
A Jampacked 2017!
2017 was a remarkable year at Polymorph filled with inspiring people, companies and conferences. We launched our first e-book which you can download for free here. We have written almost 50 blogs and articles, attended international and local conferences and had six speaking engagements on topics as diverse as machine learning and IoT tracking to […]
What do you learn when you investigate the top ten most used Smartphone apps?
According to the 2017 US Mobile App report, Facebook and Google collectively own eight of the top ten apps used on Smartphones. Although the top ten used Smartphone apps is an interesting look at what is important to the user, I cross referenced that information with which apps populate our home screens and which have […]
12 tips for entrepreneurs who consider mobile app development in 2018
Working with entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, c-level execs in corporates, product owners, developers, designers, Agile managers, marketing teams and everyone else on mobile app development has given us great insight into what made those successful apps succeed. I have divided it into two – “know” and “be” – which echoes the pre-build stage of mobile app development […]
Providing Context to Increase Productivity with IoT Technology
In June, I was invited to present a talk at GeoIoT in Belgium, Brussels. The talk was centered around using BLE Beacons and GPS to increase productivity. Improving job productivity and efficiency is the focus for many companies and at Polymorph, we have been working with companies like Bloodhound in this area. This article looks […]
