Presenting TTN Mapper at The Things Network Conference in Amsterdam
During the first three days of February The Things Network hosted the world’s first LoRa conference in Amsterdam. Divided into Practical Skills on the first day, Keynotes on the second and a Community Day on the third, discussions ranged from how to keep livestock safe and how to hinder drug smuggling in containers, to future […]
The Things Network Conference
The Things Network is a global community building an open Internet of Things infrastructure. It spans the globe with over 31 229 members and 16 322 applications deployed. Initiated by Wienke Giezeman in 2015, the network is built by its members. Together they create a secure and collaborative network by placing gateways or running network […]
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 & […]
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 […]
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 […]
Polymorph CCO attending VR Days in Amsterdam!
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday, 25 October), VRDays 2017 kicks off the third edition of their conference. Three days of inspiring keynotes, expert sessions, workshops and seminars with leading thinkers and the most creative content! Below are a few of the great talks I am excited to attend: It all kicks off with a conference at DeLaMar […]
Meeting the humans in AI (part 2)
Themes at WorldSummitAI It would be impossible to summarize the talks, events and experiences co-founders Sarah Porter (Inspired Minds), Christoph Auer-Welsbach and Mike Renier (City.AI) curated. So I would like to highlight three themes that I kept following and which I saw coming up in all the talks; The limits as of right now. Specifically, […]
Meeting the humans in AI (part 1)
a “Mind Blowing” experience at Artificial Intelligence Conference, WorldSummitAI, 2017 I met Pepper the Robot… Well, I met two Peppers. It was a fangirl moment. I have wanted to meet Pepper since they were born. Created. Developed. Assembled… Assembled is still not the word I would associate with Pepper. It is easy to become transfixed […]
Looking forward to the VR Days conference in Amsterdam next week
My whirlwind trip through the conferences and summits of October and November starts with WorldSummitAI this week and then moves onto VRDays on 25 – 27 October. In-between is the amazing Dutch Design Week to help out Anke Kuipers at Bendit Shoes. Anke and I worked together on the first #cocreate2Accelerate 2016 as Anke was […]
E-book launch: Product Development Canvas Step-by-step guide
Many of the anxieties around starting a company, building a new product and developing a new app are related to lack of information and an actionable roadmap. Most entrepreneurs, and even seasoned business owners, don’t always realise that there are tools to assist with putting an idea into a plan. One of the first tasks […]
