Join us at the WorldSummitAI (Artificial Intelligence) event in Amsterdam, Oct 2017
This year, I had the honor to lead #cocreateSA Inspiring Fifty. Co-founded by two extraordinary women, Janneke Niessen and Joelle Frijters, and brought to South Africa by the incomparable Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Bonnie Horbach, the project highlighted the work of women in STEM in SA and created the first list […]
Speaking at the annual Executive Machine Learning Conference
The eXeML Conference opens in Sandton today and I am one of twelve American and South African leaders in Machine Learning sharing their knowledge. When successfully implemented, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can have a profound effect on the landscape of the industries it is used in and Polymorph was chosen as one of the […]
Celebrating 5 years of mobile app development in Technopark, Stellenbosch, South Africa
With just over 155,000 people in a university town, at first glance one would assume Stellenbosch is more about the wine farms and the beautiful hikes. And it is. The wine is award winning and hundreds of locals and international travelers hike our mountains daily. But Stellenbosch offers even more in it’s relatively small in […]
Role definitions of a Software Development Team
Polymorph is an Agile software development company with over ten years of experience. We chose Agile because we have found that it is the most cost effective, lean and successful way to develop software products over a vast array of industries such as Fintech and IoT. Within Agile software development, one should keep in mind […]
The Product Vision Canvas – a strategic tool in developing a successful business
Upon meeting entrepreneurs, I regularly find that the challenge of thinking of everything related to building a company creates a certain amount of anxiety. This anxiety can often be alleviated by clarifying things and making them more concrete and above all – visible. This is most easily achieved with a canvas of one sort […]
3 reasons why we follow an agile app development process
Creating an app or a mobile product requires the conceptualisation of design, ideas, and content writing robust code that will also be “easy enough” to work on, later – when the inevitable changes come. many hours of testing, tweaking and fine-tuning and making sure the client, team and internal stakeholders expectations all stay aligned regarding […]
We visit Brussels to speak at the Geo IoT conference
In June, my colleague Johan, and I traveled to Belgium to speak at the GeoIoT conference. As one of 70 speakers ranging from start-up to the industry giants, 16 thematic sessions were explored. Among the key trends: Indoor Location technologies nearing maturity, beacons market taking off, precision GNSS high potential, asset tracking unlimited opportunities, as […]
Software for Rent
In 2016, Polymorph launched a new commercial model for building apps. It’s a model with much less financial risk up front for our clients, where they don’t pay for the development of the app, but rather for the use of it. We build apps that add real business value, and therefore the client only starts paying […]
You can only manage what you can measure
Management expert Peter Drucker is often misquoted as having said: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” What he actually said was a little more nuanced: that measuring results and performance is crucial to an organization’s effectiveness. “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability, a […]
0 to MVP at Cape Town’s UX Conference
The third annual User Experience conference in Cape Town was held from the 7th to the 9th of November. I’ve attended every year and enjoyed the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with my peers. This is incredibly valuable: it can be hard to find time to engage in discussions outside of normal projects and […]
