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April 18, 2018In South Africa, we have an Afrikaans saying that ‘goedkoop koop is duur koop’ simply, it means that saving... -
March 8, 2018Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) is the only festival dedicated to animation on the African continent. The conference hosts... -
March 1, 2018For the last four years, Polymorph has hosted Maker’s Days. Initially named Hack Days, it was a one day... -
February 27, 2018As an avid gamer, game designer and illustrator, The Cape Town International Animation Festival is one of the annual... -
February 22, 2018In December 2017 and January 2018, Polymorph was joined by new interns; Tatenda Muvhu and Mustafa Rashid. We met... -
February 20, 2018Within Polymorph, we focus on creating mobile app development teams that are diverse in skillset and in thinking. In... -
February 8, 2018During the first three days of February The Things Network hosted the world’s first LoRa conference in Amsterdam. Divided into... -
February 6, 2018I started working remotely just more than 6 years ago, the same day I started working in an agile... -
February 1, 2018The Things Network is a global community building an open Internet of Things infrastructure. It spans the globe with... -
January 30, 2018Having recently written an article on what one learns from investigating the top ten most used Smartphone apps, I... -
January 25, 2018One only has to search innovation trends to be inundated with articles proclaiming doctors will be replaced within a... -
January 23, 2018January, a time for goals and planning the year, but also a good time to review the previous year... -
January 18, 2018Our mobile app development teams are comprised of designers, developers, product owners and are held together by formidable agile... -
January 16, 2018In the past year, I have written a great deal on app & product development, but it is a... -
January 11, 2018South Africa’s first independent digital short term insurance advisor, Ctrl, will launch in the first half of 2018. We spoke... -
January 9, 2018With the growing options for connectivity, JP Meijers and I took a look at the comparison between each. The vast... -
January 3, 2018Every year, I ask around the Polymorph Slack rooms and the halls of our HQ in Stellenbosch to ask... -
December 27, 2017Every year, I ask around the Polymorph Slack rooms and the halls of our HQ in Stellenbosch to ask... -
December 21, 2017Every year, I ask around the Polymorph Slack rooms and the halls of our HQ in Stellenbosch to find... -
December 19, 2017In a recent Forbes article, B2B spending on the IoT technologies, apps and solutions will reach $267 billion by... -
December 13, 20172017 was a remarkable year at Polymorph filled with inspiring people, companies and conferences. We launched our first e-book... -
December 12, 2017According to the 2017 US Mobile App report, Facebook and Google collectively own eight of the top ten apps... -
December 7, 2017Working with entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, c-level execs in corporates, product owners, developers, designers, Agile managers, marketing teams and everyone else... -
December 5, 2017In June, I was invited to present a talk at GeoIoT in Belgium, Brussels. The talk was centered around... -
November 30, 2017A key question when you start mobile app development is the choice of database and backend. With over a... -
November 28, 2017In March, I gave a talk at the Cape Town International Animation Festival with Gerrit Kruger and then recently...
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November 23, 2017When asked about a budget for mobile app development, the often heard reply is how long is a piece... -
November 21, 2017In the three days of VRDays, we watched and interacted with at least 10 VR/AR experiences. We aimed to spend... -
November 19, 2017Eric Rees’ book Lean Startup popularized the term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and it has become the first step... -
November 14, 2017With 20% of startup businesses failing in the first year, I am frequently asked how would I know if... -
November 10, 2017Many people say that the changes in business, such as disruption or applying design thinking, are because technology has... -
November 8, 2017VR/AR is fast paced and constantly evolving through creative experimentation and user research. This is strongly focussed on creating... -
October 31, 2017A key focus of mobile app development is shorter development cycles to get to market fast, while making sure... -
October 27, 2017It’s just going to take a while and we need to work on the hardware. #brb But that’s not completely... -
October 24, 2017Starting tomorrow (Wednesday, 25 October), VRDays 2017 kicks off the third edition of their conference. Three days of inspiring... -
October 19, 2017Themes at WorldSummitAI It would be impossible to summarize the talks, events and experiences co-founders Sarah Porter (Inspired Minds), Christoph... -
October 17, 2017a “Mind Blowing” experience at Artificial Intelligence Conference, WorldSummitAI, 2017 I met Pepper the Robot… Well, I met two Peppers.... -
October 12, 2017My whirlwind trip through the conferences and summits of October and November starts with WorldSummitAI this week and then... -
October 11, 2017A forest is full trees, but what we don’t always see at first glance is it is filled with... -
October 5, 2017Many of the anxieties around starting a company, building a new product and developing a new app are related... -
October 3, 2017This year, I had the honor to lead #cocreateSA Inspiring Fifty. Co-founded by two extraordinary women, Janneke Niessen and... -
September 28, 2017"A forest is full trees, but what we don't always see at first glance is it is filled with... -
September 27, 2017Some say that the mobile app boom is over, but let me show you a few figures and outline... -
September 21, 2017The eXeML Conference opens in Sandton today and I am one of twelve American and South African leaders in... -
September 19, 2017In 1999, Professor of Sociology Neil Goss, made the statement that “in the next century, planet earth would don... -
September 15, 2017With just over 155,000 people in a university town, at first glance one would assume Stellenbosch is more about... -
September 13, 2017I was recently asked what are the top three industries that South African development and design companies do exceptionally... -
September 7, 2017Some claim that Minimum Viable Experience (MVE) replaces or supersedes Minimum Viable Product (MVP). While this might be true... -
September 6, 2017Once you have started product development, keep the following ten practical steps in mind to help you ensure an... -
August 31, 2017“it is about making it as actionable as possible while staying entrepreneur-focused” - Ash Maurya, the creator of the Lean Canvas Not... -
August 30, 2017Simply, the Product Canvas defines the solution and is easily translated into the Product Backlog which forms the backbone... -
August 28, 2017Polymorph is an Agile software development company with over ten years of experience. We chose Agile because we have... -
August 22, 2017Upon meeting entrepreneurs, I regularly find that the challenge of thinking of everything related to building a company creates... -
August 17, 2017"A vision is an anchor and a hot air balloon." - Chantal Louw As an anchor, it keeps all stakeholders engaged... -
August 15, 2017Creating an app or a mobile product requires the conceptualisation of design, ideas, and content writing robust code that... -
August 10, 2017"A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value" -... -
August 7, 2017We are often asked to define Lean Product Development (LPD) and usually we speak about product evolution and being... -
July 26, 2017Although we are a remote first team, we definitely still experience the need to co-locate for certain things. One... -
July 11, 2017In June, my colleague Johan, and I traveled to Belgium to speak at the GeoIoT conference. As one of... -
May 26, 2017The complexity, and thus the potential of IoT, has scaled remarkably with the rapid growth in the number of... -
May 9, 2017Whenever I write on technology, I think of a tool popular at workshops in introductions; explain your job to... -
March 29, 2017An oft heard refrain is “who has time to read?”, mine is always “who doesn’t?”. With that in mind,... -
February 22, 2017Simply put, IoT is an acronym for the Internet of Things. For me, connection is at the heart of... -
February 10, 2017Our lives with tech are filled with microinteractions from the moment we turn off our alarm clocks in the... -
January 18, 2017In 2016, Polymorph launched a new commercial model for building apps. It's a model with much less financial risk up... -
December 8, 2016Management expert Peter Drucker is often misquoted as having said: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”... -
December 2, 2016In the 1700s, the First Industrial Revolution made many manual labour tasks redundant. Then, during the Second Industrial Revolution... -
November 18, 2016The third annual User Experience conference in Cape Town was held from the 7th to the 9th of November.... -
November 15, 2016As South Africa celebrated National Transport Month throughout October, a community of innovators, technologists and free thinkers came together to... -
September 27, 2016A few weeks ago I joined my Polymorph colleagues for our regularly irregular, all-hands Makerdays — two days of... -
September 27, 2016I was looking for a Makerday project that would be both easy enough to be completed to a reasonable... -
September 7, 2016On Sunday I’m leaving to go to Johannesburg, City of Gold. Where my treasure lies is in the knowledge... -
September 7, 2016Soaring Coach is a piece of software I’m developing during Makerdays (our quarterly innovation time) at Polymorph. It aims... -
September 1, 2016Time for another round of Morphbites! Read more about what interested the team at Polymorph during the month of...
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August 31, 2016The #CoCreate2Accelerate programme has come to an inspiring end, with the launch of our first international project and a... -
August 26, 2016At Polymorph we work on innovative products all the time. One of the growth areas in Technology at the...
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August 4, 2016Our enthusiastic team of Agile managers are out to debunk the myth of the god-like powers of post-it notes... -
July 29, 2016Excitement is building at Polymorph as we anticipate the start of #COCREATE2ACCELERATE during Open Design Cape Town in less... -
July 15, 2016Over the last year or so we have created a new discussion event at Polymorph called #morphbites. The idea... -
April 11, 2016Testing new software with real users during an iterative development process is a good idea. In fact, stated like... -
April 4, 2016In his book “Drive”, Dan Pink suggests that Mastery is one of the three elements -- along with Autonomy... -
March 18, 2016Design is all about the search for form. For software, this means answering questions like “What should this... -
January 27, 2016Makerdays are always a big event at Polymorph, and the last one of 2015 was no exception. For two...
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January 15, 2016Scrum Gathering 2015 - South Africa Unlikely Heroes - Imagine ← You are Here Unlikely Heroes - Empower...
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December 21, 2015“A meaningful experience, if done well, will become a shareable experience.”Kari Peters (Head of User Experience and Content Strategy...
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December 3, 2015By Dané Swart & Madi Duvenhage What has three legs, a thick skin and the ability to feed the hungriest...
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November 6, 2015By Duke Coulbanis, Marietjie McDonald and Johan Pretorius The Gautrain stopped at Rosebank station... We walked the last 100m to...
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November 5, 2015It’s 7am in the morning and I’m still in bed.Upon hearing the beep on my cellphone announcing a direct/group...
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October 28, 2015Continuing on our introspection, posted a while ago, Richard continues his overview of what being Polymorph has taught us...
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October 23, 2015After starting my job at Polymorph as an app designer three years ago, I became a huge Apple enthusiast,...
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October 9, 2015I spent part of my morning catching up on the Polymorph Slack channels. As usual there’s been a lot...
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October 8, 2015"My opinion is that Microsoft have really turned the corner, and are back to being a very innovative company. ...
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October 7, 2015Polymorph has grown in leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings in Worcester, many years ago, through a merger...
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August 7, 2015By Ryno Claassen, Percy Groenewald & Dané Swart Job Shadowing is one of the most important aspects to consider when...
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July 20, 2015By Dawid Van Graan & Hendri De Wet At our last hackday for 2014 we dove into the realm of...
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July 6, 2015The grass was frosty, so were our our feet. The team of Polymorph decided to go without shoes for one...
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May 29, 2015Paul Roux Geek is the new Glam. Or so they say… If we go back ten years, working in tech was...
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May 8, 2015At Polymorph we enjoy working on innovative projects and new technology. We have been fortunate to work with clients...
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May 5, 2015Polymorph got featured in the EikestadNuus! You can read the full article here: http://www.eikestadnuus.co.za/240388/news-details/is-hierdie-ontwerpwerk-n-wetenskap-of-is-dit-kuns
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April 14, 2015Angus is a local farmer who is dedicated to organically raising and feeding his cattle. They graze freely, feeding...
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April 7, 2015Introduction This is the third in a series of four posts. In the first post, the devops tool Vagrant was...
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March 27, 2015Tracks4Africa's Guide App just launched! Read more about it on their blog: http://blog.tracks4africa.co.za/
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March 23, 2015Richard Barry and I were fortunate to be able to exhibit Polymorph at the Wearable TechCon with kind support...
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March 10, 2015In Woodstock, Cape Town, better known as the Hipster Mecca, resides the famous Old Biscuit Mill. This is where...
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February 16, 2015Ins and outs of turn-based games Recently I had coffee with an indie board game developer who was nearing the...
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February 9, 2015When talking to anyone about an apprenticeship at a company, words like “under-appreciated work”, “long hours” and “coffee runs”...
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January 26, 2015In part 1 of this series, we introduced the devops tool Vagrant. Vagrant makes it easy to create standardised...
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January 9, 2015Overview Over the last few years, various tools have become available that try to standardise, in some way, the environment...
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December 10, 2014A core value at Polymorph Systems is innovation and for the fourth and final H4ckd4y of 2014 we decided...
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December 3, 2014Excitement filled the air, along with the smell of good ol’ coffee and a vast quantity of muffins. Indeed,...
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November 26, 2014So, I’ll confess: I love reading. I believe in the concept that knowledge is power. And in the tech world...
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November 19, 2014Fun and family - the two goes together like Polymorph and coffee. On the 15th of November, the Polymorphers brought...
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November 12, 2014Hendri de Wet The picturesque Lievland Wine Estate (Stellenbosch) was a hub of excitement on Sunday, 19 October 2014 when...
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November 4, 2014Dawid Van Graan H-A-C-K is not a four letter word. This is what the Polymorph team rediscovered when we set...
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October 23, 2014Cape Town 20-21 October 2014 Report-back by Duke Coulbanis Since first attending the Scrum Gathering last year, I have come to consider...
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August 22, 2014Polymorph: One of the greatest experiences anybody can ever go through! This company is all about passion, commitment and...
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August 8, 2014By Richard Barry I'm often brought to a halt by the realisation that something mundane I just did would have...
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July 28, 2014It was a rainy day in Franschoek as the people of Polymorph set off to The Stall to celebrate. We...
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July 11, 2014By Herman Smith On Wednesday, 2 July, we had our 2nd Hackday for 2014. During this day anyone who's had...
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June 27, 2014By Wim Morris One of the most exciting things about Polymorph is our clients and their wonderful ideas! It is...
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June 3, 2014By Duke Coulbanis During the course of 2013, Polymorph actively supported an encouraged an initiative of Stellenbosch-based IT companies to...
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May 29, 2014Dim the lights. Drum roll please… It was our first ever pitch day at Polymorph. All our staff gathered to...
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May 22, 2014Startups and making the next world-changing products are hot topics in the software world. Multi-billion dollar buy-outs seemingly occur...
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May 21, 2014By Paul RouxPaul Roux I guess the best way to describe my first week, is to start with the name,...
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May 5, 2014By Richard Barry Most of us struggle with balance in our lives. Balance between work, family, ourselves and our...
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January 10, 2014Let us first consider the role of the mobile device, which primarily means mobile phones and tablets, in people's...
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August 28, 2013ExpenZa is tailor-made for the individual who wants to take control of their personal finances. It is a platform...
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August 19, 2013Fleet of One is a new game from the South African studio, Polymorph. It's an original space blaster designed... -
August 12, 2013Together with MapStudio, Polymorph has launched a brand new innovative wildlife app on the iTunes App Store. ParkSpotter Africa is... -
August 6, 2013A dynamic, young company, Polymorph has a lot to celebrate at the moment. This passionate team is proving that...