Johan Peens
Solutions Developer
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Experience – Switching on the lights
A few weeks back we moved into a new home. It wasn’t long before we realized that our electricity bill was a bit more expensive. We immediately started replacing some of our normal lights with led bulbs. Needless to say, it didn’t down our costs, but it did get me thinking. What is it about lights…
The art and science of UX
Apart from the buzz relating to the word and various claims to fame in understanding UX, UX is often times a majestic word to stakeholders. But what is UX then? UX is a methodology just like agile. It is a way of approaching a project in which design comes first. If we build cars with…
Agile Hybridity
It’s a fact that the legacy systems of the past need to be replaced by newer systems as time goes by. These systems lack both the investment of user experience and the agile implementation lifecycle. As and when new systems are created, a strange type of marriage often occurs. I call this marriage Agile Hybridity….
Check your ethos
What motivates us to get up in the morning? Is it the drive to thrive and climb the ladder to yet another bigger salary or paycheck? As cliché as it seems, there’s some things money can’t buy. Recruitment companies and employers alike often times think they can buy your loyalty. But the truth is company culture,…
Devcode to code
More than they want to, my peer developers are battling the business scenarios and information that are passed their way. They live by the motto: Let’s get things done. Excellence however sometimes seems to be ignored. I therefore live by a code. The type that’s not to type , neither to script, but rather drives…
ICT say: “Hello digital! “
Say hello to the digital age, the age of both analytical and creative trends. To the consumer all is one, product and service is a central experience. Paper has become screens, and the almighty pen the interactions on the screens we use. The big bang of big data was fueled by google and Microsoft alike,…
UX – Positivity Engineering
Way too often I have come across ux designers which are mere tweakers of existing templates. They become voices shouting aristocratic philosophies at skilled and knowledgeable development teams. Wat’s even worse, is that their prototypes may seem to become horror maps to a team that needs confidence when QA keeps luring at them. So what…
Context, {{Code}} and Colour…
Mr. Anderson..the code you’re typing is not luminous green, nor strings of pure logic only. Yes, you look at the text, the very syntax you’re typing…more than one shade. Unless your a Cobolt programmer, chances are you’re currently using color codes to distinguish classes, functions, interfaces and variables. The human mind is excellent at processing…
Why UX? – The Blind Side…
So why should UX be included in the implementation lifecycle? The needs of users constantly change, therefore, products need to change. Institutions such as Google and Apple realize the need for product design within systems. Why shouldn’t the rest of Enterprise? The matter of the fact is that one shoe size does not fit them…