SystemSeed was recently tasked with redesigning and refactoring the UX of Concern Worldwide’s gift site - Concern Gifts. Here we outline some decisions made as we redesigned and rebuilt the product details page for Concern Gifts, and the reasoning behind them.
As a social impact focused agency, we are keen to see things put to good use however that may be. Over the past year we have been working on an Open Source, Drupal+ReactJS project called Falcon. This has started its life as a Gift Shop and is evolving into a full charity platform. We all know Open Source means free(!) so we are both giving away the software and a few hours of configuration assistance to get it installed and running for your charity.
A few weeks ago I gave a presentation for the “Thoughtful Software Engineering” meetup in Barcelona. The main point of my speech was as simple as this: “Automated tests are awesome!”
Listening to many agile trainers and coaches, I tend to hear the same thing over and over again… “Agile teams needs to be co-located in order to succeed…”
SystemSeed is in the business of making great things. Including the launch of our new website, we’re always looking for ways to improve ourselves and our clients’ experience and products. Our team works across enterprise and third-sector facing industries, providing expert strategy, design, and digital skills to our clients.
As an agile coach and consultant I have heard most things around over the years when it comes to the “right” approach to implementing “agile” into organisations or teams.
How we added Apple Pay to Concern.net for to drive an improved User Experience and better donation conversions.
Late last year we blogged about the SystemSeed company trip to Minsk in order to work, bond and be merry. Each were achieved in equal degrees and we came away with revitalised enthusiasm for our work and a shift in what exactly that work would contain.
Startups and products can move faster than agencies that serve clients as there is no feedback loops and manual QA steps by an external authority that can halt a build going live.