SAP Fiori Now Surpasses 10,000 Apps
SAP Fiori, the official UX strategy for all of SAP has come a long way since it's humble beginnings of 25 apps, and formerly as a paid product: (See my blog from Sapphire 2014) The apps catalog has now passed…
Every Problem is a Possibility
This week, Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea, died at the age of 91. Ikea is a unique company, happy to build its fortunes by taking the road less traveled. No small part of that comes from Mr. Kamprad’s personal…
The Little Things Matter in a good UX
It’s 2AM, I’m 8 episodes into season two of Stranger Things, and I am showing no signs of stopping. I am, however, getting pretty tired of the intro. There’s definitely some great title sequences that really set the tone for…
SAP Tech Ed Barcelona Recap
I'm back to Barcelona in less than a year, I feel very lucky. Aside from viewing the beautiful architecture, having some vino tinto, and endless tapas, the event was tremendous. Apple again had a highly visible booth, Ian Thain was…
Dev Tip: Use the Simple Transformation Tool to Create XML
To sign up and get your dev tips delivered to your inbox each week, click here! Tip of the Week Use the Simple Transformation Tool to Create XML I was recently pulled into a Fiori project that involved sending XML…
You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks — My Journey from an ABAP Developer to a Fiori Developer
This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to attend the Minnesota ASUG Chapter Fall meeting. I always make it a point to attend, as the content is so good that I’ve never failed to learn something new. I also enjoy…
Branding and Theming your SAP Cloud Platform Fiori Launchpad
As a continuation of my last blog where I showed you how to setup your Fiori Launchpad by using the SAP Cloud Platform portal service, I wanted to also show you how to start branding your launchpad with the UI…
The User Experience *Is* The Application
(This is a tasty morsel from the introduction to my recent SAP PRESS e-book.) When I first started working as an ABAP developer, SAP GUI scared the daylights out of me. The sheer volume of stuff on the screen, the…
An Interview with Hennie Pieters on Design Thinking & Fiori Applications
Mindset recently had the opportunity to sit down with Hennie Pieters, Leader of Enterprise Architecture at Sun Chemical. His team had recently finished developing Fiori apps using Mindset's signature approach; Design Thinking followed by Agile development. Here is his take…
Design Thinking in Any Language
Design Thinking in Any Language Design Thinking was meant as a way to identify and solve problems, yet we still take for granted for some of the norms when starting a workshop. For application design, we assume that our observations…