Ah, my first article for PowerWire! I hope that the editor chose me for my RPG knowledge, not my photo on LinkedIn (go on, take a look). My experience of RPG goes back to RPG II on the System/36 in the early 1980s. I’m sure a fair portion of you can say you go back […]
Fresche Legacy buys looksoftware
Canada’s Fresche Legacy has bought Australian IBM i apps modernisation specialist looksoftware. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, comes twelve months after Fresche Legacy took over British application and database analysis outfit Databorough, best known for its X-Analysis solution. Under the terms of the agreement, looksoftware has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresche Solutions […]
Top Ten user interface design tips, part 1
Back in the summer of 2013, PowerWire ran a three-part series by looksoftware’s Nick Hampson on the pitfalls of app interface modernisation that was very well received. Now we welcome Nick back for some more essential UI advice. To be an app design hero, read on…. In my top 10, I have resisted the urge […]