F. van der Zwan

F. van der Zwan

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Jopus Connecter - walkthrough - How to get users complete their profiles to 100%!

In continuance of the registration process update from last month, where we talked about the thinking process and the changes we made and were able increase the registration rate with over 200% (You can read more about that here: https://no

    • Design update that increased the CVR of Jopus Connecter by over 200%!

      Jopus Connecter Registration Process update.As the service (Jopus Connecter) had launched, we looked for ways on how to improve our system. I looked at the overall project and was able to identify a few places where we could improve on. On

      • デザトレ! Dezatore! Logo design and Mockups

        This time with the Dezatore! I created a class about logo design and the advantages of creating mockups in real environments. This time we had a few interns join, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to show our design team skills a

        • My ISP slowed down my internet!!? What!?

          My ISP slowed down my internet!!? What!?Recently we’ve finally made the decision to use an online storage solution. We’ve been uploading for a few days, keeping it at a speed that doesn’t effect daily usage, which turned out to be about 8

        Jopus Connecter - walkthrough - How to get users complete their profiles to 100%!

          Creation of Jopus Connecter logo

          As the Japanese borders are opening up shortly, the opportunities are increased to travel and work in Japan! To make job hunting easy, we’ve developed a platform to find jobs or find candidates. The platform is the connector between candid

          Creation of Jopus Connecter logo

          デザトレ!(Dezatore!) Team Activities!

          Working remotely, it becomes more difficult to do things together. To create an environment where we as a team would do something together, I thought of some fun activities we could do as a Team in Figma! 20 seconds: First to test the crea

          デザトレ!(Dezatore!) Team Activities!

          Eliminate the variables, be lightweight, move quickly. Mockups.

          When in the web design process, there are a few stages, (Ideation, Wireframing, Mockup, Prototyping, Real environment.) I want to point a few things out about the use and benefits of creating mockup’s while in the design process. Often ti

          Eliminate the variables, be lightweight, move quickly. Mockups.

          デザトレ!(Dezatore!) Practice makes perfect!

          We had a new (potential) candidate join the "Dezatore", to get a feel of how the design department is like. Usually we do a single task in collaboration with each other, but I was looking for something that would give a variety of elements

          デザトレ!(Dezatore!) Practice makes perfect!

          Stay up to date...

          With the recent news from Apple, discontinuing the iPod. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/ I got me thinking for a moment. Not only because how revolutionary the product was and remember when my friend showing of

          Stay up to date...

          Some thoughts before making last minute changes to the schedule for meetings (remote work)

          After I joined an ongoing project as director, it already had a tight schedule. In the beginning, when there were changes to the schedule before our team meeting, to “save” time, I had the urge to make adjustments to our planned meeting. Th

          Some thoughts before making last minute changes to the schedule for meetings (remote work)

          It's often difficult for clients to say what they actually mean - Use Design Thinking

          It is not uncommon that, when you are working on a project and the client appears to keep changing their minds. You design something and it's not what the client had in mind, while you did accentually what they said they wanted. These mom

          It's often difficult for clients to say what they actually mean - Use Design Thinking

          デザトレ! Shine the spotlight on your super stars!

          I took this opportunity to create an environment where we could look back and shared within the team about our recent projects. We looked into what challenges we faced, what we learned from the projects and what what we enjoyed about it.

          デザトレ! Shine the spotlight on your super stars!

          Look into your team members interests and let those interests become opportunities.

          In looking for ways to improve our costumer service of Jopus Connecter, the idea came up to create animation videos to inform current and potential users. Videos that could provide an example of what potential users can expect before regis

          Look into your team members interests and let those interests become opportunities.

          Back in Time, Time-Machine!

          On Mac everyone should use Time Machine because it helps you restore your data! I made a big mistake the other day on my personal computer and mistakenly format my 1TB SSD (Solid State Drive) which has stored the operation system and some

          Back in Time, Time-Machine!

          デザトレ!(Dezatore!): PC Hardware Software

          Today I'll be sharing about デザトレ! (Dezatore! - pronounced as day-zah-toe-ray) that we have been doing within our design team on a weekly basis. “デザトレ! Dezatore!" is a one-hour session set out weekly to explore, experiment, share skills, kn

          デザトレ!(Dezatore!): PC Hardware Software