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Keith, This is very interesting. I'd love to get involved. I'm here at c4l15, so will you be proposing a breakout? Or just try to get some chat time? -Aaron- Sent from my iPad > On Feb 9, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Keith Gilbertson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I thought that a fun first project for getting involved in mobile app > development might be some sort of code4lib app. > > I've done some initial prototyping, with a "throw this one away" attitude, > to try to explore the possibilities. > > Work has barely started on prototyping: > > - a conference module > - a journal module > > and also imagined were: > > - a swag store module > - a code4lib jobs module > > The prototyping has mostly served to highlight two challenges in developing > this particular app. > > 1. This may be better as a multi-person effort, especially given the number > of mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Android, iOS, HTML5 mobile, FireFox > OS, etc.) and the need to integrate the app with existing technologies > > 2. Some input is needed from code4lib members on what would actually be > useful as a mobile app, if anything. The pieces I've prototyped thus far > are done better elsewhere. > > So I'm at code4lib 2015, and am interested in talking with people who have > experience or interest in mobile app design, development, documentation, > etc. Can we chat? > > Also, if you have an iOS device with the latest version of iOS and want to > see the state of the current prototype, send me your email address. Andrea > Ogier spent some time testing deployment of the prototype to other devices > for testing, and it seems to work fine. Don't expect much at this point; > it's buggy, ugly, and doesn't add value at this iteration, but it may be a > starting point for discussion. > > A special word of warning about the included main conference schedule; > it's using real data, but due to shortcuts taken during prototyping, it > won't update as the conference schedule changes unless I actually release a > new version of the prototype. It's done better on paper, website, and > lanyrd. > > Ramble ramble ramble, > Keith