Oh! That might be a problem half solved. :P I wouldn't recommend the Wikimania Team make an Android app for the conferences. As Mabett said, of which I agree:
I feel it would be better to put effort into making the official > website (more) mobile friendly. Making the mobile website more user friendly might be of much benefit than building native apps. On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Pau Giner <pgi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Obviously, it is not up to par with conference apps, like the Google I/O >> app. > > Google I/O app is opensource ( https://github.com/google/iosched ), which > may be useful for any volunteer interested in creating a conference app. It > only covers Android devices, and I guess that adapting it to a different > conference won't be trivial. > > Pau > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Chris McKenna < > chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > >> Given the huge range of structures a Wikimania schedule can have, due to >> how tied to the physical layout of the venue(s) it is as well as other >> reasons (transport, food, culture, climate, themes, contemporary movement >> politics, etc), and how different non-conference aspects can be (for an >> overlapping list of reasons) I don't really see how useful a generic app >> could be? >> >> >> On 28 August 2014 22:27, Joseph Fox <josephfoxw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ah, right :). To be fair, the app was of a standard I would probably >>> expect from a volunteer-run conference but obviously it's just data >>> inputted into an app template really. >>> >>> Making a whole app for Wikimanias en generale would be pretty cool, but >>> probably not cool enough to warrant the man-hours ;) >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On 28 August 2014 at 10:25:58 pm, Nkansah Rexford ( >>> nkansahrexf...@gmail.com) wrote: >>> >>> It likewise didn't serve any useful purpose for me. I just saw it on >>> the phone, and thought, "what the heck is this doing here?" >>> >>> Since it was branded as "official app", it appeared and i thought it is >>> something interesting to the Wikimania team of which perhaps they would >>> like to pursue. >>> >>> I agree that it wouldn't be of any importance investing time in such an >>> app. >>> >>> Rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Smartphone >>> On Aug 28, 2014 10:44 PM, "Joseph Fox" <josephfoxw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Given there were literally hundreds of paper calendars I think I >>>> looked at the app maybe twice throughout the whole weekend. It was really >>>> pretty, but slow and ultimately pointless once you'd put your chosen >>>> sessions into your own calendar (as I'm sure a lot of people did) or indeed >>>> just circled them on your programme. >>>> >>>> Creating an app is a big endeavour, creating a *good* app even more >>>> so. I don't think it's really necessary to do so. >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >>>> On 28 August 2014 at 09:32:30 pm, Nkansah Rexford ( >>>> nkansahrexf...@gmail.com) wrote: >>>> >>>> I used the Wikimania Android app during the conference. >>>> >>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.eventspark.wikimania2014 >>>> >>>> Obviously, it is not up to par with conference apps, like the Google >>>> I/O app. >>>> >>>> Are there any plans to get an official app for use for subsequent >>>> conferences of Wikimania? Or sponsors who happen to be app developers will >>>> do us the honor? >>>> >>>> I think this year's event was the tenth Wikimania. Launching an app to >>>> celebrate that wouldn't have been a bad idea. >>>> >>>> The app link above says "official Wikimania app", but not very official >>>> to me as was built by one of the sponsors of the event. >>>> >>>> Rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Smartphone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joseph Fox >>>> Sent with Airmail >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> -- >>> Joseph Fox >>> Sent with Airmail >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Chris McKenna >> Wikimania 2014 Support >> Wikimedia UK >> chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk >> >> tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. >> Registered Company No. 6741827. 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