Could be useful to have a one-tap feature to add lectures/workshop to the phone/googe calendar and maybe an alert system if there are changes in the schedule. It could be app or just mobile version of website :-)
2014-08-29 11:20 GMT+02:00 Chris McKenna <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> ([email protected]) 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" <[email protected]> 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 >>> ([email protected]) 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 >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> -- >>> Joseph Fox >>> Sent with Airmail >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> -- >> Joseph Fox >> Sent with Airmail >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > -- > Chris McKenna > Wikimania 2014 Support > Wikimedia UK > [email protected] > > tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 > > Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. > Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. > Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, > London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia > projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst > other projects). > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
