Dawn ofthe devicesa guide to surviving the device apocalypse

@hitsmachinesRyan Betts, Lead Designer - Phonegap Build

@mwbrooksMichael Brooks, developer - phonegap core

Evil has risen from humble beginnings.

origin of the devices

None of these have disappeared. We’re just preoccupied with the new ones.

same info, many sources

Bring your own device

Bring your own deviceDANGER

Bring your own deviceDISASTER

logistical nightmare

logistical nightmarenative apps require a lot of overhead... but you can charge $$$* for them.

*and sometimes people will even buy them ... but you guys are cities, so nobody is going to buy your apps.

apps were a good start

but now we are overrunand there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight

we need a general purpose tool

“a fusion of shovel and double-bladed battle axe”

THE LOBO

“a fusion of API’S and TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION”

THE WEB

not necessarily all good ones, but we can make do.

theSE all have browsers

so ... back to the hordethe information hungry horde

TONS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMSTONS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATIONAL NEEDS

FINITE (HUMAN) RESOURCESFINITE BUDGETS

FINITE TIME

INFORMATION DEVELOPERS... OR MAYBE YOU’D PREFER API DEVELOPERS.

SUPPORT THE DEVELOPERS... and they will solve their own problems

same old storyjust new mediums.

same old storyjust new mediums.

apis: tried and tested

apis: tried and tested

UNLEASH THE OPEN DATA

vancouver drinking fountains

case study: zombie survival with open data

WEB IS THE TOOL

API is THE STRATEGY

WEB IS THE TOOL

API is THE STRATEGY

WEB IS THE TOOL

apps vs web

The usergets caught in the middle

THE PHONEGAP SAFE HOUSE

+ polyfills the web

+ it is deployable

+ practice the future

+ extensible (plugins!)

STANDARD ISSUE ON ALL DEVICESall the popular ones and the not so popular ones as well

including tablets, of course

Here is a Typical phonegap workflow.

Here is a Typical phonegap workflow.

IDES+SDKS take up a lot of space.

one problem.

problem solved.

FINALE

APP DEvssolve our problems

INFORMATION DEVELOPERS THINK OF OUR CHILDREN

the future is unkown, but good always prevails.

questions?@hitsmachinesRyan Betts, Lead Designer - Phonegap Build

@mwbrooksMichael Brooks, developer - phonegap core