Major 🔑s to iOS Design360|iDev 2016

Tyler Burgett @tyburg

Who is this guy?

•Lives in Denver •Works at BIT Systems •Does Research and DevOps

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Do you have to have a “beautiful” app with intuitive UI for it to be successful?

Starting well

for foodtrucks.

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🔑 Start with real data

Real data?

•API •From a sensor •Photos from a real device

🔑 Draw it first

🔑 Put it on a phone

Lots of options

•Your favorite cloud service •Sketch mirror •Marvel or POP

🔑 Don’t reinvent the wheel

🔑 Know the ingredients

–Jim Gaffagin

“Is this that hard to follow? It’s all the same!”

BarsViewsControls

Now you try

What about custom actions?

Custom components

•Save people from themselves •Add a shortcut for power users •Make your critical path very obvious

Stealing like an artist

🔑 Remember: no one else is solving your problem

5280 Airlines

DENF I T

When looking at other apps

• What are you building?

• What else is being done in that space?

• What you would leave behind?

Beating Design Block

🔑 Murder your darlings

🔑 Look at crazy concepts

🔑 Make something ugly

Leveling up

🔑 Learn to write

Be helpful

•“Loading…” can be a missed opportunity

•A great time for pro-tips

Tell them what they can do

•No one wants to “submit a form”

•Sweeten the deal

Show some personality

•Play to your audience •Know when to be serious •A must for chat bot apps

🔑 Read

Currently reading

🔑 Study the masters

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Thank you!@tyburg

Questions?