The future of media queries?

This document discusses HTML5, mobile web, native, and hybrid mobile app development platforms. It provides an overview of each approach and compares them. Key frameworks for HTML5 development are also reviewed, including jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, and Trigger.io. Considerations for choosing a platform like supporting multiple devices and iteration speed are examined. The document aims to help make sense of the different mobile development options.

This document discusses developing a progressive mobile strategy. It begins by defining key terms like native apps, mobile web, and WebKit. It then discusses why mobile is important, noting statistics about smartphone usage and student/school expectations. The document outlines developing a strategy with three parts: audience strategy to understand user needs, platform strategy to determine the best technical solutions, and a progressive approach of iterating solutions over time. It provides examples of WVU's mobile projects.

The document discusses artificial text chatting machines (chatbots). It provides an overview of chatbots, including their history starting with ELIZA from 1966. Common approaches to developing chatbots include pattern matching and using the Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML). The document outlines some challenges in developing human-like intelligence for chatbots and possibilities for future work, before concluding with a demonstration.

This document provides an overview of chatbot technology. It discusses that a chatbot is a software application that conducts online conversations through text to simulate human interactions. The document then covers what a chatbot is, how it responds using pattern matching and predefined responses, examples of popular chatbots like Google Home and Amazon Echo, common usage areas of chatbots, and limitations such as inability to handle complex conversations. In summary, the document defines chatbots, describes how they operate through examples, and discusses their applications and limitations.

Basecamp Innovation and Insights 1. Chatbot and Brand experiences 2. Definition and Strategy Delusions and Insights 1. The more the better for conversation?! The wisdom from the social science!! 2. Computers? Social Actors?! Welcome to Similarity-attraction world. Deliberation and Insights

This document discusses using AngularJS to build mobile HTML5 websites and hybrid mobile apps. It provides an overview of how AngularJS allows developers to use modern web standards today and build modular, robust and testable apps. It then demonstrates a sample AngularJS mobile app for presenting slides and discusses various techniques for optimizing performance, handling touch/gesture interactions, storing data and packaging apps for distribution.

It took 16 years for smartphone penetration to reach 1 billion people. Analysts believe it will take only 3 years to reach the next billion. The devices these consumers buy will be incredibly diverse, yet many will run on Android; a platform that now sees more than 1.5 million activations per day. In this presentation, we explore the fascinating rise of Android around the globe. From dual SIM phones in Indonesia, to dual screen e-ink devices in Russia and crowd-sourced platform modifications in China, we will discover the role open source has played in Android's popularity and how to design for such a diverse environment.

Case study of the ConcertWall iPhone app by http://www.wolfslittlestore.be (design) & http://www.coin-c.com/ (development)

Slides for Serverless Toronto User Group meetup cover: 1. Creating Serverless Chatbots for Twilio SMS, Slack & Facebook in minutes! 2. Alexa Bot/Skill from the same Node.js codebase! Rework of the Alexa code for the "AWS Lambda purists”. 3. Important (non-Serverless) Voice UI specific topics: • An in-depth look at creating Alexa Skills • Understanding Voice-First design & how it differs from designing mobile and web apps, even Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems • Best practices for designing Voice User Interfaces (VUI). The session was not recorded, but "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the voice-first experience" demos & sample Alexa Skill Interaction Model were uploaded to http://goo.gl/H5CEpW for you to enjoy.

Earlier this month, I presented an updated talk on Mobile Strategy for Servoy. This one hour talk looks at the 3 options for a mobile strategy: Responsive Web, Mobile Optimized, and/or Native. I also explained why HTML5 is not a strategy; it is merely a technology you can use to implement any and all of these options. And we briefly discussed the three faces of Mobile First and how this methodology helps companies break out of old habits to create better customer experiences.

How will chatbots revolutionize our day to day lives and what does it mean? Over the past year, chatbot have become very popular. Companies of all sizes are building bot, developers have made over 80K Bots for Messenger alone and this is just the beginning. By 2020, it is estimated that 80% of businesses will have a bot. The past year has also been full of challenges. For one, Bots are a new Paradigm which means building a great bot is very difficult. That being said, focusing on Chatbot First use cases and see where the opportunities are can give developers and companies a huge advantage. Once we have the right market opportunity, the right use case, then we must design it right! Unfortunately most developers are making bots the same way they made apps and websites... Chatbot and conversational Ui is a completely different animal and designing a great bot can be very hard. Things we will explore: 1) Why are Bots a Revolution? 2) Why Bots and Why Now? 3) What does the Future Look like? 4) What are the Biggest Opportunities for Ai and Automation? 5) What are Bot Builders Building right now? 6) How to think about 'Chatbo First Use Cases' the right way. 7) Bot Design Basics You can see this presentation live at: https://youtu.be/6zzj-v0yjBI Learn more about chatbots at: ChatbotsLife.com

This document discusses key conversational business trends: - Messaging apps are becoming the dominant form of communication over other platforms like email and social media. Most users spend their time in messaging apps. - Chatbots are being developed to automate tasks and engage users at scale through conversational interfaces in messaging platforms. There has been significant funding and growth in the chatbot market. - Trends indicate that users desire more natural, personalized, and engaging interactions through conversational technologies like chatbots rather than traditional menu-driven apps. However, challenges remain around user expectations, conversational intelligence, discoverability, and privacy/trust.

This document discusses mobile learning and app development trends. It provides statistics on mobile usage patterns and expectations. Key points discussed include the rise of mobile usage, typical mobile user behaviors like multitasking and short bursts of activity, and considerations for developing native apps vs. web apps vs. hybrid apps. It also provides best practices for mobile design such as optimizing for small screens, unreliable networks, and different contexts of use.

The document discusses guidelines for designing user interfaces for iOS platforms, including iPhone and iPad applications. It covers topics such as choosing an application style, designing for different iOS devices, interaction principles, and adapting iPhone apps for the iPad. The guidelines emphasize tailoring the design to the mobile platform through simplicity, focus on the main task, and use of standard iOS interface paradigms.

"Mobile first," is a concept that serves us well as a design tool, putting constraints on our messaging, layout, etc. But to use "mobile first" as a complete mobile strategy can lead to some dangerous lines of thought. There's a bigger picture that needs to be seen, and it's what we've always done when developing experiences for the web. We need to put the "Experience First." Then we can think about "mobile", "desktop", "lean-back", and whatever other technologies are released in the next several years. It's not about devices, it's about users and experiences. Presentation first given at BarCamp Nashville in October of 2011.

The document provides guidelines for designing iOS apps according to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. It discusses key iOS design principles like deference to content, clarity, and using depth and layers to communicate hierarchy. It also summarizes guidelines for many specific iOS features and technologies like navigation bars, tab bars, notifications, widgets, extensions, HomeKit, Apple Pay, and accessibility. Developers are advised to follow platform conventions, prioritize usability, and test designs extensively.

This document discusses various mobile design patterns and concepts. It covers common UI patterns like lists, navigation, and forms. It also discusses design principles for mobile like direct manipulation and feedback. It provides examples of implementing lists in Android and iOS. It compares MVC and MVVM patterns and discusses using MVVM frameworks. It emphasizes adapting patterns from desktop to be optimized for mobile interaction paradigms.

Some people say the web is dying, but I believe it’s just getting started. And what will kick it into overdrive is the Physical Web: the ability to discover, engage, and interact with smart devices (or that “dumb” tree over there) using nothing more than a browser. In this presentation, we explore the impact these new capabilities may have on the way we design and think about this (increasingly near) future web.

Presentation by Stephanie Rieger of Yiibu at the MobX Conference in Berlin, Germany November 17, 2012.

If your job is to make things for the web, and the company you work for doesn’t build fitness trackers, or robots, or smart light bulbs, or a cloud service that aims to connect all these things, you could be forgiven for not caring all that much about today's Internet of Things. My aim with this talk is to shift the conversation away from things and back to people. In doing so, I hope to also arm you with tools to better understand, and find your place, within this complex but fascinating landscape. First presented at Generate Conference in San Francisco on July 15, 2016.

This document discusses emerging technologies and how they are blurring the lines between the digital and physical worlds. It explores concepts like smart connected objects, Internet of Things, and how the web can better integrate with native apps and experiences. The document advocates for a more seamless experience where the web enhances and complements other technologies instead of trying to replace them.

The document discusses the current state of conversational interfaces such as chatbots and voice assistants, noting that while early versions were limited, recent advances in artificial intelligence, data availability, and user expectations have created new opportunities for conversational interfaces to become more useful. However, conversational interfaces still have limitations and work best when focused on simple, well-defined tasks rather than attempting to replace more complex interactions or functions better suited to humans. Designing effective conversational interfaces requires keeping interactions simple, clearly setting user expectations, and in some cases, involving human assistance.

The web was first conceived 25 years ago, by an Englishman. Fifteen years later, as the first crop of dot.coms were going bust, close to 60% of its users (and all Alexa "top 20" sites) came from developed nations. Fast forward to today, and the picture is strikingly different. Almost half the Alexa "top 20" now comes from emerging economies. Economies where close to 3 billion people have yet to use the web, but thanks to mobile--won't have to wait much longer to discover it. This presentation will introduce you to fascinating and innovative services that are re-shaping the web to serve the consumers of tomorrow. Driven by mobile, the power of personal relationships, and the breakneck pace of globalisation, these services provide a glimpse into the business models, opportunities and challenges we will face, when growing a truly global web.

Midway through a project, a client of ours recently said "One thing I'm learning is that it's ok to give up on the desktop experience once it stops making sense". This wasn't an isolated incident. In fact, i'm beginning to think desktop web sites stopped making sense quite a while ago. We've just had nothing viable to replace them with. Mobile apps have given us a glimpse, but I think they're merely a glimpse into something bigger. Mobile isn't merely a new stage in the evolution of the web, it's not even merely a new context, it's the very early stages of an entirely new system. A system that has already started to shape our environment, affect the way we live, how we choose to connect with others, and how we're able to spend our time. A system that is also slowly unravelling our assumptions and causing us to question the very reason we build web sites, why people visit them, and where the true value of the web actually lies. Presented by Stephanie Rieger at Breaking Development in Orlando, Florida on April 17, 2012.

This document discusses the anthropological concept of "thick description" developed by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz. Thick description involves interpreting observed behaviors, objects, and events by examining the cultural meanings, symbols, and context behind them. This is contrasted with "thin description" which only describes observable behaviors without considering cultural meaning. The document provides examples to illustrate thick versus thin description and outlines Geertz's four parameters of interpretive anthropology which focuses on the flow of social discourse, extroverted cultural expressions, and microscopic ethnographic descriptions.

The document discusses Hannah Arendt's concept of the public and private realms as outlined in her book The Human Condition. It provides context for when the book was written during the Cold War era. Arendt saw the polis as the public realm where citizens could participate in politics through action and speech, while the household was the private realm concerned with basic necessities. However, the rise of the social realm has blurred the lines between public and private. Society demands uniform behavior and the intimate sphere has been invaded. The document raises questions about how modern technology has further impacted the public and private realms.

Hannah Arendt was a 20th century German-Jewish political philosopher who wrote extensively on totalitarianism and human rights. She fled Nazi Germany and spent 18 years in Paris before immigrating to the United States in 1941. Arendt published several influential works including The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem. She became the first woman to be a full professor of politics at Princeton University and made important contributions to political theory and education.

1. The document discusses Clifford Geertz's concept of "thick description" in anthropological analysis of culture. Geertz borrowed the term from philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe developing an interpretation of a culture by examining both its symbols and patterns of behavior. 2. Thick description aims to develop an understanding of "what the natives think they are up to" in their cultural practices. It involves interpreting cultural phenomena like a wink, which has a different meaning depending on the context. 3. Geertz argues that culture cannot be studied separately from behaviors, and that anthropologists must analyze both the whole cultural context and specific parts, like laws, to develop a thick description that can interpret cultural symbols and meanings.

New sensor based Web Standards developments have punched a hole in the web that is letting the real world leak into the browser. The getUserMedia API now lets us access cameras and microphones and JSARToolkit and javascript based Natural Feature Tracking like the examples from ICG Graz University have shown that browsers can now be taught to perceive the world around them. Combine this with the <canvas> and WebGL and you have a real working model for a Web Standards based Augmented Reality. On top of this we also have OGCs Sensor Web Enablement and new developments like the Sensor API and the rapid spread of networked sensors and wireless Arduino-ised devices. Massively distributed dynamic immersive visualisation is now the new structural form for the modern web.

The 2011 budget report allocates $20,794,000 to mission and ministry expenses. World Mission receives the largest portion of funds at 43.5%, while Compassion, Mercy, and Justice receives 19.7% and Church Growth and Evangelism receives 17.4%. The budget supports domestic and international efforts, with 63% of funds going towards international work. Revenue comes from multiple sources including church giving, individual donors, and partnerships.

This document is a resume for Paul Say which summarizes his work experience. It states that he is currently leading marketing for Sage in the UK & Ireland, helped Lloyds Banking Group reboot local banking in the UK, and has also completed interim marketing assignments focusing on digital customer experiences. It further provides links to connect with him on professional networking platforms.

The document discusses mobile trends and how businesses can develop mobile strategies. It notes that over 1.7 billion people use internet on PCs while over 4.1 billion use mobile phones. Further, over 1 million iPhones have been sold in Australia in less than 2 years and iPhone users frequently upgrade the operating system. The document suggests that the key difference mobile brings is context, contact and community and asks how these mobile trends impact a business' model and value chain. It recommends that a mobile strategy focus on context, contact and community.

A presentation by Dr. Richard Schwier for EC & I 831 at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina.

This document provides an overview of Hannah Arendt's major works and key concepts including her rejection of subject-object dichotomies in favor of intersubjectivity, her emphasis on expressive and communicative action, and concepts of natality and the importance of space for new political beginnings. It also summarizes her views on anti-foundationalism in philosophy and politics, and how totalitarianism can be countered through collective political action and the human capacity for new beginnings.

This presentation at Web Directions South 2007 captures the screens from an interactive poll held during the presentation. 67 people in the audience joined in and a dynamic profile of their phones, browsers, operating system and network providers is also include. A more involved analysis of the results will be available soon...

This presentation briefly discusses the history of data communications (late 19th century to mid-20th century) and the different standard organizations that governs the world of data comm.

This document provides an overview of user interfaces for science, including user experience, visualization, and mobile app development using PhoneGap. It discusses principles of good user interface design like simplicity, consistency, and visual hierarchy. It also covers processes for creating interfaces like storyboarding and wireframing. Visualization is discussed as a way to help users analyze and understand large datasets. The document cautions against potential pitfalls in visualization like unclear representations of uncertainty. It concludes by mentioning libraries for creating visualizations and frameworks like PhoneGap for developing mobile apps.

This document discusses key concepts in user experience design including accessibility, usability, screen patterns, progressive enhancement, and user testing. It provides definitions and examples for various UX principles like ensuring applications can be accessed by people with disabilities, that users want relevant content easily and quickly, and testing applications with real users to identify areas for improvement. Screen patterns like master-detail, search results, and dashboards are explained as templates for organizing content. The document advocates for progressive enhancement in building applications to work across devices through separate concerns of architecture, structure, presentation and behavior.

The document discusses whether a "one web" approach can accommodate diverse mobile users, including those with disabilities. It argues that while the same information may not be available across all devices, the web should provide reasonable access. Key points include: - Web standards like HTML, CSS and JavaScript can help create an accessible experience across devices when combined with guidelines like WCAG and MWBP. - Emerging technologies like CSS media queries, HTML5 and WAI-ARIA have the potential to further improve accessibility on mobile. - Developers should use progressive enhancement and set an accessible baseline first before advanced features to ensure an inclusive web.

The web has always had fragmentation, though not on the scale we're seeing now with new devices - and that's before we consider hybrid-touch laptops, microscreen smart watches, gesture interfaces or displays the size of a wall. Testing all the user permutations of your application is becoming almost impossible, so how do you go about working out whether you're delivering a good experience or not? In this session, we'll look at the use of responsive design oriented analytics coupled with a few statistical methods that will help determine how well you're delivering your experiences and highlighting the areas you need to focus on next in order to maintain a decent level of coverage.

This document provides an overview of concepts related to natural user experience (NUX). It discusses topics like UX vs UI, common patterns and principles for interface design, visual language considerations, and popular design systems like flat design and material design. The document also lists various tools used for tasks like wireframing, prototyping, and visual design. Key sections include definitions of UX and UI, guidelines for consistency, and discussions of design patterns and affordances.