We can produce more projects, of better quality, faster if we integrate the use of hand held devices and applications in the design and construction process. Professionals know how to use applications on their devices and have the skills to produce new ones.

1. Using Hand Held Devicesin Designand Construction Gordon B. Arnold AIA Citygraphs.com

2. The Big Ideas :: What we do: Text, APPS, Talk :: Construction Drawings = Pictures :: Mobile Drawings Help the Process :: A Set of CD’s in Your Hand :: We can be Developers

3. Device Players (Touchscreen) :: Company/Model/Carrier/Op Sys: HTC/Droid/Verizon,Sprint/Android Microsoft/Win Phone/AT&T/WP7 Google/Nexus/T-Mobile/Android Nokia/N8/T-Mobile/Symbian 3 RIM/Bold,Storm/AT&T/Blackberry :: Apple/iPhone/AT&T/iPhone OS (50-70 million units, 350,000 apps)

4. Mobile Drawings are Pictures

5. File Types for Mobile Drawings :: PDF File features: Resolution :: JPG File features: Third party site options Established image management App editing options Photos & Screen Captures Thumbnails

6. Mobile Drawings to the iPhone :: How do we get them to the screen? email them to ourselves Sync with Computer Place them in a “Cloud” :: Production Platforms at the office :: Presentation Platforms in the field

7. Mobile Drawings Management

8. Working with Mobile Drawings :: Sketching :: Punch Lists & Numbered Notes :: Bubble Notes :: Area & Distance Calculations :: Mobility + Convenience = Design Flow (Time&Money)

9. Sketching & Drawings

10. Notes on Pictures & Drawings

11. Punch Lists & Drawings

12. Area & Distance Calculations

13. The iPad as Drawing Platform

14. The iPadPresents Specifications

15. Construction Pro as Developer :: Keep Client Relationships :: Apply Old Skills in New Ways: Design Process Esthetic Skills Management Skills Technical Skills Marketing Skills :: We Know How to Design & Build

16. Application Concept Document :: Stakeholder Consensus & Pricing :: Operating System & Platform :: User Interface (look & feel) :: Functionality (storyboard) :: Similar Applications

17. Impact of the Smartphone :: Light Weight, Mobile, Fast :: Better Camera, Video, FaceTime :: Multitasking :: Easy to use, Inexpensive, Available :: More People More Productive

18. The Big Ideas :: Students Now = Employees Soon :: Drawings are Pictures :: Design Flow Saves Time & Money :: We Can Save Paper, Fuel, Time :: We Can Produce New Products & Services for New Markets

19. Applications for Construction INCHcalc+ Convert Units Apple Camera iDisk Dropbox Save2PDF uSketchit+ uCantMeanIt uPunchit+ uScaleit+ AllThingsD Apple iBooks Skype Expensify Dragon Dictation Facebook

20. Coming Soon! garnold@citygraphs.com