The document discusses the growing market for location-based apps and services. It notes that location-based mobile apps could generate over $12.5 billion by 2014. While the technology is becoming more affordable and ubiquitous, issues around user experience and privacy still need to be addressed before location is fully adopted. The document promotes Geoloqi's solution which aims to reduce uncertainty in meeting times and eliminate redundant messages through proximity notifications and automatic check-ins based on location.
Paranoid apptivity don't freak me out by @philipmaloneySyncNorwich
We've come a long way since websites started using cookies to track users. As more people rely on their mobile devices as their primary computing device there has been a rise in apps collecting and utilising personal information. Sometimes this data is used without thought for the user experience, and often crosses the "freaky line". This talk is aimed at both designers and developers of mobile apps requiring personal data, and offers some ideas for improving the user experience and respecting user privacy.
About Phil
Phil is a UX Designer with over twelve years experience designing and building interactive web applications, and more recently, mobile apps. His background in digital mapping, and his passion for good design, has helped him work on some highly complex data visualisation projects. Based in the Cotswolds, the father of three enjoys the outdoor life and is known to bake the odd loaf.
Paranoid apptivity don't freak me out by @philipmaloneySyncNorwich
We've come a long way since websites started using cookies to track users. As more people rely on their mobile devices as their primary computing device there has been a rise in apps collecting and utilising personal information. Sometimes this data is used without thought for the user experience, and often crosses the "freaky line". This talk is aimed at both designers and developers of mobile apps requiring personal data, and offers some ideas for improving the user experience and respecting user privacy.
About Phil
Phil is a UX Designer with over twelve years experience designing and building interactive web applications, and more recently, mobile apps. His background in digital mapping, and his passion for good design, has helped him work on some highly complex data visualisation projects. Based in the Cotswolds, the father of three enjoys the outdoor life and is known to bake the odd loaf.
Having your application know where your consumers are is only part of the problem. A well-defined location strategy around services is a must for truly integrated (and therefore invaluable) mobile solutions.
About James
James is an engineer who’s really into providing high quality, useful applications and services , using modern innovative technology such as NFC, BLE and other cool things. His background is low level programming and services but has been known to dabble in most mobile OS applications.
MMA Mobile Summit LATAM
Digital Transformation at Bacardi By
Alberto Pardo Banano, CEO @ Adsmovil and Mauricio Vergara Herrera, Chief Marketing Officer @ Bacardi
Advanced Targeting Techniques to Drive More App InstallsInMobi
In a sea of potential users, how do you find the most valuable users for your app? Traditionally, developers have targeted users through standard targeting techniques such as demography, location, carrier, device, etc while promoting their apps on an ad network.
However, there are several new age targeting techniques that leverage the power of big data and allow developers to reach the right audience for their apps in smarter ways.
Click here to view a recording of the webinar: https://vimeo.com/79282931
CLIENT: Reserve | Presentation Deck | Apple Watch UX/UI Design Proposal Jen Ng
PROJECT: UX/UI design proposal for the client, Reserve, a dining concierge app. The deck shows the process of how my teammates and I came up with the design for Reserve’s forthcoming Apple Watch app. The team was made up of three UX/UI designers who collectively split up responsibilities in the research, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, iteration, and design recommendations phases.
MY PRIMARY ROLES:
[RESEARCH]
• Interviewing (stakeholders, client, wearable technology users, diners, hospitality employees)
• Personas Development
• User Testing
[UI ADVISORY / BRANDING]
• Advised on UI designs based on research findings, including copy and visuals.
• Ensured the client's brand was preserved in the Apple Watch product extension.
• Presentation Deck Design
[PRODUCT DESIGN]
• Came up with feature ideas based on user research and testing.
Reserve is a company with an app that provides a personal concierge for creating seamless dining experiences. In collaboration with two other UX/UI designers, we designed an Apple WatchKit extension in order to enhance the experience of their existing native app. Our process included research, prototyping, user testing, iterations and mapping out ideas for future iterations.
For the Handheld Librarian conference Sarah Houghton-Jan did an AR overview and I spoke about the mobile web app I'm building for the 'Scan Jose' project, rolling out July 2011
Promet Source's March webinar on Augmented Reality. The presentation includes real world examples of Augmented Reality applications and games. The presentation also includes Promet's CTAR Augmented Reality application.
Social Zombies Gone Wild: Totally Exposed and UncensoredTom Eston
Social networks have jumped onto the geolocation bandwagon with location-based tweets, status updates, check-ins, mayorships, and more. This doesn’t take into account EXIF, QR codes, and advancements in HTML 5 geo implementations, which are being built into these location-based services. This is often implemented and enabled without the user even knowing it. In fact, geolocation is one of the hottest technologies being used in everything from web browsers to mobile devices. As social networks throw our location coordinates around like candy, its only natural that bad things will happen and abuse will become more popular. This presentation will cover how social networks and other websites are currently using location-based services, what they plan on doing with it, and a discussion on the current privacy and security issues. We will also discuss the latest geolocation hacking techniques and will release custom code that can abuse all of the features being discussed.
Tom Eston is a Senior Security Consultant for SecureState. Tom focuses his research on the security of social media. Tom is also the founder of SocialMediaSecurity.com and co-host of the Security Justice and Social Media Security podcasts. Kevin Johnson is a security researcher with Secure Ideas. He has many years of experience performing security services for Fortune 100 companies, and leads a large number of open source security projects including BASE and SamuraiWTF. Kevin is also an instructor for SANS.
Presented at Notacon 8 in Cleveland Ohio.
Having your application know where your consumers are is only part of the problem. A well-defined location strategy around services is a must for truly integrated (and therefore invaluable) mobile solutions.
About James
James is an engineer who’s really into providing high quality, useful applications and services , using modern innovative technology such as NFC, BLE and other cool things. His background is low level programming and services but has been known to dabble in most mobile OS applications.
MMA Mobile Summit LATAM
Digital Transformation at Bacardi By
Alberto Pardo Banano, CEO @ Adsmovil and Mauricio Vergara Herrera, Chief Marketing Officer @ Bacardi
Advanced Targeting Techniques to Drive More App InstallsInMobi
In a sea of potential users, how do you find the most valuable users for your app? Traditionally, developers have targeted users through standard targeting techniques such as demography, location, carrier, device, etc while promoting their apps on an ad network.
However, there are several new age targeting techniques that leverage the power of big data and allow developers to reach the right audience for their apps in smarter ways.
Click here to view a recording of the webinar: https://vimeo.com/79282931
CLIENT: Reserve | Presentation Deck | Apple Watch UX/UI Design Proposal Jen Ng
PROJECT: UX/UI design proposal for the client, Reserve, a dining concierge app. The deck shows the process of how my teammates and I came up with the design for Reserve’s forthcoming Apple Watch app. The team was made up of three UX/UI designers who collectively split up responsibilities in the research, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, iteration, and design recommendations phases.
MY PRIMARY ROLES:
[RESEARCH]
• Interviewing (stakeholders, client, wearable technology users, diners, hospitality employees)
• Personas Development
• User Testing
[UI ADVISORY / BRANDING]
• Advised on UI designs based on research findings, including copy and visuals.
• Ensured the client's brand was preserved in the Apple Watch product extension.
• Presentation Deck Design
[PRODUCT DESIGN]
• Came up with feature ideas based on user research and testing.
Reserve is a company with an app that provides a personal concierge for creating seamless dining experiences. In collaboration with two other UX/UI designers, we designed an Apple WatchKit extension in order to enhance the experience of their existing native app. Our process included research, prototyping, user testing, iterations and mapping out ideas for future iterations.
For the Handheld Librarian conference Sarah Houghton-Jan did an AR overview and I spoke about the mobile web app I'm building for the 'Scan Jose' project, rolling out July 2011
Promet Source's March webinar on Augmented Reality. The presentation includes real world examples of Augmented Reality applications and games. The presentation also includes Promet's CTAR Augmented Reality application.
Social Zombies Gone Wild: Totally Exposed and UncensoredTom Eston
Social networks have jumped onto the geolocation bandwagon with location-based tweets, status updates, check-ins, mayorships, and more. This doesn’t take into account EXIF, QR codes, and advancements in HTML 5 geo implementations, which are being built into these location-based services. This is often implemented and enabled without the user even knowing it. In fact, geolocation is one of the hottest technologies being used in everything from web browsers to mobile devices. As social networks throw our location coordinates around like candy, its only natural that bad things will happen and abuse will become more popular. This presentation will cover how social networks and other websites are currently using location-based services, what they plan on doing with it, and a discussion on the current privacy and security issues. We will also discuss the latest geolocation hacking techniques and will release custom code that can abuse all of the features being discussed.
Tom Eston is a Senior Security Consultant for SecureState. Tom focuses his research on the security of social media. Tom is also the founder of SocialMediaSecurity.com and co-host of the Security Justice and Social Media Security podcasts. Kevin Johnson is a security researcher with Secure Ideas. He has many years of experience performing security services for Fortune 100 companies, and leads a large number of open source security projects including BASE and SamuraiWTF. Kevin is also an instructor for SANS.
Presented at Notacon 8 in Cleveland Ohio.
A presentation to the Electronic Business Module at Queen's University Management School, Belfast. The presentation looked at the business applications of geolocation and mobile. Particularly focusing on what is happening out there now.
The Future is Now - PopTech Marketing Event March 8thAmber Case
Today we’re all carrying around not phones in our pockets, but sensors. These sensors are capable of processing information, and taking pictures, as well as knowing where we are and how fast we’re moving, These sensors used to cost thousands of dollars and weigh tens of pounds. Now they’re available to everyone.
This presentation will cover a history of augmented reality and mobile connectivity, as well as where the market is today and how it can be leveraged to deliver groundbreaking interactive campaigns and engaging media. We'll dive into some of the augmented reality campaigns, pros and cons of AR and QR codes, and a series of platforms on which you can make your own location based augmented reality applications. Also discussed is http://geoloqi.com, a service and platform for building location-aware applications.
Developing Windows Phone Apps with Maps and Location ServicesNick Landry
This session will not teach you why we are on Earth, but it will teach you how to find out where we are on it. Looking for the user? Find the phone. Thanks to standard built-in Location Services and hybrid positioning hardware, every Windows Phone knows where it is. In this session, ActiveNick shows you how to build a truly “smart” phone application by adding Location Intelligence Services (LIS) to it. Using Microsoft Visual Studio, the Windows Phones SDK and other geospatial APIs from Nokia, Google and Bing Maps, you will learn how to locate the device in the world using the phone GPS and other Location Services, display maps and manipulate them with touch gestures, geocode addresses into lat/long pairs, and display the results on a map using pushpins, UI elements and more. We’ll discuss the various mapping technologies, SDKs and APIs in the GIS world and explore how Windows Phone apps can participate in geospatial circles. Location Intelligence is a natural extension of mobility: Come learn how it’s done.
On the 12th of March, Art Director Gabriel Tamborini and Designer Gabriel Tamborini took over the Apple store Sydney, offering up their insights and tips on designing for digital in a mobile world.
Find out more about Reactive's takeover of the Apple store here http://bit.ly/PJgBHR
Next Big Trends: A Librarian’s Field Guide to Near Field CommunicationKristen Yarmey
A presentation by Sheli McHugh and Kristen Yarmey at Internet Librarian 2011 in Monterey, California.
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a new technology that allows devices such as cell phones to transmit information wirelessly across a small distance. While it has many commercial applications (e.g., using your smartphone as a credit card at the grocery store), NFC could also have future applications for libraries as a new way to link physical materials with digital information. Placing particular attention on cataloging, metadata, and circulation, this presentation will discuss potential strategies for utilizing NFC in libraries, from peer to peer loaning to embedding catalog records in books.
A presentation I put together to demonstrate seamless integration of mobile, cloud, desktop and NUI applications. This was shown internally at SunGard, as well as for Industry Analyst Groups, Houston Tech Fest, Philly.NET Code Camp.
Low Friction Personal Data Collection - Quantified Self Global Conference 2013Aaron Parecki
Location, sleep and weight are the three things Aaron has managed to track consistently. Combining these data sources helped him learn new things about himself.
Presented at http://quantifiedself.com/conference/San-Francisco-2013/
Low Friction Personal Data Collection - QS PortlandAaron Parecki
http://www.meetup.com/PDX-Quantified-Self/events/136825772/
Aaron will be discussing his challenges with finding self-tracking tools that make it easy to collect data with minimum effort on his part. This is a preview of the talk that Aaron will give at the QS Global Conference in San Francisco in October.
When our company was acquired we needed a way to keep our team and remote teams updated on what we was done. Some members were often travelling or in different time zones. We needed a way to see everything that was done each day all in one place, especially as the teams worked on more complex projects. Everyone was using different methods to do this: standups, written reports, emails and meetings. Nothing stuck.
“!done reports” introduce a simple IRC command: !done. Team members say !done and what they just did. These !dones are put into a daily report. !done becomes a part of everyday at work, not a strained task that’s easily forgotten.
Many development teams already use IRC, Skype and other systems to communicate. !done is an addition to existing systems, is open source and easily modified. It is built off of ZenIRC bot and bundled into Loqi, the friendly IRC bot lurking in the #pdxtech channel on freenode. This presentation will show you how a simple bot solved a lot of problems for a lot of distributed people.
Have you ever wanted to automatically turn on your lights when you get home, or turn them back off when you leave? What about controlling your lights by SMS or IRC? This presentation will teach you how to automate your life with location-based hacks and SMS.
If you've ever written any code to authenticate wtih Twitter, you may have been confused by all the signature methods and base strings. You'll be happy to know that OAuth 2 has vastly simplified the process, but at what cost?
This talk will give an overview of the OAuth 2 spec, starting with the various options the standard gives to developers for building web apps and native apps. We'll look at what the end user sees, work our way to what developers using an OAuth 2 API deal with, and we’ll end up at what developers of OAuth-2-compliant APIs will need to know to successfully implement the standard.
Many large providers have recently deployed APIs using OAuth 2, including Facebook, Foursquare, Google, and more. But since OAuth 2 is technically still a "draft," many aspects of the spec change from month to month and it's sometimes hard to keep up. We'll cover the commonalities and differences between some of the major providers and draft versions. The security implications of some of the changes between versions 1 and 2 will be covered, along with recommendations for best practices. You'll also get a glimpse of the debates currently raging on the internal OAuth 2 mailing list.
Presented at Open Source Bridge 2011
http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/686
Current list of OAuth 2 Providers
http://aaronparecki.com/The_Current_State_of_OAuth_2
Geolocation in Web and Native Mobile AppsAaron Parecki
While location-based mobile apps are becoming increasingly popular, they are still relatively new. Special considerations need to be made for battery life and handling large data sets of geolocated data. The good news is there are many services and technologies you can use to assist you in building mobile location-based apps.
In this session, Aaron Parecki, co-founder of Geoloqi.com, shows you services you can leverage to do things like nearby business lookups, location-based triggers, nearest intersection queries, and more. Aaron also covers the location services available on the various mobile platforms as well as in HTML 5, and shares some insights on how to deal with battery life. The session concludes with some real-world use cases for real-time location such as turning on and off your lights in your house or sending an SMS when you leave work.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
3. LOCATION-BASED APPS GROWING
IN SMART PHONES AND BEYOND
• A surge in application storefronts
and engagement by users of mobile
apps.
• Opportunity for advertisers and
mobile app publishers.
• A 2010 Juniper research suggests
that location-based mobile apps and
services could take in over $12.5
billion by 2014.
4. LOCATION-BASED SERVICES
MARKET READY FOR TAKEOFF
• Technology is affordable and
increasingly ubiquitous
• Very interesting space for investors
• Advertisers ready to embrace the
technology
• Marketplace and storefronts are
fully developed
• Current apps have high visibility
and engagement
26. FOURSQUARE
• Manually check in to venues
• Broadcast your location to your
friends on the network
• See notes people have left at
locations
• Become the “mayor” if you checked
in to a venue the most times
31. GOOGLE LATITUDE
• Tracks your exact position in the
background.
• Shows your location and your
friends’ locations on a map.
• Once you allow a connection,
your friend can always see your
location.
• No manual checkins or venues.
32. ECHOECHO
• Request a friend to tell you
where they are.
• You can choose to reply with
your location or not.
34. LOCATION LABS
• They've made deals with
carriers to locate any device on
the network.
• It's not super granular, but it's
available on all phones.
• Cell tower triangulation is not
very accurate.
35. SCVNGR
• Location based gaming platform.
• Developers can create games in
scvngr with challenges, treks
and rewards.
• Games are tied to the scvngr
brand.
36. WAZE
• Real-time maps and traffic
information
• Free turn-by-turn navigation based
on the live conditions of the road.
• An application of location data
besides check-ins and sharing
71. CHATTERCAST
• Real-time alerts of 911 calls near your current location
• Built in 6 hours at the Tropo open government hackathon in Seattle, WA.
72. DON’T EAT THAT!
• Made by Reid Beels at Geoloqi Hackathon
• Sends users notifications of restaurants nearby their location
that are below a threshold of cleanliness.