A talk delivered at the MISA BC conference in May 2012 with @mwbrooks.

1. Dawn of
the devices
a guide to surviving the
device apocalypse
@hitsmachines
Ryan Betts, Lead Designer - Phonegap Build
@mwbrooks
Michael Brooks, developer - phonegap core

2. Evil has risen from humble beginnings.
origin of the devices

3. None of these have disappeared. We’re just preoccupied with the new ones.
same info, many sources

4. Bring your own device

5. Bring your own deviceDANGER

6. Bring your own deviceDISASTER

7. logistical nightmare

8. logistical nightmare
native 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.

9. apps were a good start

10. but now we are overrun
and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight

11. we need a general
purpose tool

12. “a fusion of shovel and double-bladed battle axe”
THE LOBO

13. “a fusion of API’S and TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION”
THE WEB

14. not necessarily all good ones, but we can make do.
theSE all have browsers

15. so ... back to the horde
the information hungry horde
TONS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
TONS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATIONAL NEEDS
FINITE (HUMAN) RESOURCES
FINITE BUDGETS
FINITE TIME

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

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

18. same old story
just new mediums.

19. same old story
just new mediums.

20. apis: tried and tested

21. apis: tried and tested

22. UNLEASH THE OPEN DATA

23. vancouver drinking fountains
case study: zombie
survival with open data

24. WEB IS THE TOOL

25. API is THE STRATEGY
WEB IS THE TOOL

26. API is THE STRATEGY
WEB IS THE TOOL

27. apps vs web
The user
gets caught in the middle

28. THE PHONEGAP SAFE HOUSE
+ polyfills the web
+ it is deployable
+ practice the future
+ extensible (plugins!)

29. STANDARD ISSUE ON ALL DEVICES
all the popular ones and the not so popular ones as well
including tablets, of course

30. Here is a Typical
phonegap
workflow.

31. Here is a Typical
phonegap
workflow.

32. IDES+SDKS take up a
lot of space.
one
problem.

33. problem solved.

35. FINALE

36. APP DEvs
solve our
problems

37. INFORMATION DEVELOPERS
THINK OF OUR CHILDREN

38. the future is unkown,
but good always
prevails.

39. questions?@hitsmachines
Ryan Betts, Lead Designer - Phonegap Build
@mwbrooks
Michael Brooks, developer - phonegap core