[opensuse-project] openSUSE App Guru(s) Needed
As many of you know, I’ve been working hard to get ready for the first ever openSUSE conference in North America, the openSUSE Summit (http://summit.opensuse.org). We still have a lot of work to do before the big event in Orlando from September 21-23. Across the big pond, similar efforts are underway for our annual openSUSE Conference to be held in Prague in October. (http://conference.opensuse.org.) Michal Hrusecky has been working diligently with his team to make that conference as awesome as ever. Earlier today, Michal and I had a conversation. We agreed we need to move forth on getting an app ready for both events. It seems silly for each of our teams to find someone to develop an app. Why two stones for one bird? Right? So we’re putting out the call now for anyone who has an interest in creating or enhancing existing phone app that covers the conference program and all activities happening around the conference. Here’s some details: * We had an app for Android for last year’s openSUSE Conference. The source is here. (https://github.com/digitaltom/OSCFahrplan) * We did not have an app for iPhone. As geeky as we are, there are a number of people out there that carry iPhones. * The apps are meant to reduce paper and increase communication to our attendees * Ideally, the app would list non–Program events, such as parties and other things going on. * Ideally, the app would update periodically for any program changes * Ideally, the app is capable of receiving announcements throughout the conference. * There probably needs to be two separate apps, one for each conference. * You can reuse the existing source or develop from scratch. A “Dream App” would be cool. * I personally would like to see some increased a11y features (like zooming, etc.) * We might be interested in allowing users to switch to different language versions within the app. If you’re interested and have the skills, please reach out to me and Michal and we’ll all work together to make this an awesome tool to enhance our attendees’ experience. Thanks, Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Bryen M Yunashko
As many of you know, I’ve been working hard to get ready for the first ever openSUSE conference in North America, the openSUSE Summit (http://summit.opensuse.org). We still have a lot of work to do before the big event in Orlando from September 21-23.
Across the big pond, similar efforts are underway for our annual openSUSE Conference to be held in Prague in October. (http://conference.opensuse.org.) Michal Hrusecky has been working diligently with his team to make that conference as awesome as ever.
Earlier today, Michal and I had a conversation. We agreed we need to move forth on getting an app ready for both events. It seems silly for each of our teams to find someone to develop an app. Why two stones for one bird? Right?
So we’re putting out the call now for anyone who has an interest in creating or enhancing existing phone app that covers the conference program and all activities happening around the conference.
Here’s some details:
* We had an app for Android for last year’s openSUSE Conference. The source is here. (https://github.com/digitaltom/OSCFahrplan) * We did not have an app for iPhone. As geeky as we are, there are a number of people out there that carry iPhones. * The apps are meant to reduce paper and increase communication to our attendees * Ideally, the app would list non–Program events, such as parties and other things going on. * Ideally, the app would update periodically for any program changes * Ideally, the app is capable of receiving announcements throughout the conference. * There probably needs to be two separate apps, one for each conference. * You can reuse the existing source or develop from scratch. A “Dream App” would be cool. * I personally would like to see some increased a11y features (like zooming, etc.) * We might be interested in allowing users to switch to different language versions within the app.
If you’re interested and have the skills, please reach out to me and Michal and we’ll all work together to make this an awesome tool to enhance our attendees’ experience.
Thanks, Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project
If you can get everyone on Twitter, I think the Lanyrd mobile web site can do most of this.
-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
-- Twitter: http://twitter.com/znmeb Computational Journalism Server http://j.mp/compjournoserver Data is the new coal - abundant, dirty and difficult to mine. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 13:23 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
If you can get everyone on Twitter, I think the Lanyrd mobile web site can do most of this.
I'm game to examine it and see how it works. But the gotcha is already in the first part of the sentence where there's some people who will avoid Twitter and opt for something that isn't closed-source. My cursory look at lanyrd website tells me its a great way to promote a conference, but not a simple way to participate in the conference like a conference app does. I want a guide ready at my fingertips rather than hitting a bunch of buttons to get the program guide. But as I said, I'll examine it further. Thanks! Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
Another thing you might look at is OpenConferenceWare
(https://github.com/igal/openconferenceware/blob/master/README.markdown).
This is what our Open Source Bridge conference uses and it works quite
well. It might be overkill for your conference but it's MIT-licensed
and I think it works with mobile browsers. It definitely worked with
my Nook Tablet browser in June. ;-)
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Bryen M Yunashko
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 13:23 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
If you can get everyone on Twitter, I think the Lanyrd mobile web site can do most of this.
I'm game to examine it and see how it works. But the gotcha is already in the first part of the sentence where there's some people who will avoid Twitter and opt for something that isn't closed-source. My cursory look at lanyrd website tells me its a great way to promote a conference, but not a simple way to participate in the conference like a conference app does. I want a guide ready at my fingertips rather than hitting a bunch of buttons to get the program guide.
But as I said, I'll examine it further.
Thanks! Bryen
-- Twitter: http://twitter.com/znmeb Computational Journalism Server http://j.mp/compjournoserver Data is the new coal - abundant, dirty and difficult to mine. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
So we’re putting out the call now for anyone who has an interest in creating or enhancing existing phone app that covers the conference program and all activities happening around the conference.
I've volunteered to take care of this. -- Matt Barringer, Software Engineer SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
On 16 July 2012 21:16, Matt Barringer
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
So we’re putting out the call now for anyone who has an interest in creating or enhancing existing phone app that covers the conference program and all activities happening around the conference.
IIRC, the Google I/O conference 2012 app has been opened up https://code.google.com/p/iosched/ It might have some useful pointers.
I've volunteered to take care of this.
At the risk of sounding repetitive, may the source be with you.
-- Matt Barringer, Software Engineer SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
~kknundy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
participants (4)
-
Bryen M Yunashko -
Koushik Kumar Nundy -
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky -
Matt Barringer