Conference archive

Mobile Dev + Test 2016 - Product Owner

Sunday, April 17

Product Owner Certification (2-Day)

Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 8:30am to Monday, April 18, 2016 - 4:30am

Tuesday, April 19

Jaimee Newberry
MartianCraft
TD

Mobile App Project Kick Off: Get It Right the First Time

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 8:30am to 12:00pm

The critical steps that need to happen before coding starts are all-too-often brushed over or skipped entirely. Developers, testers, product owners, and anyone at any level who is looking to refine or plan the critical UX portion of either a new product or revamping an existing product will benefit from this tutorial. Because user experience (UX) will make or break every new app, you have to get it right the first time. Jaimee Newberry explores brand/product voice and personality questions that help teams quickly map out the direction that affects everything—product experience, visual...

Jaimee Newberry
MartianCraft
TH

Super Rad Brainstorming

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm

Ever had a brainstorming session that failed to produce the quality results you hoped for? Think you already have good brainstorming sessions but know there’s room for improvement? Facilitating Super Rad Brainstorming sessions for eons now, Jaimee Newberry is an industry leader in improving brainstorming skills and surfacing incredible ideas. Work together as Jaimee facilitates a dialogue-based session that highlights tips and tricks for making your own brainstorming sessions more productive. Learn what supplies to bring, how to prepare for a session, and how to handle common sticking...

Wednesday, April 20

James Dempsey
Tapas Software
K2

10,000 Years in Your Pocket: The Deep History of Your Mobile Device

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 3:15pm to 4:15pm

We live in amazing times with amazing technology all around us. And mobile technology, delivered in iPhones and Android devices, is possibly the most amazing of all. While we designers, developers, and testers strive to make fantastic mobile apps and products, we often spend our efforts fixing the things that are wrong with the mobile experience. Taking a page from recent work in the field of positive psychology, James Dempsey wants us to pause and focus on the positive. Join James to appreciate the deep history of science, technology, and even religion that has led us from communicating...

Thursday, April 21

Kevin Rohling
Boomtrain
K3

The First Wave of IoT—Blood in the Water

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 8:30am to 9:30am

In the past two or three years the consumer market has seen the idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) go from a prediction to reality. The first wave of IoT products was largely fueled by the parallel innovation of crowdfunding, which allowed makers and early stage ideas to get off the ground without traditional funding sources. Many feel that the promised innovations from IoT have not yet been realized. Almost weekly another crowdfunded startup announces it’s closing its doors without ever shipping a product. Products that do ship often offer a poor user experience and are notoriously...

Luke Wallace
Bottle Rocket
T9

Get Started with Google Fit and Its API

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 2:00pm to 2:45pm

Google has created a service that lets you store and read any health data you want—for free! Like every new API, mystery surrounds how it works, what it can do, and where the opportunities are. Google Fit supports storing activity data such as runs and pushups, nutrition information about that delicious piece of cake you just ate, and even stats like weight. Users then can see the information combined from multiple sources, instead of having to mentally or manually compile the data. Luke Wallace shows you which parts Google has built for you and what parts you’ll have to build yourself....