Obviously, it is not up to par with conference apps, like the Google I/O app.

Google I/O app is opensource ( https://github.com/google/iosched ), which may be useful for any volunteer interested in creating a conference app. It only covers Android devices, and I guess that adapting it to a different conference won't be trivial.

Pau

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Chris McKenna <chris.mckenna@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

Given the huge range of structures a Wikimania schedule can have, due to how tied to the physical layout of the venue(s) it is as well as other reasons (transport, food, culture, climate, themes, contemporary movement politics, etc), and how different non-conference aspects can be (for an overlapping list of reasons) I don't really see how useful a generic app could be?

On 28 August 2014 22:27, Joseph Fox <josephfoxwiki@gmail.com> wrote:

Ah, right :). To be fair, the app was of a standard I would probably expect from a volunteer-run conference but obviously it’s just data inputted into an app template really.

Making a whole app for Wikimanias en generale would be pretty cool, but probably not cool enough to warrant the man-hours ;)

Joe

On 28 August 2014 at 10:25:58 pm, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:

It likewise didn't serve any useful purpose for me. I just saw it on the phone, and thought, "what the heck is this doing here?"

Since it was branded as "official app", it appeared and i thought it is something interesting to the Wikimania team of which perhaps they would like to pursue.

I agree that it wouldn't be of any importance investing time in such an app.

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On Aug 28, 2014 10:44 PM, "Joseph Fox" <josephfoxwiki@gmail.com> wrote:

Given there were literally hundreds of paper calendars I think I looked at the app maybe twice throughout the whole weekend. It was really pretty, but slow and ultimately pointless once you’d put your chosen sessions into your own calendar (as I’m sure a lot of people did) or indeed just circled them on your programme.

Creating an app is a big endeavour, creating a *good* app even more so. I don’t think it’s really necessary to do so.

Joe

On 28 August 2014 at 09:32:30 pm, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:

I used the Wikimania Android app during the conference.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.eventspark.wikimania2014

Obviously, it is not up to par with conference apps, like the Google I/O app.

Are there any plans to get an official app for use for subsequent conferences of Wikimania? Or sponsors who happen to be app developers will do us the honor?

I think this year's event was the tenth Wikimania. Launching an app to celebrate that wouldn't have been a  bad idea.

The app link above says "official Wikimania app", but not very official to me as was built by one of the sponsors of the event.

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