This is the second half of my reconstruction of Saturday’s iPadMadCamp. See also part 1.
Fran from Got Feeling?: Cosas nuevas en iPad
Interesting new features in iPhone OS 3.2, the iPad operating system: reusable gesture recognition with UIGestureRecognizer, possibility to copy files to and from an application, file type associations. How to maintain compatibility with iPhone.
A solid, technology-heavy talk. There were many code examples, does someone know where to find them?
Jesús Gorriti: Diseño para iPad
User experience design for iPad: use hand movements instead of taps, do prototype testing, and don’t forget there’s a difference between navigating in content and performing a process. A interesting analogy with an amusement park: if it’s well designed you find things easily and enjoy both the attractions and strolling in the park.
Hugo from bilambee (hey, that’s us!): Fun with the iPad accelerometers
Introduction to the accelerometer and orientation APIs. Do on-device testing because the simulator doesn’t give you the face up, face down, and “unknown” orientations.
Source code from the demo is available.
Keko: Editar un libro con la que está cayendo
Keko is starting a digital publisher called Ediciones del desastre dedicated to turn-of-the-century mystery stories from Latin America. Apparently there are some very good ones and they are not well known at all. He needs help with the technical part.
This talk spurred a discussion on e-books:
- Are e-books worth the trouble?
- For the reader: e-books are not easier to read than paperbacks
- … but the publisher and writers operate with higher margins because printing is expensive.
- Notes you make in e-books could be shared with others, if someone would write the software
- For writers: Apple book store or a small digital publisher?
- Small publishers can dominate niche markets
- … but for maximum visibility a writer will want to be in the big store.
- On the other hand, trying to appear in the list of “most popular” is an exercise in futility
- … but people who read more than one book per year will know to look beyond Dan Brown.
All in all, it was a really stimulating event. ¡Muchas gracias a los organizadores y los participantes!
