At the New York MAD Meetup, iOS and Android app developers get together to talk shop, share tips and tricks, help each other tackle development problems, and enjoy talks by featured speakers. We meet at Magnani Caruso Dutton in New York City (W 25 St, between 6 and 7 Av), typically on the last Thursday of the month. NY MAD is currently on the lookout for featured speakers. If you'd like to volunteer a presentation, don't be shy - let us know! More info: http://www.meetup.com/NYCMobileAppDev/

1. Inaugural
30 June 2011

2. Hosted By

3. Meetup Organizers
Joe D’Andrea
@jdandrea
James Warren
@jameswarren
Maritza Lie
mlie@mcdpartners.com

4. “Wot’s All This Then?”
Welcome
Charter and Direction
Questionnaire Summary
Developer Conferences
Open Discussion

5. Welcome!
One slide down. 129 to go.
Not really.
(More like 22.)

6. NY MAD Membership
~70 Registered as of 29 June 2011
88% New York
9% New Jersey
3% Florida and Pennsylvania

7. Charter and Direction
“At the New York MAD Meetup, iOS and
Android app developers get together to
talk shop, share tips and tricks, help each
other tackle development problems, and
enjoy tech talks by featured speakers.”

8. Administrivia
We meet at MCD Partners in New York City
(W 25 St, between 6 and 7 Av, 4th Floor),
typically on the last Thursday of each month.
NY MAD is always on the lookout for
featured speakers. If you'd like to volunteer a
development-related presentation, or you have
suggestions for future meetups, let us know!

9. A Show Of Hands
How many of you are (or expect to be):
• Native Mobile App Developers?
• Mobile Web App Developers?
• Looking for Mobile App Developers?
(Keep Your Hands Raised, Please)
• Developers: See those with their
hands raised AFTER the meetup!

10. No Meetup Is An Island
MAD Meetup is geared toward app development.
Plenty of mobile meetups in NY. Check them out!
Mix and match, see what works best for you.
Keep an open mind, listen carefully, ask questions.
Take time to experiment. One step at a time.
“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”

11. “Be Excellent to Each Other!”
Srsly.

12. Questionnaire Results
Tallied on Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Weigh in @NYCMobileAppDev on Meetup
Helps Provide Future Direction for Meetups
Warning: Unscientific Measurements Ahead!
(YMMV.)

13. Which Mobile Operating Systems and
Form Factors Do You Develop For?
34% iOS (41% Phone, 41% Tablet)
27% Android OS (24% Phone, 24% Tablet)
6% Windows Phone 7 OS
6% WebKit 6% “All” 3% PhoneGap
18%: Facebook, Flash, Flex, “Games”,
HTML, JavaScript, “None”, HP webOS,
PHP, REST APIs, Samsung bada

14. What aspect of creating mobile
apps do you enjoy the most?
9% User Experience 7%: Social Networks
5% Apple Xcode 2% Developer Tools
5% Brainstorming 5% High Visibility
5% “Unsure” ???
2% Android SDK 2% “SDKs”
2% Cocoa Touch 2% .NET

15. What aspect of creating mobile
apps do you enjoy the most?
Technologies (16%): JavaScript, MongoDB,
PhoneGap, Ruby/RoR, Ubiquity Mobile, Unity 3D,
Windows Communication Foundation Services
Topics (37%): App Mashups, Audiovisual Design,
Augmented Reality, Desktop/Mobile Coexistence,
Education, “Everything”, Form Factor, Geolocation,
Graphics Algorithms, Income Opportunity,
Music Composition, Physics Modeling,
“Positive Reviews”, Product Development,
Sensory Input, Touchscreen Constraints

16. What have you found to be the single
greatest challenge or roadblock to
developing mobile apps?
20% Learning Curve
14% Platform and Hardware Fragmentation
9% Unclear or Lacking Documentation
6% App Provisioning and Distribution
6% Finding Qualified Developer Talent
6% Lack of Real-World Examples
6% Learning Java 3% Learning Objective-C 3% MVC

17. What have you found to be the single
greatest challenge or roadblock to
developing mobile apps?
More (34%): Creating Great User Experiences,
Eclipse IDE, Framework Let-Downs,
Getting Management Dedication, Graphics,
Inattention to Performance and Scalability,
Integrating Libraries and Frameworks,
Keeping Things Simple, New Technologies,
Not Enough Defections to Android OS,
Outsourcing Nightmares, Testing with
Emulators and Simulators

18. Would you ever be interested in
giving a presentation to the group?
54% Yes
38% Unsure
8% No, Thanks
Attn. 54%: See @jdandrea afterward

19. What benefit would you most like to
gain from being a part of this group?
44% Learn/Share Tips, Best Practices, Lessons
28% Meeting With Peers
9% Offering Help and Troubleshooting
6% Learning How To Get Started
6% Moral Support
3% Looking for Developer Talent
3% Project Walkthroughs and Case Studies

20. Developer Conferences

21. EXTENDED

22. Contributed by Bryce Barrand (Thanks Bryce!)
Big things from the March 2011 inaugural conference were:
• Number of Android Activations
• ADK. This is going to be a big deal.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html
• Next versions of Android OS will include hardware acceleration.
• NFC is also going to be big as well. Certain players will require all phones to
be NFC capable.
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/s-korea-require-nfc-chips-smartphones
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_NFC_apps_for_Android_show_up_in_market.php
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/nfc/index.html

24. 25M iPads sold in 14 Months
425K apps in the App Store, 90K+ for iPad
14B apps downloaded
$2.5B+ paid to developers
225M+ accounts with 1-click purchasing

25. Chartsengrafs

26. “The hardware is the brains.
The software is the soul.”

27. 1,500+ New API Methods
in iOS 5
Developer-Facing Features Announced At Keynote:
New Developer Tools, Backlight Level Setting, Dictionary Popover,
Newsstand Kit, Full Page Curl Transition, OpenGL ES Debugger, GL Kit,
OpenGL ES Game Extensions, Access to LED Flash, Storyboarding,
Forward and Reverse Geocoding, GameKit Achievement Notification Banners,
Automatic Reference Counting, AirPlay from AV Foundation Apps,
New View Animations, Data Protection for Core Data,
Fast Forward and Rewind Streaming Content, Page View Controller,
vForce and vImage Libraries, Core Image, Improved PDF Support,
Customize UI, Location Support in iOS Simulator

28. Open Discussion
It’s time to “talk shop!” The floor’s open.
Here’s what’s fair game:
• Relevant Developer Industry News
• Frameworks/APIs, Libraries, IDEs
• Programming Language Questions
• Specific Development Challenges & Problems

29. Thank You!
http://meetup.com/NYCMobileAppDev