Al ShawNews Apps Developer ProPublica@A_L

Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires. Aug., 2012

What is a news application?

Telling a story in softwareinstead of words and pictures

Readers become Users

How did we get here?

In the beginning

CAR

News Apps

Following the web

Web page Web app

Why?

Why?

This is a good thing for deadlines.

And with the CAR guys

News page News app

Readers have become Users

Readers expect to be Users

Readers expect to be Users

{ We call these ‘do-something’ boxes }

Anatomy

Anatomy

Far

NearLede

Apps generate stories

Apps generate stories

Text

News Apps

Sometimes stories generate apps which generate more stories

How do I start?

Program in anger – DHH

Thank you.

@A_L

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