There's Not an App for That

Chapter 20

Bringing Things Together

Abstract

In this chapter we draw together the thoughts, arguments, and examples we’ve looked at throughout the book to highlight how you can take these ideas and put them into practice in your own work. We begin by summarizing how some of the key design techniques that we’ve explored can be used right now. Then, we look at how some of the more far-out thinking we’re touched upon could be relevant to your work in the future.

Keywords

mobile; apps; design; future

The way forward

At the very start of this book we claimed that apps are changing the world. And they clearly are: as users, we pick up an app for everything we do on our mobiles, and we often find them effective, satisfying, and enjoyable. As developers we ...