droidconIN 2016

Every part of our apps hold information and actions useful to our users. But the Main Activity is special: being the first screen seen by our regular users, the best of what we have to offer is on this screen.

This talk is about the principles we used to craft the MainActivity of Sensy TV Guide & Remote app — helping users find the best show to watch on TV. I share the challenges we faced, solutions we put in place and lessons learnt building a compelling recommender systems interface for our users.

Outline

Every part of our apps hold information and actions useful to our users. But the Main Activity is special: being the first screen seen by our regular users, the best of what we have to offer is on this screen.

This talk is about the principles we used to craft the MainActivity of Sensy TV Guide & Remote app — helping users find the best show to watch on TV. I share the challenges we faced, solutions we put in place and lessons learnt building a compelling recommender systems interface for our users.

Speaker bio

Elvis is a Product Engineer at TV search and remote startup, Sensara. He has worked on several applications of search and contextual Discovery. More recently, he has been exploring how search and mobile can be leveraged to improve the TV viewing experience in your living room via Sensy, a TV Guide & Remote app.

Links

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvisds

Slides

https://speakerdeck.com/elvisds/crafting-the-perfect-mainactivity