We’re not as connected as you might think

@tlvince

The Next Billion

Europe

(This and the following slides borrowed from Ally Long’s awesome Field-tested interfaces for the next billion – Generate Conf. Thanks!)

USA

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

This is big

Things are changing

Design appropriately

Design for all

Offline First

Offline can be seamless

Offline first is a social movement

Takeaways

1. Billions are coming online
2. Offline can be seamless
3. Offline is a social movement

Thanks

@tlvince

Credits

• Internet access grows worldwide but remains higher in advanced economies — Paw Research Centre
• Field-tested interfaces for the next billion – Generate Conf — Ally Long (The Next Billon slides, Design for all slides)
• Improving performance with background data prefetching — Instagram Engineering
• eHealth Africa — selected imagery
• Field Intelligence — selected imagery