A 360|Conferences event
We’re hoping the App ChaiOne wrote will get approved, Speaker Howard Fore is also working on a kick ass webapp, BUT baring both of those…
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It’s not too late to register, but it’s almost too late to not hate yourself for missing out on the best iPhone developer conference of the year :) Just sayin’
We had a great conversation with Chris from DUB the other day (I’ve been on the iPhone beta for a few days, and using the app for a couple of weeks)
The idea isn’t super new, it’s a business card, sans business card. What’s novel (at least to me) is that you can create groups (perfect for events) and everyone who registers for that event could (in the future) automatically get a DUB ID. Then at the event you just look at the group and see who’s there and if you want, you add them and send them your contact info. There’s
no spamminess to it, you have to approve all inbound requests, and such, but it’s a cool way to connect with people at an event and share contact info with.
What I like is that it’s not a new contact app. It pipes all contacts (and updates) to your contacts app. Which is nice cuz I keep my contacts app and Google in sync, so a new app, would be the suck. Anytime someone I know updates their info, my address is book is up to date. Think of it as Plaxo, +mobile -what we don’t like about Plaxo.
So take a look, get the iPhone app (iTunes link) it’s free. Join the ’360idevdenver’ group, and share your contact info, leave your business cards at home!
Join the group, register for 360|iDev, before it’s too late, which it almost is! It’s gonna be a great time! Don’t miss out! Register Now!
Let’s be honest, you’re into iPhone development for one reason and one reason alone: to break into the Top 3 Paid Apps list. Sure, to follow your heart and make the world a better place is up there too, but you want to make money while doing all that.
That’s why we’re proud to announce that we have, not 1, but 2 indies that have cracked the highly coveted “Top 3″ chart.
First off, as we’ve announced already, Keith and Natalia from Imangi Studios. Imangi is a member of the App Treasures group. Their game, Harbor Master, broke into the Top 3 spot on Friday, July 17th. John and I are very addicted to the game. If you haven’t played it, go get it now (iTunes Link).
The creators of this (and many other great games and one non-game app) will share all their knowledge during the Wednesday Keynote. John and I officially sought Imangi out and forced them to come share their great knowledge with everyone.
We thought they were the only Top 3 speakers we’d be getting. However, on September 9th, Noel Llopis of Snappy Touch, send us an email introduction: “David Whatley, creator of geoDefense, wants to talk. Can you squeeze him in?” We have a fourth room for late coming stuff like this, so we said sure. I mean, who doesn’t love TD games, much less one of the best on the platform?” We work out the details, but all the while, David holds back a little secret from us. His new game, geoDefense Swarm was in review.
September 14: geoDefense Swarm gets approved
September 19: It hits #2 in Top Paid Apps
Lucky for you, David is still going to come talk. Only now, he has mad street cred to back up his talk, entitled “How to make Mad Money with an iPhone Game”. It’ll be going down Monday right after Matt Drance’s keynote.
Again, if you’re serious about learning how to be successful on the App Store, you have 2 chances to hear from 2 different parties that cracked the Top 3 charts. Registration price is just $699, which is a small price to pay for the millions you’ll make with their knowledge. Register now or forever lose out on this knowledge.
In case you missed it, or we hadn’t added them when you registered, we wanted to make sure you were well aware of your training options for our Pre-Conference training Hands-on.
We’ve got 4 great classes lined up up, they’re all included in the registration price, and they’re all awesome!
Our Hands-on courses range from iPhone development 101, to an all day workshop with Saurik, the man behind the Cydia Store and celebrity in the Jailbreaking world, and everything in between.
Kendall, will be leading a half day session 8:30-12:30 on Debugging your apps, titled “Advanced debugging, peering into the great unknown” If you’re new to debugging or want to see what you don’t know, this session will rock you socks!
In the same room, after lunch we’re going to have a half day hand-on session with Appcelerator’s platform for building mobile applications, there’s options, and Appcelerator is a really cool one! They’ve got some great stuff to share, if you’re interesting in seeing what your iPhone app dev options are, check this session out!
Jay (Saurik) Freeman will be doing an all day workshop titled, “Extending Existing Applications (Techniques in Code Injection)” And don’t worry, this doesn’t require jailbreaking, most of the session is stuff you can do on a jailed device. Saurik is an iPhone mad scientist of the highest order! The Cydia store is to jailbreakers what the app store is the rest of us, it’s a wealth of incredibly cool, vetted, and often signed applications that simply make the iPhone experience that much better.
Jonathan Lehr of About Objects will be in the last Sunday session room doing a full day, iPhone Development 101. Whether you’re completely new to iPhone development or already know a thing or two, this class will fully prepare you for the next three days of 360|iDev. The outline for the class is here, take a look. It’s going to be an intense day, but a must for anyone that wants to ensure they’re ready for Monday thru Wednesday.
If when you registered the last four questions on the registration form, weren’t about training, just email us and we can update the record. You’re not locked into the class you express interest in, we just like to know how many people to plan for. So if you didn’t express an interest, but do want to join us on Sunday, let us know.
Time’s running out, missing 360|iDev could be the thing you regret most about 2009 :) hundred of iPhone developers, 40+ speakers/sessions, free hands-on training. iphone development celebrities, the works, we’ve got it, don’t miss it! Register now!
iLime by KeyLimeTie
Our friends at KeyLimeTie have created a great new service called iLime. It’s a service to help you implement Push Notifications. To help get the word out about it, they’ve sponsored a party for the fine attendees of 360|iDev.
Join the iLime team Tuesday night. The party will take place right outside the meeting rooms. They’re party will even have an opening act: The Compilers (a local Denver band). After the compiler set, the iLime demos will start to play in heavy rotation. There won’t be a need to stay in the demo room, walk around and just check in now and then. See what the guys have to offer and tell them thanks for the party.
If you can’t wait until Tuesday night to learn about iLime’s Push services, no worries. Chris Grove, Enterprise Architect for Mobile at KeyLimeTie, will be giving a session. Here’s the details:
Integrating Push Notifications in your iPhone application with iLime
Monday, September 28, 1:00-2:20 P. M.
Chris Grove, Enterprise Architect for Mobile, KeyLimeTie
With the internet, there’s no need to wait until Tuesday or even Monday of the show to get in touch with these guys. You can follow them on twitter (@iLimeBuzz) or drop ‘em a line at info@ilime.com to get the conversation going. I’ve been chatting with them for weeks, and they’re a great bunch of guys.
Remember the only way to get into the party is to be at the show, so go buy your ticket pronto. We’re down to the final week. Don’t miss your chance on what’s going to be a great event!
Fellow CO company eBags has donated 5 laptop bags to be raffled off at 360|iDev!
Macro Loader
Downloader
We’ve got 2 Macro Loader bags and 3 Downloader bags
If you attended the last 360|iDev you know we like to do session surveys, they help us and help the speakers. They also enter you (as many as you fill out) into our raffles.
We’ve got a ton of awesome stuff to give away from our Official Sponsor, Apress and eBags has capped off the loot pile with these incredible laptop bags!
Register now to ensure you have a chance to win some of the great stuff we’ve got to raffle off, as well as hob nob with 40+ speakers and 200 other iPhone developers! Don’t dilly dally, time’s running out!
Speaker Serban Porumbescu will be teaching an iPhone Developer course at UC Davis, starting just before 360|iDev (Yeah two weeks). Problem is the school is doing budget cuts and well, there’s no macs. Kinda hard to develop for the iPhone without Macs right?
There’s a Mac lab of course, but that’s hardly the same, and scheduling wise impossible.
Serban needs awesome companies that are interesting in giving a little something back to help him purchase macs.
The course will end up on iTunes just like the Standford courses, and sponsors will get their logo or even a short commercial type blurb in the video, as a “This course sponsored by…” type of thing. Larger sponsors will get their own spot, smaller ones will be together with other smaller sponsors.
Anything else, Mac Minis, Macbooks, etc.
Serban is handling the logistics of this and we’re sure the school will get involved, heck maybe it’s a nice write off. Maybe you’ve got old Macbook Pro’s laying around somewhere in the office?
Talk to Serban at 360|iDev, or we can provide his email address if you’re interested. Time is sadly short on this so if your company is awesome and wants to help the next generation of iPhone developers, step up! It’s a good cause, it’s probably tax deductable :)
The absolute deadline is Oct 5, that’s when Serban expects the class to start coding.
If you haven’t registered yet for 360|iDev you’re going to miss the best iPhone developer conference of 2009! Hands down, I kid you not! Register now for 4 days, 40+ speakers, 3 parties, and more! It’s gonna be a great time, with more incredible content than you can consume.
The WWDC Scavenger hunt/dead drop was a ton of fun. We’re doing it again, though slightly different. It’s open to anyone at 360|iDev
It’s gonna be a bit different this time, and not as easy :)
There’s only gonna be 2 USB drives. We’ll tweet some clues and photos like we did at WWDC, but you’ll only have 2 chances to win.
Win?
If we make you run around, you’re getting some goodies out of it.
Remember you must be an attendee to win! Register now! Don’t miss the best iPhone conference of 2009!
Who’s up for a road trip? At about this time, two weeks out, we like to pull up the ole google maps, type in the show city (Denver, in this case) then zoom out. We take a look at the surrounding areas and invite the developers in the town to come join us via a road trip.
Road trips have found memories for me. One of the best happened to be with John, my 360|iDev co-planner. We moved him out from Cali to Denver. We went the scenic route, stopping for TacoTime in Utah for him. It was a wonderful drive and good times all around. (The movers in the moving truck broke down, but that’s another story).
Therefore, we’d like to give a shout out to iPhone developers living out in Salt Lake City (UT), Casper (WY), Alburquerque (NM) and Wichita (KS) and Kansas City (MO). Of course, the Boulderites, Springers and Junctioners from CO are also welcomed. (Not to mention people who want to fly from further).
However, for those of you that do take up the challenge of a Road Trip, we promise you a great time after you arrive. There will be enough content to fry your brain and help you forget about being cooped up with x number developers in a car. We’ll also have food and beverage to warm the heart and the spirit. (You know you love that description from my creative writing side!)
Register now then rent or borrow some reliable wheels. Stock up on snacks, sodas and load up your iPods/iPhones with some road music. Definitely let us know if you’re Road Tripping it, we like to track that sorta stuff. :) Heck you can blog your progress on this blog :)
So there’s these 3 guys I know, all musically talented, all developers. What do you get in that perfect storm of talent? The Compilers of course!
Tuesday night, before we get into Full on Rock Band mode! The compilers will play a set to get everyone going! Beer, some grub, live music, and a ton of iPhone developers, can’t think of a better way to spend the evening after a day at a conference :) I’ve had them play at Ignite Denver and they’re great!
Better yet, being the technology guys they are, a few songs actually use the iPhone as an instrument! So yeah music that is relevant to the conference! Hard to beat that!
So make sure Tuesday night after the last session you join us in the main room for The Compilers before we kick off the party!! It’s gonna be awesome!
Register now! Don’t miss out on the best iPhone developer conference of 2009!
