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360iDev 2013. Call For Papers…. OPEN

March 7, 2013 By John 31 Comments

That’s right boys and girls! It’s that time! Got something to share? Something awesome, something that will blow everyone’s minds? Then that’s what you should submit for 360|iDev 2013.

360|iDev 2013 is gonna be great! Not only are we expecting to sell out again (and are already on our way to that goal) but we’re really going to try to raise the bar higher than ever. We want really technical talks, really experimental ideas, things no one else is doing or talking about.

360|iDev always has the best content from the best folks, let’s keep that trend going. Whether you want to present on business, development or design, go submit your topic RIGHT NOW. Don’t wait. Don’t send us an email after the CFP closes, don’t tweet about how sad you are you didn’t get to submit. Go submit something awesome, right now.

The Opening of the Call For Papers is always part of the worst part of the conference. Having to choose form hundreds of awesome submissions. If you’ve ever submitted to an event and not heard back, or gotten a form letter email, that’s not what we do. It’s time consuming and makes me really sad, but we email every submitter a person email telling them we couldn’t accept their submission. With as much heart and soul as people put into submissions, it’s the right thing to do, letting them know in a timely manner. So yeah the process begins today! Go submit something! Be Brave!

Oh and if you’re curious how the process works, in the interest of transparency and encouraging as much diversity as possible, we detailed the process here.

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360iDev min Session Recordings available

February 21, 2013 By John Leave a Comment

It’s just like you were there, even though you weren’t!

Did you wish you could have been in Las Vegas with us at [360|iDev min]? See all the tweets and pics of the sessions, wondering why you didn’t go. Well even if you didn’t, you’re in luck :) We’ve finished the rendering of the session recordings and they’re available for purchase.

Each session recording is $3, and runs between 45 minutes to an hour. We also bundled all the sessions together at a discount for just $20. Ten hours of awesome content for $20 ain’t too shabby. As always the videos are 100% free of DRM, and you’re free to watch them where and whenever you please.

Enjoy

Click here to add your email copy and images.

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See You Next Week

January 28, 2013 By John Leave a Comment

Attendee

This time next week, we’ll be in Las Vegas watching awesome speakers present new and exciting topics. We’re really happy to have a mix of new and returning speakers from the 360|iDev world with us.

We’ll start with a Night of Meat after some epic Sportsball watching. Then Monday morning everyone will spend 2 days learning new things, whether it’s business, design or development.

Don’t let the price tag fool you, you’re gonna leave with way more than $200-300 worth of new information, skills, and connections in the community. We just don’t like over charging people, and believe events should be an investment in your future, but shouldn’t require taking out a loan.

Did you see any of David Whatley’s Keynotes at 360|iDevs past? Did ya leave the room with your mind blown, ready to go change how you run your business whether it’s just your or an entire team? Well just imagine what he’s got in store for you this time :)

Did you hear how awesome Danielle Reubenstein’s session was at 360|iDev 2012? Guess what?

Wanna hear how Nick Arnott breaks things? We’re happy to have Nick presenting at [360|iDev min] and look forward to seeing him present more often!

Every speaker at [360|iDev min] was hand picked and invited so that we could provide a line up with a great mix of technical, business, and design.

With the help of Sponsors like Millennial Media, Shinobi Controls, Empirical Development and Omega Ortega and more, we’ve got great stuff lined up for everyone starting Sunday night all the way thru the last session on Tuesday! Make sure you thank the sponsors for being so awesome and supportive of the iOS developer community. They don’t just throw out give aways, they’re buying lunch, shirts, BEER! and more, and most importantly, want to talk to you, not sell to you.

Of course, it’s also Vegas! Come early spend the weekend enjoying all that Vegas has to offer, then spend two days getting 4 days worth of information flooded into your head.

Time’s running out; Vegas is a fun place to be, you’ll learn a ton, get a limited attendee only shirt, and who knows, maybe a special discount on 360|iDev 2013… Just saying, there’s lots of reasons to join us in Las Vegas next week. See you there!

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One of the best parts of 360iDev min

January 16, 2013 By John Leave a Comment

You can get technical content most anywhere; the internet, books, podcasts, tutorials, etc. (though we’re pretty damn proud of the technical content lined up for [360|iDev min]… Just sayin’)

But what you can’t get online are experiences like this:

Sitting down to lunch over a burger, talking to the developer of several hugely successful sports apps.

chatting with the developer of several massively successful iOS games over snacks and beer after a day of mind blowing sessions.

Sitting next to the QA guy that broke the news that Simple and many other banking apps are crazy insecure while you watch one of the guys above present.

Trading design ideas with the gal that had one of the highest rated talks at 360|iDev 2012.

Laughing over breakfast with the guy who’s company gives indie developers the insight they need into how their apps are doing in the app store.

Trading horror stories with the guy who will be reviewing your next blockbuster game for TUAW over lunch at one of dozens of restaurants around the conference.

And more, many many more. Every speaker and attendee is an awesome unique experience waiting to happen while you attend [360|iDev min], and of course, then there’s the 12 sessions of actually great technical content.

There’s a few spots left! See you there!

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360iDev min is coming up fast!

January 15, 2013 By John 1 Comment

So yeah [360|iDev min] is a thing! It’s been a thing for a while and this post was sitting in draft, oops.

Why min? That’s easy. 360|iDev is one of the funnest things we do all year. But’s a big deal, we’ve tried doing 2 a year and it almost killed us physically and financially. Moving around a 4 day, 4 track conference is tricky, that’s why we don’t do it anymore. But there’s so many cool places we’d like to see, so many cool places attendees would like to see, and so many people we want to see more than once a year!

SO….

The very first (of more than one, we hope) [360|iDev min] will be in Las Vegas February 4-5.

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Why Vegas? Well if we had a buck for every time someone said “Do a conference in vegas” we wouldn’t need to do conferences… so.. there it is. First stop, Las Vegas! Plus we’ve got a really cool venue right above an Apple store, that’s perfect for something this size.

We’ve got 12 incredibly awesome speakers. Some have spoken at past 360|iDev events, some are new to us and we’re happy to have them with us. We’ve got awesome sponsors, who love the iOS community supporting us. Sponsorship is more than just giving raffle prizes, that’s easy and costs next to nothing

Also with min, we want to make the whole thing a no brainer! $90/night hotel, close enough to walk, but also with a shuttle that goes right to the conference, a venue with nearly 20 bars and restaurants around it for all the fun after session stuff :) $199 ticket price for 2 days, 12 sessions, lots of awesome. $279 if want a Night of meat…

A Night of Meat?!?!

Damn straight! What iOS event doesn’t start with a night of meat! A tradition dating back to the dawn of man, the Night of Meat is a staple of being a part of the iOS Community. The Sunday before [360|iDev min] we’ll meet at the Texas De Brazil in the same complex as the conference to socialize with sponsors and speakers, enjoy a great meal (there’s an AWESOME salad bar for the non meat eaters) before the brain melting sessions begin. Start off on the right foot, with a full tummy!

See you there! Space is limited! Don’t miss out! There’s events about App Makers, then there’re events for App Makers… see you in vegas! Register now!

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360iDev 2012 – Ask Me Anything

September 6, 2012 By John Leave a Comment

We finally decided what to do with that last time slot of the day…

A speaker panel of Ask Me Anything.

We’ve asked

Kyle Richter

Marcus Zarra

Jaimee Newberry and

Andria Jensen

to spend that last session of the day on Wednesday before we all go home, answering questions from the audience on anything. Presumably things they can answer :)

It should be a fun way to wrap up the conference.

See you next week! Only 5 tickets left.

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360iDev 2012 Night of Meat on Mapquest

September 5, 2012 By John 26 Comments

Our friends at Mapquest have 12 seats at the 360|iDev Night Of Meat, taking place Sunday (the 9th) night at 6:00.

We’re helping them find good homes for those Night of Meat seats. To win one just leave a comment here. First 12 comments are the winners.

Please make sure you can actually attend the Night Of Meat. It’s Sunday night in Downtown Denver. The organizers are working out ride sharing but you could also light rail up for about $4. While you don’t have to be an attendee to get in on Night Of Meat, why wouldn’t you be attending?

Just answer this question the comments.

Where and what year was the first 360|iDev?

That’s it. easy right? :)

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360iDev 2012 – Party On

August 29, 2012 By John Leave a Comment

Took a little longer than normal, but we’ve locked in all the details for the parties during 360|iDev. They’re listed below, and also in the conference app int he “reception” track

Sunday night.

The Welcome Reception, sponsored by Gold Sponsor Millennial Media and Telerik starts at 6pm in the main foyer. This is your chance to have a beer, meet other attendees before everyone’s brains turn to mush with new information!

Monday night.

Push.io, Technical Integrity, Double Encore and others are sponsoring a night of beer drinking Mini-Golfing fun just down the street from the hotel. They’ve got a shuttle lined up, and the hotel shuttle will also help get people there and back. Make sure you practice your putting before hand!

Tuesday night.

Xcellent Creations and Lextech are sponsoring our truckless foodtruck bash. Food trucks can’t park in the hotel, and beer can’t go outside it, so… the hotel has created three unique “trucks” that will be in rooms throughout the conference space. There’ll be music, lots of different places to hang out, and more. It’s fun, bring your adventurous appetite!

Wednesday night.

Well we don’t do a party Wednesday night, most folks are already on planes. BUT we do usually do a straggler dinner of some sort. It’s a fun way to end the conference with one last meal with friends old and new.

Make sure each night you thank these awesome folks. Parties aren’t easy or cheap and it’s because of these great companies that we can have them.

There’s not many tickets to 360|iDev 2012 left! Get yours now! Before it’s too late!

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360iDev 2012 – Apple event on Wednesday?

August 15, 2012 By John Leave a Comment

So yeah rumors are flying like crazy that there’s gonna be an Apple event on the 12th, which of course is the last day of 360|iDev 2012… Coincidence? Actually yeah I wish we had that kind of juice, but it’s a total coincidence :)

We’re working on an alternate schedule for Wednesday that would allow us to do a general session at 11am (typically when Apple events are held Mountain time) so we can watch the love blog action. So if for some reason you thought being at 360|iDev would mean you’d miss the announcement, don’t sweat it. We’ll make sure we’re all watching it. And really, watching the live blog with a few hundred other iOS geeks, is way more fun than watching it along :)

Lunch might be early on Wednesday, but otherwise, we’ll make the schedule work around the Apple Event if it takes place on the 12th

See you next month! We’re doing to 50 tickets, have you gotten yours?

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360iDev 2012 – 60 tickets left!

August 13, 2012 By John Leave a Comment

You read that right, we’re just under a month from 360|iDev 2012 and there’s 60 tickets left. Not 60 for an event with 150 people or 200 people. 360|iDev is gonna be (we’re gonna sell out! I know it!) 350 of the best developers, designers and indie iOS folks around.

If you’re waiting to get your ticket, you’ll be sorry. Last year we sold out the week before the conference. Our goal this year is to do it sooner! We’ve got two weeks! Take a look at the chart here on the left. Denver is the third cheapest place to get to. Airfare has always been cheap to Denver which was one reason we like hosting the conference here. It’s also a beautiful place :)

Remember if you’re flying in and want to carpool/ride share you can leave a comment with your email, etc on this post. This year’s conference is south of Downtown, and sadly not the easiest route from the hotel but there are great Super Shuttle options, especially if you have a group all going the same place.

360|iDev happens once a year, missing it would suck for you! :) Don’t do that to yourself, you owe it your career and professional network, both of which are proven to benefit in huge ways from being at 360|iDev.

See you in September!

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