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360iDev – iPad developers conference

March 19, 2010 By 1 Comment

Of course, it only makes sense right!

the iPad runs the iPhone OS, so why wouldn’t we give it the attention it deserves? The best part is that we’ve already got sessions about it, which means, 360|iDev San Jose is the first/best place to go to learn about the differences between building games/apps for the iPad vs. the iPhone.

Several speakers have and are updating their sessions to address the iPad, Kendall is hosting a panel on Wednesday all about the iPad. (This isn’t like panels at other events, where there wasn’t an actual iPad present)

The iPad definitely represents the next step in the iPhone OS, and Apple’s mobile computing strategy, and app and game developers are chomping at the bit to release their wares for this awesome new device.

Get your iPad April 3rd, come to 360|iDev to unlock it’s potential.

Register now! Don’t miss the developer conference that will super charge your career! Register now!

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360iDev – Great news, Hotel Room block extended

March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We’ve got great news!

The San jose Marriott has extended our room block price! Now you can get our AWESOME Room block price of $99 starting Thursday the 8th, all the way thru Friday the 16th.

That means you can arrive early, stay late, all for $99!

Don’t miss out on this great offer!!

Register now for 360|iDev!

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360iDev – appsfire App Star Awards 2nd edition!

March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We’re proud to announce, our participation in the second edition of the Appsfire App Star awards!

We’re thrilled to be able to partner with appsfire, as well as the great list of buzz and media partners!

The Jury is an incredible line up ! Including our own Tom Ortega!

If you’re an app or game developer getting ready to release your wares into the app store, this contest might be the thing for you! Check it out! Last years’s contest was a huge success, we’re really excited to be a part of this one!

We’ll be announcing the winners during the Monday keynote!

Register now! Don’t wait!

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360iDev – Speaker Chat – Rod Strougo

March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Join us this week for the next in our series of 360|iDev speaker chats. Rod will be presenting on “Creating a Physics Game in 40 minutes with Cocos2D and Box2D)”

He’ll be answering any questions you’ve got for him!

Book mark this link!

The Chat starts at 12pm MST this Thursday March 4th, don’t miss it!

If you haven’t registered for 360iDev, don’t miss out. Register now for the best iPhone event around!
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360iDev – Who attends 360idev?

March 1, 2010 By 2 Comments

360|iDev, since it’s beginning has attracted an awesome mix of people.

The first conference in 2009, had several sessions, including a sunday Hands-On about Jailbreaking, and what you can do in the jailbroken environment. We also had tons of people who had just put 1 or 2 apps in the store, we had a few folks who had already gone full time, whether as indie developers for hire, or running their own agency, building iPhone apps for companies big and small. We had authors and more in attendance. Mike Lee talked about the Apple community, and why it’s so awesome. We had sessions on how to market your app, what you need to watch out for legally and more.

Then in Denver, we noticed a shift, seeing more indie game developers in attendance. Keith and Natalia keynoted, David Whatley, an awesome late addition talked about being successful in the iPhone game space. Matt Drance formerly of Apple kicked off the conference, with an incredible keynote. We had developers talking about game design and development, being successful in the app store, making a living. We had developers talking about integrating push, getting crazy with OpenGL ES,  Core Data, Core Animation, and more. We also saw the first Game Jam take place, developers spent the night churning out games. Presenting them on Wednesday. Several are in the app store now.

Were seeing the same thing as we plan for San Jose 2010 (You should register). We’re seeing tons more successful developers talking about how to succeed, how to rock the app store, even how to rock the app store with out being a “Smash hit”. We’ve got sessions that are sure to blow your mind, and be worth more than the price of admission, just for those 80 minutes. The Game Jam is back, sponsored by Touch Arcade, Aurora Feint is holding a Game Bar, to highlight games using Open Feint and talk about the added coolness of using OF in your games. We’ve got sessions, on marketing, running your business, advertising, and more.

360|iDev has proven to be an incredible mix of technical sessions, unlike any you’ll see at other events, and business and design sessions that will inform and inspire.

So to answer the question, who attends 360|iDev? Everyone.

  • Developers who want to be a success in the App Store.
  • Developers who want to hear about what the rest of the world will be talking about in 6 months
  • Developers who want to level up their skillset
  • Developers who want to meet other developers, and share experiences, and a beer.
  • People looking for work (3 people who’ve spoken at 360|iDev, have been hired by Apple, coincidence? Probably, but who knows), indies looking for projects, people looking to hire developers, etc.
  • People who are already a success, making their living from apps in the App Store
  • Authors of THE books you’re reading to learn iPhone Development
    • From Manning, O’Reilly, and Apress
  • People with new projects and products to announce!
    • Where better to announce iPhone specific things than to a very targeted group of people.
  • People who want to connect with the iPhone developer community. Not the hobbyist community, not the authors for x publisher community, THE iphone developer community. The people doing it daily, making and selling apps. The people who eat, sleep and breath iPhone development.

The short answer is, the people who attend 360|iDev…

Want to make a nice living in the App Store. (Originally it was “Want to get rich on the App Store”, but I toned it down)

Want to get hired by Apple.

:)

Do yourself and your career a favor, be in San Jose April 11-14th for 360|iDev! Register now!

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360iDev – Wiki

February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

If you saw the announcement of BOF sessions, you know we have a wiki we use for the ad hoc stuff around the conference.

We updated the wiki for one more bit of ad hoc. Activities.

If you’re planning a trip to the mothership or hitting a specific bar one night, or a movie on Wednesday or lunch on Saturday  before the conference, whatever. Post it on the activities page of the wiki.

This way folks looking for the fun, can find it easily ;) It truly does suck to have to hunt for fun :)

On the main page of the wiki is also a few links for hotel searches in the area. If you missed the room block, shame on you, but we don’t want ya sleepin’ on the street, so check those links for other options.

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360iDev – Birds of a Feather sessions

February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

For those that don’t know what a Birds Of a Feather session is, it’s basically an ad hoc session organized by attendees or speakers, or anyone really for that matter (sorry can’t walk in off the street, gotta at least be an attendee).

Maybe it’s a Sci fi meetup or how to best create app icons, or a round table chat about the benefits of core data… whatever you want, literally. We’ve got a wiki set up with a BOFs page.

Simply go edit the page with your topic and your name. Then promote it of course. Once the listing is populated we’ll make noise too.

BOFs will take place from about 6:30 – 7:30. There’s time to enjoy the appetizers and beer and Rockband, then hop into a BOF, before heading to points unknown for the rest of the evening :)

It’s not too late to register, 360|iDev is coming up fast, don’t miss the most awesome collection of community awesomeness in one place, register now!

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360iDev – Recorded Speaker Chats

February 18, 2010 By 5 Comments

If you haven’t been able to join us for the last few speaker chats, you’re missing out. They’re great sources of information and a great way to get to know the speakers before 360|iDev.

Take a listen/watch.

Collin Donnell

Mike Berg

Nathan Eror

We’ve got plenty of chats still to come, so don’t miss out!

Make sure you register for 360|iDev before the next price point! Save some money! Register now!

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360iDev – In Pictures

February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I posted about what you do and don’t get, and we’ve done more posts than I can count on the overall vibe, and the parties etc. So I wanted to take a minute to just post some pictures of the past 360|iDev events. I grabbed these off of flickr. The technical content you get at 360|iDev is beyond compare, truly, feel free to ask anyone who’s attended, but that’s just part of the story. The rest is the community of  iPhone developers geeking out, sharing stories, code, forming companies, finding work, etc.

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What you won’t see or get at 360iDev

February 9, 2010 By 2 Comments

It occurred to me, that it might be a good idea to make it clear what does/doesn’t happen at 360|iDev for those who might not know.

  • There are little to no marketing sessions. When we have sponsored sessions, we try to make that as clear as possible, so you know what you’re getting.
  • There is not a speaker green room. You’ll have the same access to speakers as anyone else. They’re hanging out, attending sessions etc. No Pre modonnas here (aside from Wiskus LOL), and if there are, they still can’t hide.
  • There are speakers who want to be there. Our speakers aren’t paid to be there (well, we do cover hotel room, but that’s it). We don’t invite celebrities or treat one speaker better than the rest, etc. If they’re on the schedule it’s because their topic was awesome, and they wanted to present it.
  • There is not such a large group of people that you feel like a tiny fish in a big massive pond.
  • There is no WebOS, or Android. I’m sure they’re great, we don’t hate those technologies, but they have no place at a conference for iPhone Developers
  • There are no private parties that you’re not welcome to attend. There’s 1 party each night, everyone is welcome!
  • There are 40 sessions focusing on iPhone OS development. (i.e. iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. That’s it, no Mac desktop development, nothing else)
  • There are no extra fees to attend. Sunday Hands-on Training – Free to all attendees. Parties at night – included in the price (actually sponsored)

If you haven’t registered for 360|iDev, you’re missing out. This is a quote from past speaker Jake Behrens, “@360iDev Thank you! The conference put my life in a direction I never imagined I’d be in. You rock!”

That’s high praise and exactly what we’re trying to do. We want to be an event where great things can and do happen, and we think we do a pretty good job of that :)

Register now!

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