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360iDev 2012 – Now with Dates!

April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Yup, it’s taken a while, but we finally locked down some dates and a hotel.

Actually the dates were less up in the air, we’ve been aiming for the week of the 9th since we started planning 360|iDev 2012, but finding a hotel we could work with, well that was a bit harder than it’s ever been before.

However we’re really happy with the hotel we’re working with. We use them for other events and everyone loves them. One of the best hotels we’ve ever dealt with.

So yeah…

September 9-12, 2012 come learn from the best of the best in the indie coder world. It’s gonna be epic.

 

Remember we sold out last year, and we’re already 1/3 sold out for this year… I wouldn’t dilly dally. Register now.

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360iDev 2012 – Call For Papers is Open

March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

OK it’s official. The Call For Papers is open. Now before you freak out and start asking “when does the call close, I’ve got an idea but it’s not done yet, etc, etc” you’ve got time.  We should be locking down the exact dates and such this week, but likely you’ve got 7 months until 360|iDev 2012, so the call for papers isn’t likely to close until mid to late April.

 

Of course as with all things iOS, NDAs and announcements play a big roll, so we’ll be playing that stuff by ear, and hoping that when 360|iDev 2012 rolls around we’re not under NDA. That means feel free to submit NDA topics, and we’ll see what happens.

 

You can submit as many topic ideas as you like of course.

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360iDev 2012 – Signs and Portents

March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

So last friday we opened up ticket sales. As we always do before we have the full event locked in we put our “Faithful” ticket on sale. For those that might be new to the conference the faithful ficket is basically  an inexpensive ticket that you buy before we announce the exact dates or hotel. Usually it’s on sale for a week or two and limited to a small number of tickets.

Well we’re about a week from locking the in the hotel and the dates, and so we turned on the ticket sales page, and sold out of faithful tickets in 6 hours. Now while I’d love for this to be a WWDC-esque story of 5,000 tickets moving in the blink of an eye, it’s actually less than 100. So just under 1/3 of our total capacity. But still, that’s never happened before. Normally the faithful tickets are turned off with a few left.

We sold out last year, I’m pretty sure we’re well on our way to selling out this year, and we’re still at least 7 months from the conference. I’m really excited by everyone’s excitement around 360|iDev 2012.

Register now while there’s still some early bird tickets left. They went on sale after the Faithful ticket sold out and are moving fast.

Oh by the way, the Call For Papers is open too :)

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360iDev 2011 – Party like it’s 1999, except it’s 2011 and Prince isn’t here

September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Though you never know, Prince could show up… Ok probably not, but still.

So you know there’s parties during 360|iDev but what are they?

Well they start Sunday and go thru Wednesday!

Sunday night we have a welcome reception in the hotel from about 6-8pm. It’s a nice and mellow way to start the conference. Meet new people and re-connect with folks you know from twitter and the internet or only see at conferences.

There’s a Speaker Sponsor dinner from 5-6 to show our awesome speakers and sponsors how much we love them (don’t worry attendees we love you too and you get lots of parties).

There’s also a Night of Meat forming. More here.

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Monday Night Push.io is hosting a party at 1-Up. If drinking a 40 of King Cobra while playing Dig-Dug is your idea of fun, 1-Up is for you. Actually even if that’s NOT your idea of fun, 1-Up is a blast :) It’s a classic Arcade game bar. The entire space is arcade games and pinball machines. It’s a blast from the past for those of us old enough and a damn fun time for everyone!

 

Tuesday Night On3 is sponsoring a party at Mellow Mushroom, just a few blocks from the hotel on the 16th St Mall. The entire restaurant is ours, including the awesome patio. There’s TVs all over so don’t think we won’t be doing some Rock Band or youtube roulette or something else fun. The bar is open (beer only, sorry wine people) and the food will be flowing. Not only will there be an awesome buffet set up but the entire menu is open to us so if there’s something you want they’ll whip it up for you. How awesome is that!

The Parties start at 7pm. That gives you time to drop of bags and such in your room and make your way out of the hotel. Groups will form in the lobby to head out together and our awesome volunteers will be stationed along the route to make sure you know you’re almost there :)

 

The map right over there on the left has points for Mellow Mushroom (B) and 1Up (C). The easiest way to get to both places is the 16th St Mall Shuttle. It runs up and down 16th st all day. You can get on at Glenarm and get off right in front of Mellow Mushroom, and get off at Market St. Station for 1Up. It’s the easiest easy to get there. Depending on the weather it’ll be a nice walk too. 16th St. Mall is a great walk with lots of people watching and is a great slice of Denver (yes, that means hobos and tourists as well as locals)

 

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360iDev 2011 – Awesome icon assets from Tapptics

August 30, 2011 By 1 Comment

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This post has been really tardy in coming. The awesome sauce Jen Gordon has offered up some incredible free icon assets from Tapptics.

You can download the sampler here.

This is a cool offer for 360|iDev attendees/fans. Check ‘em  out.

You can click the image right over there on the left as well to see the full size sample.

Gen has spoken at 360|iDev in the past and is great! You should definitely check out the sampler and take advantage of the coupon that’s included.

 

Go do it!

 

See you in Denver.

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360iDev 2011 – Crowne Plaza…. FULL

August 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

So…

you dilly dallied about booking your hotel for 360|iDev. Maybe you’re still dilly dallying about registering… Well Like we warned everyone months ago would happen, the Crowne Plaza has filled up our block. That means there’s no room at the Inn.

 

You’re not without options of course. Below are the three nearest hotels to the Crowne. All are within walking distance. We can’t promise a rate as good as we got for the room block, but you never know, maybe you’ll luck out.

 

Hilton Garden Inn
1400 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 603-8000
Hyatt Regency
650 15th Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 436-1234
Embassy Suites
1420 Stout Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 592-1000
Denver Marriott City Center
1701 California Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 297-1300

 

 

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360iDev 2011 – 31 days to go!

August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

You know how many tickets are left? Less than 40.

Yes less than 40 tickets left for 360|iDev 2011. That means we’re closer to selling out than we’ve ever been. EVAR!

 

What’s that mean? Well if you haven’t bought a ticket, better get on it. Not only are tickets running low, so are hotel rooms. We’re gonna own the Crowne Plaza.

If you have bought your ticket, well you’re gonna be in some truly awesome company.

 

Sure there’s lots of other iOS conferences, but none are focused on the community like we are. Don’t miss out!

Register now!

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360iDev 2011 – Community App Awards Nominations

August 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We did this in Austin, and this year we mean to make it a little more formal and classy :)

Got an app or game or twitter client you love and think deserves some attention? Nominate it! Use this form. Voting will start in a few weeks.

Spread the word. Let’s really show the world how the iOS community supports each other.

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360iDev 2011 – Not too late to Volunteer

August 3, 2011 By 2 Comments

Can’t quite cover the cost of travel, hotel and conference ticket? Well we can’t help too much on travel and hotel (Though there’s plenty of folks looking for roommates) but we can give you a free ticket. All we ask is that you volunteer to help make 360|iDev rock!

 

We need folks to help work the registration table, handing out shirts, and badges, as well as attend sessions to record the session videos.

 

Yup that means you still get to attend the conference, go to sessions, hit up the parties at night, all that good stuff.

You actually get all the benefits of an attendee, so you don’t miss out, we just assign you sessions to record. We do our best to make sure the sessions you’re recording are ones you want to attend as well.

We need a small army of volunteers, so don’t be shy. Check out this page for more information on submitting to volunteer. Hurry up, 360|iDev is almost here! Spread the word

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360iDev 2011 – Just 39 Days to go!

August 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Are you a game developer? Want to be? Maybe just want to brush up on your dev skills with a little out of the box development.

 

The Game Jam is for you. And as it turns out, by you. The 360|iDev 2011 Game Jam will take place Tuesday night, sponsored by the iOS community!

The Game Jam is a great place to build your first game, or your tenth. To share what you know and learn new things.

Check out the official page, managed by our pal (and speaker) Mike Berg.

The first time Noel Llopis suggested the Game Jam to us, we loved it. Ever since then we’ve been more than happy to have one take place.

The Game Jam starts around 7pm, and goes until around 8. It’s fully hands on, bring your laptop, we’ll supply the red bull, coffee and snacks.

Then if you like, you can show off your hard work during lunch on Wednesday at the Game Jam Review.

 

See you there! Make sure you register before we sell out!

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