Jun 30 2020 The New World of Online Events I always hesitate to say "Online conference" since I think the biggest mistake many make right now is to take their existing in-person event and shift it to an online event without taking into account things like speaker time zones, "Zoom fatigue", the lobby experience, etc. Take a break While still very much in flux,…
Oct 25 2017 Thank you Patrons As we work on 2018, we wanted to take a minute to thank our Patrons. We put the conference on Patreon at the end of 360|iDev 2017. Conferences are narrow margin businesses and realized we needed support from the community, at least to weather the ups and downs. 2017 has been an interesting learning experience…
Jun 14 2017 We’re Stronger Together As usual I spent the week of WWDC helping run AltConf. I think it's super important we have a free, community focused event that week, and have loved being a part of it. Apple's support of the community has really been amazing of late! This year we held a screening of "App: The Human Story" to…
Apr 01 2017 Help Us Create the Mixtape of the Community We're trying something new. Every year we play music before the keynote, but that's it, and it's just whatever we find on Pandora. We're going to fix that this year, and we want your help. Help us create the 360|iDev 2017 Playlist. Submit a song name and artist (and ideally a link to the song…
Oct 06 2016 360|iDev 2016 Recap 360|iDev 2016, was awesome! New venue, new and old faces. So much fun! Can't wait for next year! Nicole and I left the Grand Hyatt on Wednesday so jazzed. I love seeing everyone, I love having a chance to meet new members of the community, and give something very special back to the iOS/Mac Developer…
Sep 21 2016 Session Recording, an Evolution Recording conference sessions is one of those things that everyone seems to have their own way of doing it. When we started, we had Flipcams on tripods in the middle of the room. Better than nothing, but only just. Under the best circumstances they captured grainy video and average audio. Under the worst they captured…
