360iDev – The Community is strong!
I’m biased, obviously. I like competition, but hate johnny come lately type stuff that dilutes the market without providing benefit to the community/customer. I hate seeing an event fail, I hate seeing a business fail, it sucks, 360|Conferences is slowly climbing out of bootstrap and into slight profitability, I know the pain of having no [...]
360iDev – Worth every penny and more
You see events that cost over $1000, and think (at least I do) “what will I be getting out of this conference? Will it be worth $1000? Will I be wasting my money?” I especially have those thoughts as someone who doesn’t have a company expense account to draw upon. But even in my days as a cube monkey I felt weird when I’d return from a conference and 1. have to make up what I learned to report back to my boss, and 2. submit expense reports, etc for thousands of dollars of company money.
What about when a conference has an early bird price that takes $550 off the price? I mean the savings in the early bird price is more than the actual cost to attend 360|iDev.
Why do events, with similar formats as 360|iDev cost so much? They’re “enterprise” meaning nothing but they want to milk attendees (who are typically on the company’s dime) for as much as possible.
These events are obviously not aimed at indie developers. Ever wonder if you get 2-3x the value? They’re not 2-3 times the length, or the number of sessions, or anything else that would be a good metric, so what’s the difference?
360iDev – Call For Papers Open
November is a long way away. I know that.
BUT once accepted, speakers can tweak their topic to their heart’s content, so long as it’s not a complete “Oh well it was this, and now it’s this completely different thing”
The call won’t be closing any time soon either, so there’s no rush.
The way it works (for those of you that haven’t spoken before) is this. You email us with your idea, answering all the items outlined below. That’s it :)
After we close the call for papers, we’ll make selections.
Haven’t spoken at 360|iDev before? it’s easy. We’re probably the most low pressure event around, and we love having new people from the community present. Many of our highest rated presenters, started out as attendees, then decided to share what they knew with the community.
360iDev – The Session Videos
OK I know it’s taken some time, and truthfully, they’re not all there yet.
BUT.
As of right now, all videos that have been processed are available for sale here. Each video is $4.99
They’re direct downloads, so when you purchase them you get the file. No DRM bullshit or anything like that.
As always, feel free to share with the guy in the next cube, but don’t be a dick and put these up on bitTorrent!
I’m still working as fast as possible to get the videos processed into something that’s purchasable. Some sessions, may never get released I’m afraid, as the video just wasn’t there, I want to make sure that if the video is up for sale, i’d buy it myself. Maybe those’ll be free, I dunno.
At any rate, book mark the page. It’s going to be the main repo for all events moving forward.
I’m really glad we finally got this system figured out, and moving forward, it’ll be much easier!
Remember attendees get access to the videos for free! Not only do you see this awesome stuff live, but you get the videos to watch later completely free.
The Question is, 360iDev Europe?
Some of you might know that we’ve been thinking about taking 360|iDev overseas. We’ve done it once (and are planning to again) with 360|Flex.
We think it’s about time Europe got a taste of 360|iDev. The question is. Where? and how big is iPhone development in Europe?
We’re looking at Amsterdam and Germany, but are open to other ideas. The big question is, is there enough interest.
We very badly want to take the fun and awesome that is 360|iDev to Europe, but need to know there’s enough interest in Europe.
So what do you guys on the other side of the pond think?
Where should we go? Is Europe ready?
Spread this post around, leave comments, etc. We’re actively looking for as much data as we can get. Usergroup membership numbers, etc. It all helps ensure we do this right, and deliver the most kick ass iPhone conference Europe has ever seen :) (Dream big, right!)
Plug and Play Tech Center event tomorrow night.
This is primarily for our local to Silicon Valley peeps and anyone attending 360|iDev, who gets into town early! ;) Plug and Play Tech Center is hosting a cool iPhone Play: iPad event in Sunnyvale. Details are below! If you’re in the area, you should check it out! Looks like a great time! $15 bucks [...]
360iDev speaker chat – @nattylux
Join us this wednesday for this week’s 360|iDev speaker chat with Natalia Luckyanova of Imangi studios.
Natalia has a ton of great info and wisdom to share on surviving the app store (the topic of her session at 360|iDev by the way), so you won’t want to miss this chat.
Bookmark this link.
We’ll be chatting Friday the 26th, at 12pm Mountain time!
If you haven’t registered for 360|iDev, there’s still time and space left, but I wouldn’t wait around! Register now!
360iDev – Great news, Hotel Room block extended
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 [...]
360iDev – Who attends 360idev?
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 [...]
360iDev – Wiki
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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