360iDev it’s not what you get, but what you take away
We’ve talked about ‘Who attends 360|iDev’, and I’m sure we’ve covered some of this before too. But I think it bears repeating.
360|iDev, is as much about what you take away, as what you get when you’re there. And NO I don’t mean SWAG.
When you leave 360|iDev on Wednesday you:
Leave with new friends. Friends you’ll stay in touch with online in between conferences, and reconnect with at the next 360|iDev
Leave with new projects. You met a great developer that you want to collaborate with, and a new game is born! (Just ask Keith and Natalia about teaming up with David Whatley on geoSpark)
Leave with new employees/employers. You’re hiring, or looking for work. Odds are good you’ll leave with resumes, or actual new hires/new employers.
Leave inspired. You’ll get home, jazzed about new techniques you learned, new concepts you picked up. New ideas you talked about over beers. With a keynote by David Whatley, a Wednesday General Session by Mike Lee, it’ll be heard to walk out uninspired!
Leave 6 months ahead of the curve. You’ll get home and start working on things that others won’t be thinking about for months. New libraries that haven’t hit the mainstream yet, new ways of writing code, new frameworks, etc. You’ll be ahead of the pack when they finally catch on to what’s going on.
Leave with new apps that just need to be cleaned up and submitted. The Game Jam (Sponsored by Touch Arcade!) is the birthplace of games like Hippo High Dive, Gravity Sling and more. Whether you’re a game developer already or not, attend the game jam. It’s Tuesday night thru Wednesday morning, and you won’t regret it. You’ll leave with more than you came in with Tuesday night, we promise.
As an iDeveloper (You know what I mean.) you have a lot of choices; iPadDevCamp the weekend after, Voices that matter in Seattle, etc. All things being equal, compare what you get from each and see what makes sense for you to attend. If you don’t agree it’s 360|iDev… Let us know. You won’t get as much technical content, community, and fun from any other event, really.
CHeck out the schedule, description of sessions, and of course, the awesome speakers list!
Register now!
360iDev Touch Arcade Game Jam
Have a game idea you’ve been saving for when you have the time? Maybe you need to learn cocos2d first to do the game you want. Maybe you have too many other things going on, but the moment you have a few hours, it’s on.
Well, the Touch Arcade Game Jam, is for you :)
Starting Tuesday night, after the evening reception, we’ll be locking (Not really) anyone who wants to into a room at Ebay to crank out code all night long, 12 straight hours, through the night.
Touch Arcade is sponsoring, and will keep you hydrated, fed, and loaded up on Toblerone and Red bull.
When everyone else comes back to Ebay Town hall for the Wednesday General Session (Mike Lee, ya’ll) the Game jammers will be done, and ready to show off their creations.
Whether you’re a game developer right now or not, the game jam is the best place for you to try it out.
3 days to write an app? p-shaw! In Denver we saw something like 15 games demoed. Some made it to the app store shortly after, some are still being worked on for future (soon) release.
Come learn from experienced game developers first hand, in person.
The Game Jam is open to any 360|iDev attendee. Make sure you have a power cord :)
Register now!
360iDev speaker chat archives
If you haven’t been joining us on the weekly speaker chats, well you should be ashamed :) BUT you’re not out of luck. We record them.
Just click the names below to listen in on the great chats we’ve had leading up to 360|iDev San Jose.
These chats have been incredible! The speakers freely sharing what they’ve learned, and more. It’s great!
Brian Robbins
Collin Donnell
Mike Berg
Nathan Eror
Owen Goss
Rod Strougo
These chats, are simply amazing. You’re not gonna get this level of access to these speakers anywhere else but 360|iDev, unless you kidnap them, which we don’t condone :)
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 – 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 – The Speakers – Robert Strojan
obert was already inside when I got there, but there was a seat next to him. I grabbed my number, which I’m pretty sure is the same number Beetlejuice had at the end of the movie.
I sit down between Robert, and … well I think he’s human, but could easily pass for either vegetable or mineral.
Me: Hey Robert how are ya?
Robert: Great John, you? Stuck renewing your license too I see.
(I nod)
Me: Yeah. Hope you’re excited about 360|iDev, I know I am, I can’t wait for April.
(They call number 365, a large black woman gets up. I’m not entirely sure, but I think they might be covertly filming a “Martin Lawrence dressed like a black woman” movie at this DMV. I keep an on eye on “her”)
360iDev – The Touch Arcade Game Jam
What started as an idea during 360|Flex Denver, and executed with a day’s planning and work, is now “a thing” We’re pleased to announce that 360|iDev San Jose, will host the Touch Arcade Game Jam! The Game Jam in Denver, the brain child of Noel Llopis, who organized it, and stayed up all night to [...]
360idev – it’s a wrap
We’ve raved on this blog about the speakers already, so I’ll wrap that up with, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS AWESOME! That’s really all there is to say. Special thanks to David Whatley, not only did he agree to speak at the last minute, but also stepped up to moderate a frakkin’ awesome lunch time panel on “The App Store” that inspired us to make sure panels are a bigger priority in future schedules.
We had a really great time, Tom and I both agree, the 4 days of actual conference make up for the 5 months of looking for sponsors, selling tickets, dealing with hotels, etc. It’s so amazing to be with such an incredible brain trust, exchanging ideas, talking opening about troubles and successes in iPhone development.
360|iDev to have 2 (yup, 2!) “Top 3 Paid App” developers at the show
Let’s be honest, you’re into iPhone development for one reason and one reason alone: to break into the Top 3 Paid Apps list. Sure, to follow your heart and make the world a better place is up there too, but you want to make money while doing all that.
That’s why we’re proud to announce that we have, not 1, but 2 indies that have cracked the highly coveted “Top 3″ chart.
360iDev Party Highlight: iLime by KeyLimeTie
Our friends at KeyLimeTie have created a great new service called iLime. It’s a service to help you implement Push Notifications. To help get the word out about it, they’ve sponsored a party for the fine attendees of 360|iDev. Join the iLime team Tuesday night. The party will take place right outside the meeting rooms. [...]
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