360iDev – The Hotel and Group Rate
For those that have been to a 360|iDev in San Jose, you know that there’s not much near eBay Town Hall. It’s an awesome space, but surrounded by other office parks.
Normally everyone has to stay at one of the two hotels nearby then walk, light rail or drive over.
This time we’re trying something different. We’re going to be staying downtown (near bars that stay open past 8!), at the Downtown San Jose Marriott
There’s an awesome bar on site, and a great restaurant, and it’s right on the VTA line so you can come and go to the conference.
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.
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. [...]
360iDev – Live Music Tuesday Night
So there’s these 3 guys I know, all musically talented, all developers. What do you get in that perfect storm of talent? The Compilers of course! Tuesday night, before we get into Full on Rock Band mode! The compilers will play a set to get everyone going! Beer, some grub, live music, and a ton [...]
360iDev – got Plans wednesday night? (30th)
We wrote her back and agreed to let her volunteer around the conference. Before you open up a new email, we’ve accepted 2 people to help out, which is 2 more than we usually accept, and we’re not accepting more, we would if we could, but we just can’t our margins aren’t high enough on each ticket to give away 20 or so to those who can’t afford it.
Back to the story, the only night Ali isn’t free is Wednesday night (which is ok, we normally have no official activities on Wed. night) because her band is playing at a local venue in Denver, just north of the conference.
So now, we have an official/unofficial outing for Wednesday night. We’re going to trek (It’s walkable, but not short) to Larimer Lounge to see Choke the Word perform!
Ali sent us a few MP3′s so ya’ll can see what they sound like. If you dig it, print out this sheet of tickets. They get points for every ticket that comes in and if they get 50 they get more bookings, help ‘em out. It’ll be fun!
360iDev – Get Yer Game on!
iPhone Game Tournie! The two current suggestions are Worms(iTunes Link), and Tap Tap Revenge(iTunes Link) but Chuck is open to other suggestions. Leave a comment if you’re intersted or wanna propose a different game.
For our part Tom and I will help figure out how to set up something so everyone can watch some of the heats on the big screens around the conference.
So if there’s a game you’re pretty bad ass at, let us and Chuck know so we can get this bad mama jama ironed out!
360iDev – iPhone Dev Conferences Compared
ommunity Vibe/Action: Again, we’ve never been to iPhoneDevCamp and the VTM show has yet to go down. We were told though by those did attend IDC and 360|iDev last time that our show had a stronger community vibe. People wanted to interact and get to know each other. The interaction was so good that the idea for App Treasures was born at our conference. You gotta admit, that’s pretty cool. New ventures formed from the connections made at 360|iDev
360iDev – The Great American Beer Festival
If you’re coming into Denver for the conference, come in a day early and catch the Great American Brew Fest, an annual tradition in Denver, which happens to end on September 26th!
Tickets for the Brewfest are on sale now, and typically sell out, so don’t lolly gag.
360|iDev Evening Festivities – Sunday, Monday, Tues
Lots of people have been asking: Should I stay near the conference center? What they’re really asking is: Are we gonna party? The answer is: Oh yeah, you betcha. The best thing is spouses/significant others/partners are invited to join you: FREE. Just let us know they’re coming so we can make sure to have enough [...]
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