360idev – the wrap up
Well, 360|iDev San Jose has come and gone. And while I work on the fall event. You know the one right after WWDC (assuming it’s announced soon) where we all publicly talk about the cool NDA stuff we’ve been playing with for months. You can enjoy the awesome session materials from San Jose. Download the [...]
360iDev come for the sessions stay for the parties
360|iDev is more than just sessions. I mean, the sessions are awesome, 40+ from some of the best and brightest in the iPhone dev community. And don’t get me started on the panels…. (seperate blog post) But when the sessions are over, the parties begin. The evening receptions give everyone a chance to decompress after [...]
360iDev – appsfire App Star Awards 2nd edition!
We’re proud to announce, our participation in the second edition of the Appsfire App Star awards!
We’re thrilled to be able to partner with Appsfire, as well as the great list of buzz and media partners!
The Jury is an incredible line up ! Including our own Tom Ortega!
If you’re an app or game developer getting ready to release your wares into the app store, this contest might be the thing for you! Check it out!
We’ll be announcing the winners during the Monday keynote!
Register now! Don’t wait!
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 [...]
PayPal X Innovate 2009 is next week!
Sadly Tom and I won’t be at Innovate 2009. Not for lack of interest either. With Tom consulting now, and me being swamped with Conference work, well, our travel budget has temporarily shrunk. Why should you go? PayPal is opening up its platform to developers. For any developer who has needed a flexible, global payments solution, this is a very big deal. It will simply life for many developers who have struggled with integrating payments. As well, it opens up the doors for finally making money from doing what you are passionate about, something we both encourage.
I can’t even tell you how many times as a developer, AND a consumer I’ve wished for better integration with payment solutions. Not to mention, now that micro-payments are becoming the norm, it just makes sense to make collecting money easier for everyone involved.
Check out the event details, They’ve sold out, but if you’re local, they’ve got limited onsite registration space, don’t miss out!
The PayPal team has a great speaker lineup, including Tim O’Reilly as one of the keynotes. Attending will be some of the most innovative developers in the world of mobile, consumer electronics and financial services. Early adopters will demonstrate how they’re already building businesses on the PayPal platform.
All conference attendees will receive exclusive access to not-yet-released PayPal APIs. You’ll also get the chance to work directly with PayPal engineers and other developers during hands-on labs and code-and-build sessions and interact with PayPal’s leadership team.
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 – Sunday Hands-on Training, Your Options
In case you missed it, or we hadn’t added them when you registered, we wanted to make sure you were well aware of your training options for our Pre-Conference training Hands-on.
We’ve got 4 great classes lined up up, they’re all included in the registration price, and they’re all awesome!
Our Hands-on courses range from iPhone development 101, to an all day workshop with Saurik, the man behind the Cydia Store and celebrity in the Jailbreaking world, and everything in between.
360idev – Chance to win 1 of 5 laptop bags
Fellow CO company eBags has donated 5 laptop bags to be raffled off at 360|iDev! We’ve got 2 Macro Loader bags and 3 Downloader bags If you attended the last 360|iDev you know we like to do session surveys, they help us and help the speakers. They also enter you (as many as you fill [...]
Apress is the Official Sponsor of 360|iDev
Having an official show sponsor is a new thing for us. It’s something that we’ll have to investigate and grow, much like everything we do in relation to the shows. The most important thing for us though is making sure that the official sponsor is a great fit for our attendees.
We’ll be honest. The concept/idea wasn’t ours. We’ve been chatting with the folks at Apress for the past couple of weeks in an attempt to expand their participation at the event. From editors to marketing folks, everyone we’ve chatted with has been awesome!. It’s therefore with great excitement that we announce them as the first Official Sponsor of 360|iDev. It’s a relationship that we hope will continue to grow and evolve as the show does.
360iDev – Mad Props to our Sponsors!
f you’re wondering if sponsorship is right for you, ask yourself this. Do you want to meet a few hundred iPhone developers? Do you want more than just a logo on a big sign in the main hall? Do you want to have a physical presence developers can stop by and talk? Do you want your brand on something they’ll use every day? Do you want to meet and interact with some of the biggest names in the industry during a speaker/sponsor dinner the night before? If any of that garnered a ‘yes’ or even a ‘mmm sounds interesting’ check out our sponsor packet. Our sponsors are more than just purses with logos. they’re our business partners and we do everything we can to make sure our events meet their needs.
