360iDev – What to do when you arrive
We’re not GDC, or WWDC. There’s no waiting in a mile long line to get in, there’s not sea of thousands to wade through to get your badge. What there is, is 3-4 people working the registration desk. You can pick up your badge all day Sunday if you want to avoid the rush. If [...]
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 – Getting around San Jose is easy
If you booked your 360|iDev stay at the Marriott (or anywhere near it really), getting around is easy. We’ve got a shuttle that will run in the morning, and at night, Monday thru Wednesday.
All you gotta do is be downstairs when the shuttle is there and you’re all set, ride in comfort from the Marriott to Ebay Town Hall.
The shuttle schedule is below, make sure to keep it in mind!
April 11th:
Morning 7am – 8am
Evening 7:30pm – 8:30pm
April 12th
Morning 7:30am – 8:30am
Evening 7:30pm – 8:30pm
April 13th
Morning 7:30am – 8:30am
Evening 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Sleep in? No worries. If you miss the shuttle, the VTA station right outside the Marriott will get you to Ebay Town hall in no time at all (well, actually about 20 minutes). It’s about $2 for a 1 way ticket.
And of course there’s plenty of parking at ebay, but it fills up fast so don’t mess around if you’re driving in.
register for 360|iDev now!
360iDev – Last call for volunteers. Help out – Get in for free
We’ve already accepted most of the volunteers we need, but we need about 3 more. This is your last chance, if the price of a ticket is keeping you from attending, trade some time for a free pass. We need help during registration, and with the filming of sessions, not that hard. In exchange you [...]
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 – iPad developers conference
the iPad runs the iPhone OS, so why wouldn’t we give it the attention it deserves? The best part is that we’ve already got sessions about it, which means, 360|iDev San Jose is the first/best place to go to learn about the differences between building games/apps for the iPad vs. the iPhone.
Several speakers have and are updating their sessions to address the iPad, Kendall is hosting a panel on Wednesday all about the iPad. (This isn’t like panels at other events, where there wasn’t an actual iPad present)
The iPad definitely represents the next step in the iPhone OS, and Apple’s mobile computing strategy, and app and game developers are chomping at the bit to release their wares for this awesome new device.
Get your iPad April 3rd, come to 360|iDev to unlock it’s potential.
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 – 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 – Speaker Chat – Rod Strougo
Join us this week for the next in our series of 360|iDev speaker chats. Rod will be presenting on “Creating a Physics Game in 40 minutes with Cocos2D and Box2D)” He’ll be answering any questions you’ve got for him! Book mark this link! The Chat starts at 12pm MST this Thursday March 4th, don’t miss [...]
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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