What you won’t see or get at 360iDev
Posted on | February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
It occurred to me, that it might be a good idea to make it clear what does/doesn’t happen at 360|iDev for those who might not know.
- There are little to no marketing sessions. When we have sponsored sessions, we try to make that as clear as possible, so you know what you’re getting.
- There is not a speaker green room. You’ll have the same access to speakers as anyone else. They’re hanging out, attending sessions etc. No Pre modonnas here (aside from Wiskus LOL), and if there are, they still can’t hide.
- There are speakers who want to be there. Our speakers aren’t paid to be there (well, we do cover hotel room, but that’s it). We don’t invite celebrities or treat one speaker better than the rest, etc. If they’re on the schedule it’s because their topic was awesome, and they wanted to present it.
- There is not such a large group of people that you feel like a tiny fish in a big massive pond.
- There is no WebOS, or Android. I’m sure they’re great, we don’t hate those technologies, but they have no place at a conference for iPhone Developers
- There are no private parties that you’re not welcome to attend. There’s 1 party each night, everyone is welcome!
- There are 40 sessions focusing on iPhone OS development. (i.e. iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. That’s it, no Mac desktop development, nothing else)
- There are no extra fees to attend. Sunday Hands-on Training – Free to all attendees. Parties at night – included in the price (actually sponsored)
If you haven’t registered for 360|iDev, you’re missing out. This is a quote from past speaker Jake Behrens, “@360iDev Thank you! The conference put my life in a direction I never imagined I’d be in. You rock!”
That’s high praise and exactly what we’re trying to do. We want to be an event where great things can and do happen, and we think we do a pretty good job of that :)
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Community > Game Development > Hands-On training > Hurry Up > San Jose
360iDev Speaker Chat – Collin Donnell
Posted on | February 8, 2010 | No Comments
Join us tomorrow for the next 360|iDev speaker chat. Collin Donnell is a 360|iDev Alum, having presented at all three conferences so far (Including San Jose ‘10)
Tomorrow you’ll be able to ask Collin anything you like. He’s got plenty to share, you can also ask him the going exchange rate for pizza’s to freelance pay :D
Bookmark this link, tomorrow 12pm Mountain Time.
If you haven’t registered for 360|iDev, you’re missing out. We’ll be talking about things, that will be huge in 6 months. And of course if iPad development interests you, well we’re probably the first conference that will have hands-on the device and sessions geared towards this new exciting device. Use this link to register, help Collin get an awesome room at the Marriott
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Community > Hurry Up > San Jose > Schedule > speakers
360iDev – Volunteer to help out and get in free
Posted on | February 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
We realize that the economy still a little suck-tastic. As you may know we try to keep our events as cost effective as possible, 40 sessions, Sunday hands on. Hotel block pricing to help lower the cost of staying near the event, etc.
Sometimes it’s not enough, we get that. Back in September we experimented with having volunteers. We’ve had temps at past events (360|Flex San Jose ‘07 and Seattle) and while that works ok, we tried to reduce the need, because that helped keep our costs low.
BUT
We’ve realized, time and again that we still need manpower at certain points, and in fact we’re planning to increase our need (More on that later).
Registration is a bottleneck, whether it’s just Tom and I, or my wife Nicole, or anyone else who pities us in our time of greatest need.
SO…
We’d like to open the call for volunteers. Obviously locals are preferred but anyone is welcome to apply. It’s simple, we need about 8-10 volunteers. In exchange for a few hours a day of time, you get a free pass to the conference and when we don’t need you, you’re free to attend sessions etc. We can’t cover hotel/airfare etc. Just admission to the event.
If the price to get in the door is outside your budget for whatever reason, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.
Here’s what you need to do.
Email us at info (AT) 360idev (Dot) com
We need:
Your Name
Why you’d like to volunteer
Your background in iPhone development
That’s about it :) You need to be able to commit to Sunday thru Wednesday and be at Ebay by 7:30am each day.
Our needs aren’t over the top or anything. We need help making the badge pickup/registration process faster. We hate having to delay the keynote in order to hand things out, etc.
We’re hoping to get some sort of basic videography set up for each room. As volunteer you’ll be in charge of starting and stopping the recording for that room, and telling the speaker when he/she has 10 and 5 minutes left. That’s it. After each session, you’ll have to bring the camera to us to offload the video, that’s it.
We’ve got a schedule worked out, so no one will be working all day every day.
We’ll be making volunteer selections the week of March 15th. Spread the word, the submission window isn’t open long!
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Community > Denver > location > San Jose
360iDev make a video win Adobe CS4
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Blah blah, Flash this, Flash that :) CS4 is an awesome tool for anyone doing design work, let alone if you do any HTML work (Dreamweaver anyone)
You’ve got about 2 months until 360|iDev, we’ve got a contest. Make a video about 360|iDev, win a copy of Adobe CS4.
Not a trial, the full blown real deal. One winner will come away with Adobe CS4.
Here’s an example of what one of our speakers made for 360|Flex.
It’s that simple. If we get enough, we’ll run them before the keynotes at 360|iDev!
Tags: awesome > Community > Giving > Hurry Up > location > San Jose
360iDev – Get your iPad Dev on!
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | No Comments
So yeah, iPad this iPad that :) The best part of Apple’s new iPad, is that it runs the iPhone OS, that means our awesome speakers and attendees now have one more kick ass platform to write apps and games for.
That also means that 360|iDev is now THE event for developers writing apps for the iTouch, the iPhone, or the iPad. You won’t have to wait for WWDC, or for the next 360|iDev around the end of summer some time. You can get awesome iPad related sessions right now, this April.
We’ll be working with our speakers to update any presentations that make sense, to include iPad related materials, but right now we know for certain, Kendall Gelner, who’s delivering our Sunday Adv. Debugging session, will be leading a panel discussion on the iPad.
This panel will be awesome, how can it not be. 360|iDev falls right around when the iPad should begin shipping. That means there’s gonna be a lot to talk about!
We’ll keep you posted as we update more sessions to include iPad stuff.
Don’t miss out on the most technically deep conference for developers around. 40+ sessions, 40 speakers, 4 days, hands-on training. All for a really awesome price! Half the price of most training sessions, which only cover 1-2 things.
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Community > Hurry Up > location > San Jose > Schedule > speakers > WWDC
360iDev – Speaker chats, recorded if you missed them
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
If you didn’t take the time to sit in on our first 360|iDev Speaker chat with Nathan Eror, you missed out. Lucky for you we recorded them :)
The speaker chats are a great way to get some very one-on-one style question and answer time with our speakers. Each one is about an hour, and completely interactive.
You can check out Nathan’s chat here.
We’ve got some great chats lined up and are always adding more.
Mike Berg Feb 3rd
Collin Donnell Feb 9th
Don’t miss the chats they’re a great way to get some cool 360|iDev action before April. Oh and get your butt in gear, have you registered yet? Don’t miss the best iPhone Event of 2010 (of course that is until the next 360|iDev, LOL)
360iDev – Why you should be staying at the Marriott
Posted on | February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you haven’t heard, we have an official hotel. That’s right, boys and girls. There’s a spot where all the party people are going to staying under one roof. It’s the spot where you can stumble or crawl to your bed after an all-night rager of drinking, coding or perhaps a bit of both.
Why an official hotel that’s not connected to the conference center? For one, the conference center is on eBay’s HQ. They are trying to run a business, not make your beds or pick up your mess. Aside from that obvious reason, we want to keep having fun after we leave eBay. We’re still gonna party at Ebay after the last sessions; However, instead of taking the post functs to someone’s room, we want to take the party to downtown San Jose!
One thing that’s always nice at a conference is bumping into the “superstars”. While it happens a lot at the conference, it’s tough to pull someone aside to buy ‘em a drink to say thanks for contributing to the community. While we (the organizers) may not be the superstars you’re looking for, we will be at the hotel with all the speakers (who are the superstars). If you’re flying all the way to the show to meet and learn from these people, why would you bother staying anywhere else? Yes, it would be silly, especially after you read up on the deal we have for you!
We have a room block of Sunday night thru Tuesday night. We lined up an amazing rate of $99, for you all because we love you so. :) You don’t think we love you? How about this? In addition to the low rate of $99 for a Mariott (read: Not Sleazy 8 or Motel 6), we’ve also negotiated free wi-fi access for everyone’s guest rooms. That alone will save you some additional coin.
Assuming you’re arriving Saturday to take advantage of our awesome Sunday Hands-On training, and staying until Wednesday to make sure you don’t miss the final panel, that’s likely to be “tablet related” you’re still only paying about $125 a night when you average the prices. Compared to other hotels in the area, that’s a damn good deal. Saturday night and Wednesday night are a bit beefier on the price because the majority of people just stay Sunday to Wednesday, so that’s what our block is for.
I’m sure you have all been to conferences where there’s the, “Which hotel are you at dialogue?” Then there’s time and effort spent on who will go where and when to meetup, etc. Make it easier on yourselves and sure to be newfound friends. Just stay at the Mariott so you’re all in the same place and will be easy to find each other. We’ll be there, the speakers will be there, so there’s no reason you shouldn’t be.
You can book online, easy peasy :) Just click here.
While you’re booking your room, you have registered for the conference right? We have so much awesome lined up it’s hard to contain ourselves when talking about it :) Register now!
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Hurry Up > location > San Jose
360iDev – Speaker Chat – Mike Berg
Posted on | February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
Join us Feb 3rd at 1:30MST for our weekly speaker chat with 360|iDev speaker Mike Berg (@weheartgames)
We’ll be on Adobe Connect, all are welcome. This link will get you into the chat, save it/bookmark it.
Feel free to ask Mike anything, about his session at 360|iDev, application/game design, whatever you like.
<update> Mike wants to make sure everyone knows. He’s a designer, this chat will be more focused on design, which will be the first time our chats have gone to design, Should be a great way to learn some design ideas and concepts.
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The chats are open to all, and it’s your chance to see what our speakers are doing before you’re in their session (You have registered right?) in April.
If you haven’t registered, use this link. It’ll help Mike get an upgraded suite at the Marriott.
Mike’s session is one of 40 at 360|iDev, you seriously will regret not being in San Jose this April. Don’t miss out!
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Hurry Up > San Jose > speakers
360iDev – The Speakers – Brian Robbins
Posted on | January 26, 2010 | No Comments
I was grabbing a bite to eat at Sam’s #3 the other day when I ran into Brian Robbins. I met Brian for the first time at 360|iDev Denver, he was a speaker there, just like he is in San Jose.
Me: Hey Brian! How are you man?
Brian: (Sits across from me) Hey John! Grabbing some lunch? (I point to my Haystack, a totally yummy pile of Chili, cheese, and fritos) I’m good. Getting excited for San Jose, I can’t wait!
(Brian orders ‘Two Dogs WET’)
Me: What do you think people who attend your session will be most surprised by/about?
(I take a few bites of my Haystack. You can’t let these things sit too long. Chili and cheese and fritos don’t stay together long)
Brian: That in spite of all the hoopla and attention and stories of ridiculous success or failure, it is actually possible to build a solid business without having a big hit title.
Me: (Nodding) Totally, with what? hundreds of thousands of apps? A million? Not every app is gonna a mega publicity blockbuster. There’s a lot of people doing well that we probably don’t know. I think it’s good that developers here this stuff. What session are you most excited about, besides your own of course :)
Brian: (His dogs arrive, smothered in chili, one red, one green) Dave Whatley gave a great talk in Denver and Keith and Natialia have a lot of great information to share. As it stands right now those are probably the talks I’m looking forward to the most.
Me: David’s session was great last time! He’s a good guy, with a ton of great information to share!
(I finish off my haystack, and ask the server for a milkshake, they make a mean milkshake at Sams)
What are you most looking forward to at 360|iDev San Jose?
Brian:It’s a tie between getting to reconnect with all the great people I met in Denver and having fun at another Game Jam.
Me: The Game Jam is gonna be off the hook! Touch Arcade is sponsoring, so it’s gonna be even better than Denver!
(My milkshake arrives. mmmm mmmm)
What would you tell someone that was on the fence about attending 360|iDev to convince them to come?
Brian: (His plate is clean, a common phenomenon at Sam’s) First climb down off the fence, there’s no reason to put yourself in harm’s way like that. Once your feet are firmly planted back on the ground go get your ticket to 360iDev. 360iDev Denver was easily the best iPhone conference I went to last year and I expect San Jose to be just as good.
Me: Better, much, much better! (We both laugh and toast, me with my milkshake and Brian with his water)
Brian: I better get a move on, busy day. Was awesome to bump into you John! (He stands and starts to walk toward the register)
Me: Oh hey Brian! Who do you think would win? Lion Voltron or Vehicle Voltron?
Brian: (Without even pausing) Lion Voltron every time without question.
Don’t miss out! 360|iDev will be awesome this April! It’s gonna be a blast, we promise you’ll be telling us you’ve gotten your money’s worth by Monday night! Register now, don’t miss out!
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Schedule > speakers
360idev – Floridians get some local training love!
Posted on | January 25, 2010 | No Comments
If you’re in Florida, we’ve got something special for you! Chris Borrello has organized a great training camp in West Palm Beach, FL.
Our pal Jeff Lamarche (who sadly, can’t make it to 360|iDev San Jose) will be doing the instruction. Below is the official blurb. If you’re nearby, you SHOULD NOT MISS, this opportunity.
iPhone Developer Training in sunny West Palm Beach Florida. March
4th-7th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Jeff LaMarche, iphone guru and
author of More iPhone 3 Development
to teach this 4 day intensive training class. He will be covering the
basics of Objective-c, Memory Management, XCode, Interface Builder,
View Controllers, Multi Touch and more. This is an excellent
opportunity for beginning to intermediate developers looking to get
into iPhone application development!
Limited seating available so you will receive great individual
attention. Hot Breakfast, Hot lunch, snacks and drinks will be served
all day. Attendees must bring their own Apple Laptops as no computers
will be provided.
More info @ http://wpbiphoneworkshop.com, email
info@wpbiphoneworkshop.com or @Keyvisuals on Twitter
This is a great opportunity for those of you down Florida way! I wouldn’t miss it! If nothing else, it’ll prep you for 360|iDev San Jose! Speaking of which, attendees to the iPhone Workshop will be given a special 20% discount code for 360|iDev San Jose! over $100 savings off the current registration price!
360|iDev has been compared to larger events as a better value for your money, and a better collection of developers in a setting where you can actually meet people and form bonds, and businesses in person! Don’t miss the best iPhone developer conference in the world! Register now!
Tags: 360|iDev pricing > awesome > Community > Florida > Hands-On training > Hurry Up > location > San Jose
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