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And you should follow me on Twitter here. Thanks for visiting!I will be speaking at the next DemoCamp Vancouver in March. DemoCamp is usually an event where speakers show off a product that they have been working on. I have been consulting with a few [...]
Vancouverites suck. There. I said it. If we are not busy complaining about the Olympics we are busy complaining about the rain. If we are not busy complaining about the rain, we are busy complaining about the Canucks.
We are our own worst enemies.
The only thing we are good at is being hospitable. In our home, [...]
The CBC, BCIT, and New Media BC will be hosting the Vancouver iPhone Forum next Tuesday.
Vancouver iPhone Forum
November 24, 2009. 8:00 AM
BCIT Downtown Campus
2nd Floor, 555 Seymour Street
Vancouver, BC
I will be presenting, along with Kevin Kimmett, a session on Touch Interface Design. Kevin is fantastic designer that works at the CBC. He has lead the [...]
I was interviewed Tuesday morning for The Early Edition on the CBC. The interview was about the Gold Rush nature of the iTunes Application Store.
The interview was later edited for the web. Apps golden for Vancouver iPhone programmer.
Land Grab
The top 100 or so Apps in each category generate sustainable revenue for developers. However, there are [...]
Brad Feld is a venture capitalist from Boulder, Colorado. He is a Managing Director at The Foundry Group and is involved in the startup mentorship group called TechStars that provides seed founding.
The good folks at Bootup Labs brought Brad Feld up to Vancouver last week to riff on entrepreneurship and business. Brad wrote about [...]
Last week I was interviewed by the Georgia Straight. I also went down to the Georgia Straight offices and had my picture taken. The article has been republished on the Georgia Straight site.
The article focuses on iPhone Development here in Vancouver and the opportunities for education and training. A big part of the article is about the [...]
I will be on Strutta Live tomorrow at 4PM. I’ll be sitting down with Jordan Behan and Dustin Sacks. We’ll be talking about games, game development, iPhone development, and how to make all of this stuff as an independent studio.
Me on a couch with a beer in hand. Watch it! I guarantee I will say something controversial.
Make [...]
The April iPhone Developers Meetup takes place this Thursday at Workspace.
April iPhone Developers Meetup
Workspace - http://www.abetterplacetowork.com/
400 – 21 Water Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Thursday April 16, 2009
6:30PM – 8:30PM
I’m not scheduled to speak this time around. There is two hours scheduled so I may jump in with some information if there is time left over. I’ve been doing a [...]
Steve Wart has organized another meetup for iPhone Developers in Vancouver. More information can be had at the Vancouver iPhone Developers Group page. There is also an event up on the crazy, magical Facebook.
Here are the details:
BCIT
ROOM 353 – 555 Seymour Street
Vancouver BC
Thursday November 20 : 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Topics
- iPhone OS
- iPhone game programming experience [...]
The good people at Handi Mobility shipped the Translink App for the iPhone earlier this week. One of the best features of the Translink App is its use of Location Services provided by the iPhone. The user is able to find bus stops located near them.
The App uses PhoneGap to bridge the data that Translink has [...]