I am helping host the next DemoCamp Vancouver. DemoCamp is an opportunity for designers, developers, and marketers to get together and show off the projects that they have been working on. It is an unconference style event that allows people to gather and meet in an informal manner. DemoCamp Vancouver 11 Thursday, July 22nd 2010 [...]
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 companies over the last year or so about how to integrate Geo Location and Location Based Services into their existing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]