Idu 2 @ wwdc

[IUGOME]

So, since we had such a blast hosting the iPhone Dev Union Party at GDC, we want to be on top of the game for WWDC and start planning for IDU Part 2!

Who will be attending WWDC this year and who would like to come to our party? This time I will be securing a party "space" especially for us so we have enough room.

Also, anyone interested in sponsoring the event with drinks, food, swag, etc, please msg me so that we can arrange for this ahead of time. If anyone has any bright ideas of how they wish to contribute to this event, please let me know, I am open to suggestions and ideas!

I'll keep everyone posted on where and when the party is at, and perhaps if there is a night that works better for everyone you can mention it here. Thanks everyone and we can't wait to see you all again June 8-12!

[dubane]

Awesome! We had a great time at the party and we'll definitely help out with the sponsoring this time around too.

Sarah, I'll reach out to you offline to sort out some details.


Looking forward to seeing everyone else there!

[IUGOME]

Any thoughts on what night would be best everyone? This is my first time attending WWDC so any experienced members' advice and help would be greatly appreciated.

[nattylux]

Sarah,

Thanks again for organizing the great party at GDC. It was a blast!

Keith and I are definitely in for the WWDC party! And I think that will be the end of our conferencing days for the year, before we become full-time conference-goers...

[superbad]

Oh snap! WWDC is right after E3.

I wasn't planning on attending WWDC and wait for E3 but I guess I have a reason to now.

Aren't any of you going to E3? Come on! Come to lovely Los Angeles!

[superbad]

I just posted this on Twitter: I'm volunteering myself to be the nametag guy.

I'll bring name tag thinggies and sharpies for the event. I was looking at blake's photoset and I missed a lot of people.

What do you guys think?

[IUGOME]

You're hired. :D

Thank you for volunteering for this, it's a great idea. I appreciate gestures like this where others can take on smaller stuff to make sure I'm not forgetting anything.

[dannys95]

I would gladly help................but I'm in FL and can't go over to CA right now. Let me know if there's anything I can do remotely.

I know there's probably nothing I can do but if anything PM me.

[IUGOME]

So far we have Fuel Games, Bungee Labs and us (IUGO) sponsoring drinks for IDU Part 2... Thanks guys, much appreciated!

We could use a few more!

[IUGOME]

OK, I am wanting to secure a location for IDU PT.2 soon...if we stick with the original plan of holding it at the View Lounge in the Marriott then we need to get them a deposit to secure it. Anyone who wants to sponsor needs to step up now! I need to figure out who really is committed to throwing some cash in towards drinks to determine whether or not we can afford this venue.

Speak up now if you're interested! Thanks everyone.


Oh and I am looking at holding the event on Monday, June 8th @ 7pm.

[dannys95]

WWDC is sold out, so the Idu2 should be pretty big.

[IUGOME]

Sadly, the View Lounge did not work out, but I just secured some space at Jillian's @ the Metreon. So here's the party stats so far:

When: Monday, June 8th, 2009
Where: Jillian's @ Metreon (see map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Jillian's+at+Metreon,+San+Francisco,+CA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.374125,76.640625&ie=UTF8&ll=37.78391,-122.410827&spn=0.023742,0.037422&z=15&iwloc=A))
Time: 7-10pm-ish
Who Can Come: All independent iPhone developers and media!

There will be light appies available and drink tickets will be handed out (while supplies last)

So far, confirmed sponsors are: Fuel Games, Touch Arcade, Bungee Labs, IUGO

Please invite all of your developer friends who are in town. We are still open to more sponsors so please PM me if you're interested!

[Anders]

We (all of us at Illusion Labs) are attending WWDC so we will hopefully have time to stop by the party and say hello ;)

[IUGOME]

That would be great, you are most certainly invited.

For the sponsors; I will be asking you to contribute your portion to the venue around a week before the event so as to settle up and confirm payment for Jillian's. Just wanted to give you a heads up about that.

Anyone wanting to bring swag to the party is more than welcome to as well.

We have another sponsor who has joined us: 148Apps.com. :)

Again, there's always room for more sponsors!

[dannys95]

We (all of us at Illusion Labs) are attending WWDC so we will hopefully have time to stop by the party and say hello ;)

Dam you guys are going? I could get in as "media"........but I'm in FL.
Oh well, I'll meet you guys another day I guess.

[Anders]

Dam you guys are going? I could get in as "media"........but I'm in FL.
Oh well, I'll meet you guys another day I guess.

Yup, this time we have time to go, we missed GDC unfortunately. The flight is rather long (~15h) and expensive, so you gotta be selective. Not to mention the price for wwdc itself, yikes!

[dannys95]

Yup, this time we have time to go, we missed GDC unfortunately. The flight is rather long (~15h) and expensive, so you gotta be selective. Not to mention the price for wwdc itself, yikes!

Yeah, the flight from here is about 5 hrs, but expensive for some reason.
Plus, WWDC is expensive as heck. And with no Stevie, not this year Apple.
Oh well. I've always wanted to go to Sweden so maybe I'll see you guys later on.

[Anders]

Yeah, the flight from here is about 5 hrs, but expensive for some reason.
Plus, WWDC is expensive as heck. And with no Stevie, not this year Apple.
Oh well. I've always wanted to go to Sweden so maybe I'll see you guys later on.

You're welcome to Sweden anytime! Home of IKEA, Volvo, Pippi Longstocking, ABBA, Touchgrind, pretty girls (yay), fermented fish, Ericsson, free medical care, free college, high taxes, funny language, H&M, nudie jeans, meatballs, many NHL stars (Forsberg etc), the Stockholm syndrome, odd actors (Peter Stormare, Stellan Skarsgård, Greta Garbo), the ATM, zippers, smorgasboard, knäckebröd, expensive alchohol and petrol, movie directors (Ingemar Bergman, Lasse Hallström), and me!

[dannys95]

You're welcome to Sweden anytime! Home of IKEA, Volvo, Pippi Longstocking, ABBA, Touchgrind, pretty girls (yay), fermented fish, Ericsson, free medical care, free college, high taxes, funny language, H&M, nudie jeans, meatballs, many NHL stars (Forsberg etc), the Stockholm syndrome, odd actors (Peter Stormare, Stellan Skarsgård, Greta Garbo), the ATM, zippers, smorgasboard, knäckebröd, expensive alchohol and petrol, movie directors (Ingemar Bergman, Lasse Hallström), and me!

lol! mostly interested in the bold letters. ;)
italic = thank god i googled that. and no thanks on zippers. ;)
underlined = awesome to go meet u.

someday............now back on topic. :cool:

[IUGOME]

I'd go there for ABBA alone. :D

[dannys95]

Hey Sarah, is there anything I can do from here? I can't sponsor but if I can help with anything LMK.

[IUGOME]

Thanks for the offer Danny. Anyone who can spread the word about the event via Twitter, etc would be great. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

[dannys95]

Thanks for the offer Danny. Anyone who can spread the word about the event via Twitter, etc would be great. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

Oh well. I'll do my best. :cool:

[Intruder_qcc]

Thanks for the offer Danny. Anyone who can spread the word about the event via Twitter, etc would be great. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

Even if I cant attend myself (fellow Canadian developer from Quebec province), I Tweet it to SnappyTouch (FlowerGarden) who have then ReTweet it, then MoZeal (MoGames) have ReTweet it ;-).

I dunno if Noel from SnappyTouch will attend, but I know he was looking forward to maybe go around WWDC to meet other developers.

Ill tweet it again when they are some new development about it or we got more near the date ;-).

Fred

[dannys95]

Thanks for the offer Danny. Anyone who can spread the word about the event via Twitter, etc would be great. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

Hmm....does the IDU2 party have a "logo"? If not I can try making one.

[IUGOME]

Yup:

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3645/idubiggeneral.png

We've had this since the first party. :)

[dannys95]

Doh!! Had not seen it. Oh well.

[eeenmachine]

Hoping to make it to this wonderful event to represent NimbleBit!

[IUGOME]

I can confirm that Fuel Games and 148Apps.com are both officially committed as sponsors to IDU PT.2!!!

I'm waiting to hear back from a few others about Sponsorship commitment, but the event will be moving forward as planned! Thanks so far to the 2 above mentioned for making the evening possible. I'm sure it will be just as epic, if not more than our last IDU party at GDC.

Details once again:

IDU PT.2 @ WWDC
When: June 8th, 2009
Time: 7-10pm
Where: Jillian's @ the Metreon
Who's Invited: Indie iPhone devs and the media who loves them!
Details: Light appies will be served, drink tickets available (while supplies last!)

See you there!

[jbmoney13]

Hi Guys,

I live in the SF Bay Area and was hoping I could attend. Is there a registration process or just show up. Thanks :D

I'm a developer, here is the thread about my app:

http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=14288

[IUGOME]

Just come on down Amigo!

[IUGOME]

Here are our photos of the hit IDU PT. 2 party during WWDC last Monday:

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It was a great party and thank you so much again to our sponsors: Touch Arcade, Fuel Games, 148 Apps and Websense.

Thank you to Personae Studios for donating the swag!

And thank you to all who attended you made the party awesome!

[dannys95]

Looks like you guys had fun! Is that you I see on the left?

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5561/dsc09301resize.jpg

[IUGOME]

Yup, that's me with Danielle and Jason from Open Feint and I apologize I can't remember the dude's name at the end. Sorry dude!

[dannys95]

LOL. Is it just me or do you look like her:

http://en.netlogstatic.com/p/oo/002/036/2036288.jpg

[IUGOME]

Very pretty girl, but I don't think we look remotely alike.

Oh and the dude's name is Mach! Sorry Mach!

I wish my name was Mach. Cool name.

[dannys95]

Very pretty girl, but I don't think we look remotely alike.

Oh and the dude's name is Mach! Sorry Mach!

I wish my name was Mach. Cool name.

LOL. Well, your face looks like her.

Yeah! That is a cool name.