Archive for the ‘Social’ Category
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Justin Williams breaks down how he uses the various social networks:
Twitter: I use Twitter as a smaller, creative outlet. I share links, write bad jokes and occasionally troll my followers for fun. I also obsessively delete replies after I am sure the person it is directed to has read it. ...
Posted in Social, Twitter |
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Violet Blue writes about the lack of innovation and the monoculture at WWDC. Most of the article reads as contrarian, counterculture bullshit, but there's a block of text dedicated to an interaction with a developer at a party that I just can't let slide.
The short version is that a guy ...
Posted in Apple, Conferences, Social |
Friday, October 8th, 2010
ColoradoBIZ magazine named 360 Conferences founder John Wilker as one of the 25 most influential young professionals.
Congrats, John.
Posted in Conferences, Social |
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
The current spotlit 360iDev speaker is yours truly. John Wilker tells an abbreviated version of my origin story, then asks me questions.
While you're there, use promo code BetterElevation for 22% off the event itself.
Posted in Conferences, Social, Software |
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
You may know that I design things for a living. You may also know that I occasionally get up in front of rooms to talk about designing things for a living. Two such events are coming up.
The first is 360iDev in Austin, where I'll be talking about how developers can ...
Posted in Denver, Design, Social |
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Forkly has a very clever system in place: your odds of being accepted increase as more of your friends sign up using your link. Clever not just for the obvious benefit of the link spreading, but also because the forkly team is limiting early access to those who have the ...
Posted in Denver, Social, Technology |
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
From the man himself:
So there you have it: my arrogance in a nutshell is 25% refusing to pretend I haven’t done good work, 25% not wanting to speak for other people, 25% me joking around, and 25% other people projecting their own arrogance onto me. Now, if you don’t mind, ...
Posted in Social |
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Krystyn Chong, unofficial WWDC historian, has posted a video featuring various shots and clips of folks from last week's conference.
Strangely, I'm in nearly every shot. I'm considering a restraining order.
Posted in Apple, Social |
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
So how did I go about deciding I wanted to make iPhone apps, getting acquired, and becoming an executive at an award-winning iPhone development company?
I went out drinking with Brent Simmons. Everything after that is kind of a blur.
About a year ago, I happened to be flying in to San ...
Posted in Business, Denver, Design, Personal, Social, Software |
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
John Wilker, in defiance of today's shenanigans and tomfoolery, has created a one-day discount code good for %22 off registration for 360|iDev.
Go here and use the code april1
This is an excellent deal. If you haven't registered already, do so today.
Posted in Social, Software |
Friday, February 26th, 2010
It turns my stomach to agree with Arrington on anything, but this is flat-out unacceptable.
Posted in Social, Web |
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Brent Simmons talks up 360|iDev and name-drops yours truly.
And yeah, it's been a weird, crazy year. I look at the list of my fellow speakers and I feel both honored and humbled.
Posted in Apple, Design, Social |
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Brad Ellis has posted a wallpaper-sized version of the logo he made for our upcoming talk at 360|iDev in April. If you'd like to come check it out, use code "BetterElevation" to get 20% off registration.
Posted in Apple, Design, Social |
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
My very dear friend Justin de Vesine has finally gotten around to starting his own blog, entitled Wizard Mode. Justin is exactly the sort of guy who should be sharing his thoughts and curating a link list, and I'm excited to see what shape his new site takes.
Posted in Social, Web |
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Brad Ellis and I will be speaking together at iDev San Jose in April. We'll be talking design, of course. The details of our talk will be on the schedule soon. If you'd like to come see us (or any of the other awesome speakers), sign up soon. Use code ...
Posted in Apple, Design, Social, Software |