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Why isn't there a good iPhone application conference/expo yet? I want to do one, there's too much cool stuff happening here.
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With 40,000 apps it's amazing to me that there isn't a good expo yet. MacWorld should have rebranded itself to "iPhone World" and gone for this. This is a HUGE opportunity being left around for a conference planner to take advantage of.
- Robert Scoble
I'll be there!
- Colin
Colin: we should do one as a community. Maybe this would be a good thing for Building43 to do.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - I'd love your opinion on www.SynapticWeb.org - its the basis and framework for our thinking that produced Echo - would love to do a conf on it
- Chris Saad
I bet FF apps are coming for mobile, but I don't get why Safari isn't a great way to use FriendFeed. Maybe if you could answer that you'd get a developer interested.
- Robert Scoble
You're right that there's a massive opportunity there, a big problem with iPhone developers is that we aren't allowed/don't have excellent places to communicate with each other, this would be cool!
- Colin
The cross section of applications may be too broad.. who is the target?
- Pogmohoin
That's because 30,000 of those are just fart apps and flashlights. I think WWDC and Macworld do a fine job of highlighting the iPhone apps
- BryanSchuetz
from iPhone
Have one! Im there!
- Jeremy Lane
Bryan: no way. WWDC is NDAd for most things and Macworld is totally lame.
- Robert Scoble
I'd love an expo where I could meet tons of the best iPhone developers and see the coolest new apps face-to-face. Discovering new apps is too hard and there's too much innovation. I bet someone does an expo soon anyway. But this would be something fun, me thinks.
- Robert Scoble
Well go out there and use your magical scoble power to make it happen!
- Jeremy Lane
Why not? I think it's a fine idea. We should have it in Denver.
- John Fiala
from iPod
How can I help??? I wanna! :)
- Sheryl
John: I'm thinking of pulling an Arrington and doing it during MacWorld. :-)
- Robert Scoble
maybe you just build a virtual Expo site to rival the App Store..Interact with the developers..leave comments..developers pay for the space.. you are right.. 50 thousand apps and visibility to the top 100!
- Pogmohoin
Pogmohoin: no, I don't want to compete with Apple. I want to do a physical event where you can walk booth-to-booth and meet lots of great developers and see their cool apps.
- Robert Scoble
I here ya.. But we are not all USA savvy.. Internationalise fella's
- Pogmohoin
Pogmohoin: yes, well, we have to start somewhere and since MacWorld is in SF, I say we should do it at the same time. That way developers will already be in town.
- Robert Scoble
+1 more for physical event.
- Colin
+2
- Jeremy Lane
So the Audience is developers meeting developers? I am not knocking just really trying to nut out the advantages..btw < we are developers..
- Pogmohoin
Robert, is http://www.360idev.com/ the kind of thing you had in mind?
- Rachel Luxemburg
WWDC was in June. That would be a better target for iPhone Devs is you wanted to gather some. Less so, with Mac World. There are a number of events that attract developers. There's really no shortage. The other problem you mention is an interesting one in it's own right.
- Debi Jones
http://mobilebeat2009.com/ isn't good enough? It's not specific for the iPhone tho -
- barl0w
It's a good idea. Not every developer can make it into WWDC. Need more outlets for developers to get notice.
- Bess Ho
Wow, very surprised no one has started one of these up yet!
- Arnold Aranez
wow - was just talking to someone about starting a london iphone developer meetup - anyone interested (other than Robert ;-) ) - ping me on ff or twitter @robocallaghan
- Robert O'Callaghan
barl0w: nope, I want something JUST for seeing cool iPhone apps. Not discussing strategy, or any of that. Sort of like a "Demo" for iPhone apps.
- Robert Scoble
I'm currently using something developed by Boopsie for our conference in Chicago. We have about 23k attendees over the course of six days. American Library Association. It works pretty decently but is primarily a schedule tool.
- Kenley Neufeld
Find 10000 FART applications, available from 0.00 to $.$$.
- ThinkEzy
add Microsoft to your Web 2010 cloud.
- ThinkEzy
Mark: I don't want a conference. I want an expo. Where you walk around and see tons of great apps and meet the developers. These guys are rock stars. I want to meet them all in one hall. Maybe get the best ones to give a demo in front of an audience, like at Demo.
- Robert Scoble
I like this idea. I run an iPhone (apps focused) site and spend lots of time looking at and reviewing good/bad/mediocre/great apps - and still feel as if there are lots that pass me by.
- Patrick Jordan
Why limit the expo to iPhone developers?
- Debi Jones
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