Conferences, Gaming and Icons: Oh My!

I’m greatly pleased with Mobile Orchard’s sponsors. And not just for their money. Our sponsors make me smile because, without exception, they’re the kind of outfits that I want to succeed.

Our sponsors are what folks in my family would call good citizens — upstanding people who participate in our community, not corporate vampires trying to tap a vein. Examples:

Peter Bakhyryev wrote our tutorial on Networking and Bonjour on iPhone — at the moment, it’s our third most popular item, without mentioning his multi-player network gaming platform.

Without upping the price, Eddie Wilson has added 40 icons to his set bringing it up to 160 total. Coldly calculating an ROI for the additional time invested would likely show that he’s doing it because he’s passionate about building attractive UIs.

And the 360|iDev team offers what amounts to a $1000+ conference at half the price. Plus, they’ll knock 20% off the price if you take our iPhone OpenGL Class before the conference.

Here are their pitches:

	The iPhone UI icon set gives app developers an extensive library of icons for use in their Tab Bar and Tool Bar item objects. 160 png icons and a sample app for browsing the set – $69.
	360|iDev is the only iPhone developer conference you should attend. Okay, maybe WWDC too. For less than $500, you get 3 days with 40+ sessions from luminaries like Brent Simmons, Noel Llopis, Jonathan Saggau, Bill Dudney and more.
	ByteClub makes it easy to add online real-time and turn-based multiplayer capabilities to your iPhone games or multiuser apps. In some cases, you won’t even need to invest into hosting your own servers.