Announcement from London iPhone Developer Group - Meeting #8 Tonight 1900hrs

Meeting #8 will take place in the Regent Street Apple Store tonight, Wednesday Octoner 7th 1900hrs - 2030hrs

So far presentations will be ...

1. App Showcase - You guys, have up to one minute per app to tell us what your app does (remember public can listen in).


Any no shows or missing apps (apologies) will be rolled over to App Showcase #2 in the New Year

************NOTE: If you are presenting your app in the Showcase, can we ask that you arrive at the Apple Store Regent Street no later than 1850 and sit in the first row? Thanks ***********

2. Ondrej Rafaj will be talking about "How to advertise your apps on the net, how to do good SEO for google etc"

3. Matt Brooke-Smith will be talking about 'iPhone Design Process'

See you all tonight

Loyalty Stamps

This is an idea I had a while back. I'd wanted to make a while back with @KPopper (twitter) but time crept on and other ideas started coming to the forefront and before long this project started gathering dust.

Instead of leaving the idea behind, this is an attempt to 'open-source' the idea. I'd be really interested to see what people think of it's feasibility.

The biggest issue with it at the moment is security. This needs some really clever dude to come along and figure out how the digital stamp can become secure. It was originally based on a password system but thats just a bit lame and vulnerable to abuse. I'd love to toy with the idea of QR codes matched with the location-based awareness of the iPhone to establish a genuine stamp.

The ultimate goal in my mind would be if the 'stamp' became a digital currency. Within a community of shoppers I could trade 10 coffee stamps for 2 hairdressing stamps etc.

As long as it doesn't become a pain in the ass the app would have great benefits to shop owners and consumers alike. It's a good example of taking an old tradition and injecting a bit of 2.0 into it.

So.. come on.. can you come up with a solution to make sure every stamp is genuine and cant be cheated? :-)

Link to presentation

LIDG Update

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to say thanks for coming to the last meeting and it's always a great pleasure to meet everyone. Thanks again to Christian Klotz for a fantastic presentation.

Just to keep you updated; we've had some very interesting developments at LIDG and we're currently securing a new venue. WIll arrange a new time and place when this is all setup.

Thanks,

Dan

ByteClub

For those interested (and you should be!) Christian Klotz is going to be giving a introduction to the ByteClub multiuser/multiplayer platform at the next LIDG.

Key features of our multiplayer gaming platform:

• High performance network server framework hosted and maintained by ByteClub, available 24/7
• Support for multiple concurrent connections from your iPhone apps (via 3G, EDGE or Wi-Fi)
• Easy-to-integrate Objective-C library that allows your iPhone app to communicate with our system
• Ability to create 2-player games without writing any server-side code
• Easy to use API to integrate your own game engine into the server for more complex games
• Various built-in user- and game-related services
• Players can use same login across multiple apps

http://dev.byteclub.com/

Thanks Christian!

LIDG Flyer

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Second iPhone Dev meeting - 16th April 2009

Ladies & gents, after the success of the first iPhone developer meetup here comes the second!

Same place, same time. I'll see if we can get an area downstairs so we have more room and possibly a plug or two.

In the same spirit of the last event, it's all about meeting other devs and sharing ideas. If anyone has anything specific they want to show, demo or discuss then let us know in advance and we can arrange something.

Date: 16.04.09 6.30pm onwwards
Venue:
The Bung Hole Cellars & Wine Room (downstairs)
Address: 57 High Holborn WC1V 6DX
Tel: 020 7831 8365
Website

RSVP danmorgz [at] gmail.com || twitter @morgzzz

iPhone 3.0 fund

"Cutting & Pasting aside 4iP thinks the new SDK offers some really exciting opportunities so we’re putting aside a bit of cash for you to play about with. Here are the details:

* 4iP will invest up to 100K in total

* We’ll offer up to 30K / app

* It must use new features offered up in the 3.0 update / SDK

* Bonus points if your app uses the games or ‘iphonic ubisensor’

* We’d like it to to be in the area of health, welfare or accessibility but we’re open to anything that meets 4iP criteria

* Output should be ready for submission to the App Store

* Entries must come through our submission system

* Must be UK companies / developers

* We must have received your entry by 16th April "

http://www.4ip.org.uk/blog/iphone_30_fund/

First iPhone Dev meeting - 12th March 2009

Calling all London iPhone developers! The time has come to meetup.

The first meeting will be a casual meet & greet where we can discuss iPhone development face to face.

Date: 12.03.09 6.30pm onwwards
Venue:
The Bung Hole Cellars & Wine Room
Address: 57 High Holborn WC1V 6DX
Tel: 020 7831 8365

Website


RSVP danmorgz [at] gmail.com || twitter @morgzzz