Filed Under (Article) by billibala on 04-04-2009
I am sure you are using services or applications of some sort to track your App Store sales. I’ve been researching about these stuff on the web and wanna share some links with you guys:
Filed Under (Event) by billibala on 31-03-2009
Tagged Under : iPhone
Folkert, Ken, Simon, Wayne and me showed up last Thursday. We had a great time in Cafe Corridor @ Causeway Bay. In the meetup, we chatted about the latest iPhone landscape and some general impression to the new SDK 3.0.
Wayne showed us the Yum Cha Dim Sum (Food) app from his team. To me, Dim Sum is so not special. But, once again, iPhone is a global market. There is quite a significant number of people in the Japanese and English speaking community who are interested in Chinese food culture.
In April, we will have our formal meetup. I will announce the details later.
Filed Under (News) by billibala on 18-03-2009
Tagged Under : iPhone
Well, who didn’t watch the live text cast? Guess none of us would answer no!
The iPhone OS 3.0 has been announced. Apple is saying there are 1000 new APIs and 100 new features. So, fellow CocoaHeads, it’s time to learn some new stuff! The great thing is… the new OS is available to us as beta immediately!
With this announcement, I think we can’t not do a meetup about the latest OS in April (if terms allow).
Filed Under (Event) by billibala on 28-02-2009
The Feburary meetup held last week is our first meetup in the year of Ox! We have to thank Cesar from bambooapps for sharing with us his personal experience in iPhone data transfer. If you are one of those who are developing a counterpart of your Mac application, you will, for sure, feel the sweets and bitters Cesar highlighted.
Thank everyone for coming. We also need to Thank the Hong Kong University Alumni Association for supporting us in the venue.
See you guys next time in April.
The keynote is available here.
Filed Under (News) by billibala on 24-02-2009
Tagged Under : iPhone
William Taysom will be teaching an iPhone Application Development Workshop from March 11 – 13 (Wednesday – Friday). He will cover the whole development experience: Objective-C programming, SDK tools, the iPhone platform, and your relationship with Apple — everything he knows, and everything you need to know, about iPhone development packed into 20 hours of tutorial carefully crafted and prepared for maximum applicability.
The course will take place from 9:30-5:00 each day (with breaks) at the Hong Kong Productivity Council build in Kowloon Tong near the MTR station. The fee is HK$5,040 after early-bird discount (if you sign up before February 25). Plus, plus under the New Technology Training Scheme, you can receive a 50% discount.
Check out the enrollment form or contact William Taysom wtaysom@jadetower.com.
Filed Under (Event) by billibala on 03-02-2009
Bonjour, fellow Cocoaheads!
In this meetup, we will discuss iPhone data transfer using Bonjour. Bonjour is Apple’s implementation of zero-configuration networking. It eliminates most network setup hassle by completely removing network setting from users. It is, for sure, the best solution to implement network communication in our iPhone applications.
Cesar from bambooapps will lead the discussion on this topic. Cesar is an indie developer from Spain who is currently staying in Hong Kong. His company’s flagship apps include - FND, FND iPhone and the-very-popular Keep Your Word.
Cesar is in our facebook group as well. Please feel free to meet him there.
Date and Time: 18th Feb 2009 7:00 pm (the talk starts at 7:30 pm) – iCal event
Venue: 1/F, Yip Fung Building, 2 D’Aguilar Street, Central, Hong Kong (right on top of Cosmos Cafe near LKF) - google map
Signup: facebook
Event Contact: Bill
Venue Sponsor: Hong Kong University Alumni Association - 香 港 大 學 校 友 會
Filed Under (Event) by billibala on 19-12-2008
Thanks so much for coming to our Dec meetup. We had a wonderful evening!
Special thank to Greg for the User Experience Lesson! Hey, Greg! We all feel your pain!! 
This is truly an informative and enjoyable discussion about user interface development. We surely don’t have much chance for this kind of in-depth discussion – from a “lasting” pain to an implemented solution.
Moosh is available here. If anyone of you are interested in testing out some exclusive functions, please leave Greg a message in Anobii. You can email me alternative. I’ll get you two aligned.
Last but not least, thanks Beansbox for sponsoring the snack and drinks! Thanks Ultimate Mac for the venue!
Our next meetup is scheduled on some February Thursday. Please subscribe our RSS or join our facebook. Details will be posted later.
Wish you guys happy holidays and happy new year!!
Filed Under (Event) by billibala on 07-12-2008
User experience has been a crucial part in all successful Mac and iPhone software design. From the application icon to implementation of feature, every component is designed with user experience put into consideration.
In this December meetup, ee’ve invited the project leader of Moosh app – Greg Sung as guest speaker to share some user experience lessons.
You may notice the change in venue. Yup, we are doing it in a Mac shop this time. And, yup, there will be special Christmas offer!! Yeah!! Shop for Christmas, folks!!
Please register the event in facebook
Date: 18 Dec 2008
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: Ultimate Mac @ 99 Des Voeux Road, Central (Google Map)
About Moosh app:
You are on the street and you want to watch a movie. Good news: you’ve got an iPhone. Bad news: movie showtime websites suck.
Now “Moosh” is here to rescue. In this session, We’ll share with you the creation process behind Moosh and how user experience drives every feature in the application.
Filed Under (Event) by billibala on 09-10-2008
This is the first CocoaHeads gathering without iPhone NDA!! Let’s interject by doing an iPhone related topic.
Topic: Web service integration with iPhone
Web 2.0 service related iPhone apps constitute a large proportion of the popular iPhone app category – facebook, twitterrific, linked in…
In the gathering, we will discuss how to a few essential components in iPhone OS which allow us to talk to common Web service API. We will try to evaluate a few approaches with code example. The talk will be short. We will have lots of time to discuss the topics, your experience and other random stuff. 
We are moving to a new venue – Alumni Lounge. A big thank to the HKU Alumni Association for the venue support. It’s right on top of Cosmos Cafe near LKF. Drinks and wonderful snacks (u’ve gotta try the shrimp toast!!) will be available at a good price too. So, please come, buy a drink and chill
Details
Topic: Web service integration with iPhone
Venue: 1/F, Yip Fung Building, 2 D’Aguilar Street, Central, Hong Kong (right on top of Cosmos Cafe near LKF) – google map
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The talk will start at 8:00 pm.
Sign up: facebook
