WWDC Day 1 Report: Free Stuff and Symbian Hackathon

FlashLite, Symbian, WWDC 1 Minute

I always like when people blog about our shows while they’re going on.  Therefore, I felt it was only fair that I do the same for WWDC, since I’m an attendee with no responsibilities.

Today was the keynote, but everyone and their grandma will blog about that.  Instead, I’ll blog about some of the other cool stuff going down today.

First off, you can really make out with some great stuff at WWDC!  Here’s a picture of what I’ve received so far…and it’s just Monday.

My Free Stuff
My Free WWDC Stuff

As you can see in the picture, I made out like a bandit today.  Thus far, I’ve received a Nokia 5800, Jawbone Prime, 2 rubber ducks (bath toys for my boys!), 4 shirts (FastMac, Apple, Zagg, Symbian) and a Snow Leopard Preview DVD.  Life is definitely good.

The other thing I really enjoyed today was the Symbian hackathon.  The event itself was a little rough, but I put on events so I’ve got a critical eye.  Plus, the organizer only started 2 weeks ago, so it’s not like she had time to really do massive planning!  Hopefully, they’ll be joining us at InsideMobile so we can do this hackathon thing right!  The two biggest freebies in the pic, the Nokia 5800 and the Jawbone Prime, were courtesy of Laura, Maurice and their team over at Symbian.

The ironic thing is that I built my first Flashlite App at the Symbian hackathon during WWDC!  I have to admit, I was a little wary going in, but I definitely had fun.  John even got in on the dev action, helping me debug my FlashLite stuff.  It ‘s a cool little app that was conceived, produced and delivered all during the hackathon.  I can’t wait for Symbian to come to InsideMobile where some of our speakers can help teach FlashLite for them and others can disover the joys of mobile development.

P.S. That sweet pic of my free stuff is courtesy of my new Nokia 5800!  Thanks again, Symbian!

Published by Tom Ortega II

My purpose in life is to make people happy through the application of technology. My primary way of attaining my purpose is by doing Montage, iOS and Flex programming for my consulting company, OmegaOrtega. The secondary way is by building games with my great friend from high school over at Area 161. I'm found on app.net as LordBron. You can read my personal blog over here. It's filled with technical posts, but also posts about bettering oneself My faith is being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have a spiritual blog called Spiritual Techies. It's not LDS specific, but more generic spiritual thoughts. Who's Lord Bron? Where does the name come from? He was the main character in a short story I wrote in middle school. I liked him so much, I took up his name as my nickname and username for internet sites. He was a time-traveller. 'Nuff said!

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5 thoughts on “WWDC Day 1 Report: Free Stuff and Symbian Hackathon”

  1. Be sure to do a review for us on the Jawbone, I’m thinking about plunking down the dough for it.

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  4. I am so so so envious….

    I so want one of those rubber duckies (to go with another 100+ rubber duckies I have in my collection).

    *LOL*

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