Not that long ago I posted some info about the Ovi App Wizard that Nokia had launched to help mobilise web content into Ovi Store compatible applications. One of the apps that I created with the wizard was for a site called Toy Tragic, and the Calling All Innovators competition has made the app one of the Top 10 finalists. Thanks Nokia!
To celebrate this achievement and to help with driving further usage of the app, Toy Tragic is running a competition for the month of August. Download the FREE Toy Tragic app before August 31st, and you’ll go into the draw to win an exclusive Wolverine Mighty Mugg! Offer is open to anyone who downloads the app, leaves a comment on the Ovi Store, and emails Toy Tragic with their details, so what are you waiting for! Full details here on Toy Tragic.
Winner is announced September 1st, 2010.
I’m very pleased to be speaking at the upcoming AIMIA Queensland event, “The Mechanics of Mobile Marketing” on June 17 in Brisbane. The afternoon seminar will be led by a number of speakers from different areas of the mobile market, all looking at how the smartphone/touch device explosion has, and can, impact business. Speakers are:
- Telco – See what Dale Rankine’s team at Vodafone Hutchison Australia recommend when building your mobile platform for device or mobile web.
- Agency – Brett Wiskar, Director of Speedwell eBusiness Solutions, development partner in the delivery of the highly successful Domino’s Pizza iPhone application.
- Publisher – Carl Poplett, Content Relationship Manager for News Digital Media, Australia’s largest news publisher across online and mobile, talks about the mobile explosion, News’ mobile platforms and the opportunities available for brands in the mobile space.
Space is limited so if you’re interested, register now.
It’s that time of year again, where web and digital designers, developers and business-types descend on Sydney for the annual webDU conference! I’ve posted about it many times before but now that it’s here, I wanted to point out some of the highlights I’m looking forward to over the next 2-3 days.
- Seeing the “two Mikes” – Mike Chambers (Adobe) and Mike Downey (Microsoft) – back presenting at the sane conference again, although this time they’re speaking for different teams!). Mike D has a interesting session on game development on Friday afternoon
- Catching up with many good friends from the industry, both from locally and overseas
- Delivering my first webDU session in 6 years that’s NOT specifically about Flash!
- Seeing if Greg Rewis has mellowed out at all after getting married
- Seeing some Android action
- The conference party, the after conference party, and the speaker party
For those of you going, I’ll see you all at Bondi Beach in the morning!
It’s conference season at the moment for geeks, and one of the best going around is of course Sydney’s own webDU. This is seriously one of the best conferences for the web and technology industries, and always delivers a high standard of content and entertainment
This will be my 7th webDU, and 6th as a speaker. This year I’ll be speaking about mobile marketplaces and the technologies that allow us to go to market quickly, and there’s some other great mobile content at the conference as well, including a great session from Rod Farmer and Oliver Weidlich.
I encourage you to get along to webDU this year – this time at a new venue at the famous Bondi Beach!
www.webdu.com.au
The 6th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards have opened their Call for Entries. The awards have some new categories this year, including:
- Grand Prix
- Excellence in Design
- Excellence in ConnectivityAward
- Excellence in Game Play Award
- Best Real World Game
- Best Casual Game Award (developed using Flash or Java)
You have until January 18th 2010 to submit your entries.
