This weekend, we anticipate an impossibly heavy load on Adobe’s Guest Network.  Despite our best efforts to do so, we will not be able to accommodate everyone on WiFi and ethernet at once. Therefore, we ask the following:

• Anyone with an EVDO or other cellular card or router, bring it!
• All iPhones must be on EDGE or 3G only - avoid AdobeGuest WiFi.
• We may periodically ask groups to operate over Bonjour networking only.
• If you’re not actively using the network, please disable it!
• All Adobe employees should use the Adobe Corporate network only.
• There is a Starbucks with AT&T WiFi down Townsend Street.
• News and information is available via Twitter SMS throughout the weekend and year round.

Feel free to comment here or write to dom@iphonedevcamp.org if you know of a portable bandwidth solution for the future.

A year in the making, iPhoneDevCamp 2 is tomorrow!  In the past year a number of great sources of information have cropped up around iPhone development.  We hope to gather as many as we can for this weekend’s event.  Here are just a few to get started - feel free to comment with more:

Apple March 6th Event
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/iphoneroadmap/
On March 6, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone software roadmap, released the iPhone Software Development Kit, and introduced the iPhone Enterprise Beta Program.

WWDC 2008 Keynote Address
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc08/
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil the latest products at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 in San Francisco. See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4.

iPhone Developer Program
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/
Most of the content is blocked until you sign up for the program, but take a look.

WordPress for iPhone
http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk
Browse the source or track changes from this free addition to the iTunes App Store.

Google Code repositories
http://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=iphone+sdk&projectsearch=Search+Projects
Search for source with “iPhone” and “sdk” in there.

Thank you to Mobilize by GigaOm and Nearby by Platial for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Mobilize by GigaOm is a one day conference on the future of the Mobile web, brought to you by Om Malik of GigaOm. Finally the promise of the mobile web is about to be unleashed. Join them at Mobilize in September.

Nearby by Platial lets you see more of the world around you - tap into millions of location-based notes, pictures, and stories from people nearby and watch the streetscape change block by block. Imagine everywhere you go, seeing and hearing the hidden world around you…suddenly there is so much more Nearby.

Thank you to FastMac, ng:moco:), and iNurse Clinical Solutions for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

FastMac is a premier level Apple developer, designer and manufacturer of innovative upgrade products that add value and extend usability of Macintosh computers, iPods & iPhones. Fastmac’s award-winning product line-up consists of batteries, optical drives, CPUs, LCDs and wireless products, including the world’s longest lasting MacBook, MacBook Pro, PowerBook, iPhone & iPod batteries.

ng:moco:) is a new type of mobile games company that creates, supports & publishes free and paid games that are worthy of the iPhone. Follow us…

iNurse Clinical Solutions Inc. is a software company based out of Miami, FL, that implements workflow and alarm management strategies for hospitals throughout the United States. The goal of the company is to simplify clinicians lives by creating user-friendly software that enables the Apple iPhone to be the single device clinicians use for their PDA, phone, and alarm managements needs.

Thank you to Cultured Code, Retronyms, and iPhone Life for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Things for iPhone is an intuitive and elegant task management software by Cultured Code. Just like its desktop counterpart, it has the right balance between ease of use and powerful features.

Retronyms builds tools to capture moments. Recorder is their first simple iPhone app.

The premier issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s iPhone Life, for users of the iPhone and iPod touch, will be available on newsstands mid-September. Each issue contains reviews of hardware, software, accessories, and web apps; profiles of users; tips and how-to’s; and solutions for large organizations.

Thank you to eBay Developers Program, Rickshaw Bagworks, and AXIO for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

The eBay Developer Program offers an extensive set of free web services that allow any developer to write applications that interact with the eBay marketplace. Learn more and sign up today for free.

Rickshaw Bagworks is a new San Francisco-based company specializing in the design and manufacture of bags made for everyday urban adventures. Products include a variety of messenger bags including commuter laptop bags, urban cycling bags and accessories.

AXIO is a company dedicated to designing cool, innovative, and user-friendly products and accessories.  Their vision at AXIO is to create a brand that evokes value, quality, and functionality into a variety of technically advanced and extremely well-made performance luggage and technical packs for professional and casual users alike.

This year at iPhoneDevCamp, we have a dedicated space and a special agenda for all topics related to Entrepreneurship.  Adobe’s Kojak room and the adjacent lobby will be a place for anyone:

• to seek partnerships;
• to announce opportunities;
• to evaluate business plans and size up the market; and
• to network with angel investors and venture companies.

Additionally, we will host the exclusive Founders Sessions on Sat. Aug. 2nd from 1:00-6:00 PM.  An impressive series of speakers will discuss Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital from the insider’s perspective:

• 1-2 PM - John Ricci, President at US Angel Investors
• 2-3 PM - Glenn Von Tersch (President) and Basil Fthenakis (VP-Corporate), TIPS Law Group
• 3-4 PM - Kevin Hartz, Founder/CEO at Eventbrite, Partner at Youniversity Ventures founded with YouTube co-founder, Leading Consumer Internet Investor
• 4-5 PM - Justin Fishner Wolfson, Principal at Founders Fund (Facebook Angel Investor)
• 5-6 PM - Bart Decrem, Founder/CEO at Tapulous and Flock

Attendees will learn from their own personal experiences how to build, fund, and grow successful startups from the ground up.  We’ll hear about the next great opportunities emerging for iPhone and across the Web.

For more information on this aspect of our event, please email the organizer Joe Shapiro: joe.shapiro@ushow.com.

We are pleased to announce that this year’s iPhoneDevCamp will be simultaneously held in eight (8) locations including San Francisco:

• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Colorado - Organizers: Joe Pezzillo and Danny Newman
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Portland - Organizer: Dean Martindale
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Chicago - Organizer: Chris Foresman
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Austin - Organizer: Andrew Donoho
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Seattle - Organizer: Michael Braly
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 London - Organizer: Emma Persky
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Paris - Organizer: Jean Christophe Capelli

We’ve been working hard with these people to create a live video, audio, and chat bridge between our locations.  Developers in any location can be eligible to win our Hackathon Contest, and we’ve created a special Best of Satellite prize.  This will be a record-setting remote collaboration across eight time zones!

We are still seeking volunteers to help organize some other Satellites of interest:

• iPhoneDevCamp 2 LA
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Sydney
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 NYC
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 DC
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Boston
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 Toronto
• iPhoneDevCamp 2 India

If you’d like to help create one of these, please take a look at our Satellites page and email dom@iphonedevcamp.org to get started.

iPhoneDevCamp is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer event, fueled by the energy and passion of the attendees.  We’ll need help throughout the weekend, and would like to have some people starting around 3pm on Friday for the following duties:

• Registration table, including bag stuffing and badges
• Signup boards for speaking times
• Costco run (each day)

Actually, we’ll be needing folks to staff the Registration table all weekend.  If you’d like to volunteer, but didn’t note that in your Registration form, you can still request to join our Volunteers Google Group.  Volunteers will be thanked at the event and on our Web site, but are still eligible for Contest prizes.

This year we will kick off iPhoneDevCamp with a Forum, led by my friend Merlin Mann.  Merlin created 43 Folders, co-hosts You Look Nice Today, appears on podcasts like MacBreak Weekly, and speaks about personal productivity.  Merlin recently helped ship OmniFocus for iPhone as a consultant.

“For me the iPhone is not a toy,” he describes, “it’s about finding the sweet spot for an app that’s cool and fun to make, and yet simple and useful.”  Known for his rapier wit as a power user of the Mac, Merlin created his iPhone wish list during the most recent MacBreak.

Alongside Merlin will be Mike Lee, co-founder of Tapulous and self-proclaimed “world’s toughest programmer”.  Mike develops such iPhone applications as Twinkle (a Twitter client) and Tap Tap, a 1-2 person rhythm game currently the #1 Free App in iTunes.  

Also on our stage will be designer Brian Fling.  The creator of Leaflets (web apps optimized for iPhone), Brian has been described as a “human Swiss Army Knife”.  He’s promised to put iPhone in perspective with the Mobile market as a whole, and may be called upon to whip out the Immutable Laws of Web Design and Development.

If you have questions for our Forum, please note them in the comments of this post or send them to info@iphonedevcamp.org and we’ll try to address them during our interactive discussion.  Also, see our Agenda for opportunities to pose questions and address the group throughout the weekend.

Can’t wait to see everyone next week!