CyberTECH San Diego iOS Developers

SDiOS SIG #41 - Dexteria Dots: From Concept to App Store

May 27, 2014 · 6:30 PM
UCSD Extension University City

Note: DIFFERENT DAY (Tuesday NOT Monday) due to Memorial Day Holiday!

For this meeting fellow member Frank Jensen (BinaryLabs) will present Dexteria Dots: From Concept to App Store.

Frank will share with us his experiences and insights on what goes into the creation of an app. His latest app (Dexteria Dots) is a fun, intuitive math game that teaches the concepts of number sense, addition, subtraction, larger-than and smaller-than - all in a way that is accessible to kids ages 2 to 8.

From the beginning, Frank has worked with SDiOS charter members Carson Whitsett and Adam Harris (Ditty Labs) to develop native code for his iOS apps. Frank also engages his employees and other contractors in the development process. For Dexteria Dots, six of our SDiOS members were involved in bringing this app to life. So this is an exemplary fulfillment of the SDiOS mission to bring artists and developers together to create and promote great apps!

Frank was one of our very early presenters (SDiOS #9 June 2011). At that meeting he shared with us the development process behind his first iOS app (Dexteria). Since then the Dexteria brand has expanded into a diverse family of apps serving special education needs in innovative and engaging ways. BinaryLabs was a successful producer of educational software long before venturing into iOS apps. BinaryLabs continues to produce general education software on contract, and now is a leading publisher of award-winning apps for special education.

Our educational and professional/social networking meetings follow our ICAM theme (Ideas, Coding, Art and Marketing). Artists and developers alike will find something of interest - with their various experiences and perspectives contributing to the enrichment of our group.

Come early - bring your friends - get involved - and have fun sharing and learning about the exciting and potentially rewarding world of iOS app development.

Whether you are a professional, hobbyist, beginner or just curious - all are welcome at SDiOS!

For more info please visit sdios.org

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Jeff R.

For this meeting we had a new record total 57 in attendance (38 returning, 19 new)!
It was a packed room full of enthusiastic folks with a great presentation and great Q&A.

Congratulations to Martha Rodgers for winning the drawing for the FREE 360iDev Conference ticket!

Congratulations to Sergio Fernandez for his new attendance app working for all who tried it on iPhone 4 and above or iPad 2 and above (41 total digitally signed in using iBeacon technology)!
We will continue to improve this app with each meeting until it becomes an awesome resource with a number of very useful features.

We also had our first iTecSD membership drive at SDiOS - resulting in 9 new official members signed up!
Without the official 501(c)3 non-profit organization status and group liability insurance coverage provided by iTecSD (our parent organization) we would not be able to have our large SDiOS meetings hosted at a suitable venue. So please Join iTecSD today!...

www.itecsd.org/join

0 · May 28, 2014
Kris S.

Enlightening to see how a solid team puts a great app together. Great insight from all. Bravo to our homies Jeff and Carson!

0 · May 28, 2014
Donald W. L.

Very good presentation.

0 · May 28, 2014
Eduard S.

Good presentation, thorough, with some entertaining anecdotes.

0 · May 28, 2014
Janelle

Great presentation. I really enjoyed the evolution of the app. Questions from the audience were very interesting too. Well done.

1 · May 27, 2014
Matthew M.

For this months meeting we will be providing an extra treat.

All members in attendance will have the opportunity to enter a random drawing for a free 360iDev ticket ($800 - http://www.360idev.com/).

It's a great iOS focused conference in Downtown Denver, second only to WWDC. The 2014 schedule has not been announced yet but you can view last years schedule (http://www.360idev.com/schedule_2013) to get an idea of the typical content. You can also watch the videos from last year: http://vimeopro.com/360conferences/360idev-2013/.

Transportation and lodging will be the responsibility of the winner. The winner of the drawing is expected to attend. Please only enter the drawing if you actually plan on attending the conference.

Dates: August 24-27, 2014
Location: Sheraton Denver Downtown

1 · May 18, 2014
- Martha
  
  Thank you Matthew! I am very excited that I won, and I look forward to attending the conference! I'm sorry I missed you at the end of the meeting, I got sidetracked...
  
  0 · May 27, 2014
Matthew M.

We are in 308 tonight. Still a few seats left.

0 · May 27, 2014
Wendell B.

Ack, I'd like to go, but already have plans for the 27th.
Hope everyone has a good time.

0 · May 26, 2014
Jeff R.

The presentation for this meeting illustrates what SDiOS is app about, so please don’t miss this one!

As noted by Matthew Morey below, at this meeting there will be a special drawing - only for those who would actually attend if they won:
FREE ticket (worth $800) to the Denver, CO 360iDev Conference for iOS Developers August 24-27, 2014.

http://www.360idev.com/

We will also be Alpa testing our new SDiOS attendance app (get it free from Apple App Store):

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sdios/id859394884

Please have the app installed and running on your iPhone or iPad before you get to the meeting.
We will begin testing it at 6:00 PM - before the official start of the meeting at 6:30 PM.
Please make sure you have the latest version 1.1 with fixes for the Bluetooth issues found last month and a new cloud backup feature.

We will still be taking attendance on paper, but hopefully we will get most of you signed in using the app this time.

1 · May 23, 2014