C4[1]
I flew in from C4[1] last night, and boy are my arms tired!
David went to the first edition last fall and was so enthusiastic, I new I couldn’t miss this one. It didn’t disappoint. Highlights for me were Will Shipley’s hype, Tim Burks’ presentation on Ruby–Cocoa bridges and Nu, and Cabel Sasser on Panic and Coda (an app I heartily endorse). The surprise guest, Fake Steve Jobs, was a no–show — something about an “ear infection”. Alex Payne has an excellent summary — now I’m not so sorry I didn’t take notes.Never having been to a MacHack, I didn’t know what to expect from Iron Coder Live. The theme was Conspiracy and the API was iPhone, which, in the absence of an official SDK, was tough to pull off. Despite that, the results were incredible. Golden dog tags went to the Ecamm guys, whose iPhone video-conferencing app blew everyone away. Lights Off, an iPhone–native version of the classic game was the runner up.I met a slew of great people. I was most impressed with the number of fellow Canadians present, including David Teare and the guys behind 1Passwd and Aaron Vegh. They’re not too far from Toronto, so we may get a couple of new tacowhands.There were no major infrastructural issues to compare to last year’s Plan L. While we were able to take the L downtown after arriving at O’Hare on Friday, the CTA closed the Blue line over the weekend for construction. A few of us ended up sharing a cab back to the airport Sunday afternoon. However, because of the upgrades, the train ride downtown should be much quicker for C4[2] (at just $2, it’s already much cheaper than the alternatives).Thanks to Wolf and his team for putting it all together. I’m looking forward to next year’s edition.
