Pearson Announces Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference, To Be Held Oct. 17-18 in Boston

Pearson continues its strong support of iPhone app developers through a new Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference, October 17-18 at Boston’s MCLE Conference Center.

• Attendees will immerse themselves in the subject of iPhone/iPod touch application development. Industry authors and experts will share knowledge, answer questions, and present new ideas and inspiration to help make apps better than ever.
• The conference is perfect for iPhone and iPod touch developers, long-time Mac developers wanting to leverage their existing skills, GUI designers, UX experts, and mobile application specialists.
• Speakers and conference chair members include Addison-Wesley authors Erica Sadun, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook, Second Edition (Rough Cut); Lee Barney, Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone; Stephen Kochan, Programming in Objective-C 2.0 ; Erik Buck, Cocoa Design Patterns (Rough Cut); Aaron Hillegass, Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X; Bill Licea-Kane, OpenGL Shading Language; Marcus Zarra, Core Animation (Rough Cut), and August Trometer, Optimizing Your Website for Mobile Safari (Digital Shortcut).
• Attendees can register now and save $200 with Early Bird Pricing available through September 12^th (http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/iphone2009/register.aspx).
• For a Press Badge please email, Andrea Bledsoe: andrea.bledsoe@pearsoned.com

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"This is clearly an exciting time for Mac developers to be adding to their skills while making valuable contacts,” said Barbara Gavin, conference manager for Pearson Education. "We’ve created an agenda that balances first-rate speaker presentations with networking sessions so attendees can talk about what’s most important to them.”

Mac Programming Resources from InformIT

Latest Rough Cuts Include:

1. Cocoa Design Patterns
2. The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook, Second Edition
3. Core Animation
4. The iPhone Programmer’s Roadmap

Most Recent Books Include:

1. Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone
2. Xcode 3 Unleashed
3. The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook
4. Programming in Objective-C 2.0
5. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, Third Edition
6. OpenGL Programming Guide
7. OpenGL Shading Language

Upcoming LiveLessons Include:

1. Programming in Objective-C 2.0 LiveLessons (Video Training)

For more information visit: www.informit.com/learnmac

New Podcast Channel

OnMacDevelopment features conversations & tutorials on today's latest technology in Mac software, applications, programming, & development. Step into the world of Mac OS X development with leading author experts on topics such as Snow Leopard, iPhone SDK, Safari, Cocoa, & more. Listen to podcasts from leading Mac programming experts http://www.informit.com/onmacdev.

About Pearson

The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm, InformIT (www.informit.com) - The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals. Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology content library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

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