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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADHOC: The Advanced Developers Hands On Conference http://www.adhocconf.com/ Formerly MacHack July 21-24, 2004 Dearborn, MI- ADHOC sessions! We talk about things of interest to Mac OS X Developers at ADHOC, and that covers a lot of ground. Some sessions are going to be about projects which use specific Mac OS X technologies, or talk about the technologies themselves. This bring to mind names such as Cocoa, Quartz, and Carbon. Other sessions will cover subjects that are likely to be found running on other operating systems. To name only a few, we're thinking about PHP, Perl, Tcl, Apache, zeroconf, Rendezvous, and so on. The actual list of possibilities is quite long. Hey, if something works on either Mac OS X or Darwin, the underlying open source operating system upon which Mac OS X is based, then ADHOC attendees are interested in how it works, how to program for it, or how to program with it. We're also interested in related tools and technologies, like smart phones, new languages, amazing achievements, and working in multiple platform environments. At no other time in the Mac's history has there been such a large selection of useful, working, robust tools that we can use to make dynamite solutions. There is a tremendous need to share with others how they all work. That's what we do at ADHOC. Session Speakers Desired! ADHOC is a conference run by developers for developers, where you absolutely have to bring your own fun. So talk to us, we want you to show up and participate. AdHoc needs speakers to lead sessions that discuss all this stuff, from innovations in BSD, where Darwin has its roots, to how to make OpenGL do amazing things. Four major revisions of Mac OS X have been released, with more to come, so there's plenty to talk about. There's probably going to be a great deal of interest in what you have to say about programming, running a business, working the press,... This is how we set you up to do a session. First, send us an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This first email should tell us who you are, where we can contact you, and provide a brief description of more or less what you want to tackle in a session. We will exchange emails enough to get you on the right track, and then we'll add your idea to the list and bug you about it a few weeks later after you've had some time to percolate on the idea. Then, send us a session title, a concise description about the session and a short description describing who you are and what you're about. After that, work on your project and your presentation, so when the conference rolls around, you'll be able to talk (or, well, gush) for an hour on your stuff. We provide some A/V assistance so that people can see what's on your screen while you talk. ADHOC attendees mostly (not exclusively) are: Mac developers; students working hard to become developers; programmers working on other platforms and have more than a passing interest in knowing what's going on on the Macintosh; or aren't professional programmers but have a strong desire and the drive to understand how it all works. We like sessions that talk about what you personally built that can run on Darwin or Mac OS X. An example of that would be is, oh, "This is How I Got Graphics Printing to Work." We also like sessions which survey a programming endeavor like "Exception Handling in Objective C" or "the GNUStep Status Report". Something loftier might be "The Salient Differences between Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X Kernels." Sessions on programming handhelds have been scheduled during each of the last few years. We also need people to lead sessions targeted for student attendees. Also, students can and do present sessions. ADHOC is not about marketing, so session presentations need to be technical and not presented as a marketing vehicle. Your presentation does not have to be a highly polished and practiced production number. Session authors do pay the conference registration fee, but get a $100 discount. We're anxious to see what kinda stuff you got! Let us know as soon as possible at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you're thinking about doing a session. By the way, you may also want to consider doing a paper. It's more work, but if you get your paper accepted you don't have to pay the conference registration fee, but you do have to 1) write a paper, and 2) do a session about your paper. The deadline for papers is a lot earlier than the deadline for sessions, note. The conference will take place July 21-24, 2004, in Dearborn, Michigan. More information is available on the Web fromhttp://www.adhocconf.com/. For attendees, discounted registration is available for early action. Full attendees can register for $425 online (before 02/28/04), a savings of $100 off the regular registration rate. Students can register for $50 which includes access to the entire conference as well as a special meal package. Total attendance is limited to 400. Student attendance is limited to 50. More details are available on the conference website. __________________________ Please visit our sponsors: RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW To submit a posting to MacDev-1, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to MacDev-1, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". 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