iPhoneDevCamp was an excellent event. Thanks to Raven, Whurley and Dom for putting it together, we really enjoyed it. Over 51 applications were started or built over the weekend including one built by the Big in Japan team. We decided to build a tiny application that would use the ability the iPhone has to determine the orientation of its screen. Based on how you held your iPhone you would signify your agreement or disagreement with the speaker. We call it iPhoneVote and ironically it was voted one of the ‘top ten apps‘ from the event.

Other cool applications included: AppMarks, PickleView, Fluther, The Pool, itunes Remote-o-Matic, Tilt and moPhaic (read about them here). The coolest hack from the event was called the Fluid Navigation Hack as described by Andrew:

Have you ever heard of Firebug? It’s the absolute best Firefox extension for developers. If you are building applications for the iPhone, it might be your greatest debugging tool. But Firebug for the iPhone, iBug.js, is not my favorite app. It’s Joe’s liguid navigation hack. Almost 25% of all apps presented at iPhoneDevCamp used it. Hewitt’s Javascript and CSS package mirror the iPhone’s iPod application, and use a fluid navigation scheme that will become commonplace to any iPhone user. This is my favorite app because so many iPhone hackers used it this weekend as a backbone for their application. This framework will work nicely for future iPhone development because it’s lightweight, elegant, and comfortable for anyone trying to navigate their Apple smart phone. The source code is available here. This would be my starting point if I were to develop an iPhone app.

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.

Just a peek at iPhoneDevCamp:

The iPhoneDevCamp opening reception is just about over, but iPhone news is coming out at record pace.  Check out the flickrstream here.  See you tomorrow at 9:30AM.  News?  The iPhoneInterface tool is out as well as reported by the iPhone Hacking News:

We have successfully written a tool named iPhoneInterface allowing for some basic manipulation of things on the phone, and are releasing it tonight. We are including source code so you can understand the techniques we have used so far. We will be expanding the functionality of this tool significantly tomorrow. The best news is that we have prototype code that allows the ability to:

• Run any desired application already residing on the phone.
• Control what processes run on the phone (currently implementation is very hackish)
• Move files around on the phone
• Enable viewing of verbose information during the restore process
• Activate the phone without iTunes and without a token

Note: Not all of the features listed above are necessarily included in tonight’s initial release.

We are continuing significant work on this tool and will probably have similarly worthwhile updates tomorrow.

The iPhoneDevCamp is really making some waves. I talked to a reporter from MSNBC about the event and have been trading voice mails with Business Week. Check out a few of the articles about the event:

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Making the Web a Better Place for iPhone (06/20/07)
Wired: Hack Up Some Web Apps at iPhone Dev Camp (06/19/07)
iPhoneAtlas: Interview with Raven Zachary, founder of iPhone Developers camp (06/19/07)
AppleInsider: iPhone developers camp slated for early July (06/19/07)
Ars Technica: iPhoneDevCamp to whip developers into shape (06/19/07)
iPhonic: Unofficial iPhone developers boot camp to bring Web 2.0 apps (06/19/07)
A great way to muse: iPhone first shipment will followed by iPhone Developer Camp (06/19/07)
QJ.net Apple News: Make applications for iPhone at the iPhone Developers Camp (06/19/07)
intomobile: The unofficial iPhone developers bootcamp aims to bring us more iPhone Web 2.0 apps this summer (06/19/07)
iLounge: iPhone Developers Camp coming July 6-8 (06/19/07)
Mac OS Ken Podcast: 06.18.2007 Podcast (06/18/07)
Texas Startup Blog: iPhone Update (06/18/07)
Podcasting News: iPhone Developers Camp Coming July 6th (06/18/07)
TECHPopuli: Techpopuli Podcast #21 (06/18/07)
iPhone Atlas: iPhone developers conference to be held (06/18/07)
iPhone Matters: Introducing iPhone Developers Camp (06/18/07)
TechMeme: iPhone Developers Camp (06/17/07)
Business 2.0: Boot Camp for iPhone Developers (06/17/07)
Dylan Schiemann: iPhone bar camp (06/17/07)
My iTablet: Join the iPhone Developers Camp (06/17/07)
theiPhoneblog BarCamp, iPhone Developers Camp (06/16/07)
Big in Japan: iPhone Developers Camp! (06/16/07)
Digg: Introducing iPhone Developers Camp (06/16/07)