360|MacDev is underway in Denver, Colorado, and it’s starting with a bang. While many developer conferences begin with a boring, bland, and somewhat cookie-cutter keynote, this morning’s keynote was a NSFW — but definitely memorable — talk laced with dirty jokes by Mike Lee (at right).
Mike has done a lot of coding on some of the more popular software for Mac and iOS, including Delicious Library and Tap Tap Revenge, and is famous for his insightful talks on software design.
The talk, entitled “Dirty Jokes and Code,” was more than just the jokes, though. Through applicable off-color jokes, Lee essentially taught the attendees a lot of the important facets of how to produce apps that are incredibly useful and usable for buyers. Whether it was a rant against overuse of splash screens, a warning about errors in localizing software, or how one little issue can cause a user to go ballistic, Lee got his point across to the attendees.
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