100 million reasons to develop an Apple mobile app
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced yesterday this not unexpected (but still startling) milestone: “We will sell our 100 millionth iOS device” by the end of June 2010.
Speaking before his company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference—where the iPhone 4G was unveiled—Jobs talked up the prospects for apps developers: “There is definitely a market for your applications.” (“Jobs to Developers: Stick with the winning team,” by Erica Ogg, CNET News 6/7/10)
So, is there any reason not to seize this opportunity and finally build your idea for a killer app?
This fall, NYU-SCPS is offering a new professional Certificate in iPhone and iPad Applications, a five-course program covering topics from basic and advanced app design to enterprise apps, wireless marketing, and mobile Web strategies. Budding apps developers can get the tools and knowledge they need in two semesters.
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Kickoff DOC NYC at NYU, June 15
The NYU-SCPS Design, Digital Arts, and Film program is celebrating the launch of the DOC NYC festival at a event on June 15 (@ 6:00 pm) at NYU. The evening will also feature professional networking for DDAF students and alums.
DOC NYC, Nov. 3-7, 2010
DOC NYC is a five-day documentary film festival happening in the fall, curated by NYU-SCPS adjunct Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen, the creative minds behind the popular Stranger Than Fiction series at the IFC Center.
Sign up for the June 15th event at the NYU-SCPS website.
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- New Doc Fest Launches in NYC this November (SCPS News 4/12/10)
- DOC NYC website
- NYU-SCPS Design, Digital Arts, Film program on Facebook
Bjorn Hanson to lead NYU Tisch Center
Bjorn Hanson — widely known in the lodging industry for his economic research and insightful trend reports about the hotel and travel business — will be the new divisional dean of the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, beginning this fall. The “official” announcement happened today at the 2010 NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, covered by Crain’s New York Business (6/7/10).
He succeeds dean Lalia Rach — herself a well-known researcher in the field — who in the past 15 years built the Tisch Center into a leading academic program; Rach will be staying at NYU to teach full time.
Before he joined the faculty at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies in 2008, Hanson had headed up the hospitality, sports, and leisure practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers for nearly 20 years.
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New McGhee Blog
The folks at the NYU-SCPS Paul McGhee Division, our undergraduate division for adult students returning to higher education to complete or begin their degrees, have launched a new blog: The McGhee Messenger.
Read it and stay up-to-date on the latest news about McGhee students, faculty, and programs.
Hotel Fees, Surcharges on the Rise in 2010
Dr. Bjorn Hanson, clinical professor at the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, has released his 2010 trend analysis report on hotel fees and surcharges, and it doesn’t look good for the consumer.
Writers Peter Selgin, Melissa Febos, and Christina Lazaridi Teach “The Craft of the Story” at NYU-SCPS
Noted writers Peter Selgin (Drowning Lessons ), Melissa Febos (Whip Smart), and Christina Lazaridi (the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of One Day Crossing), will be teaching “The Craft of the Story,” an intensive four-day program for beginner and intermediate-level writers covering the fundamentals of storytelling in fiction, memoir, or screenwriting, this summer at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS).
NYU-SCPS has new home in Greenwich Village
This is big news!
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects' design of the new façade at 7 East 12th Street.
After 75 years, the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies will have its own, identifiable home on NYU’s campus, at 7 East 12th Street. The new facility — a 12-story building owned by NYU since 1992 and once Fairchild Publications’ headquarters — will unite the School’s several locations now spread out across the Washington Square area.
The school will now be permanently anchored in three Manhattan locales — in Greenwich Village, Downtown (at the Woolworth building), and Midtown (at 11 West 42nd Street). Classes will happen there, and in other NYU facilities.
After major renovations, the School will begin moving in early summer 2011. The lower floors will have new classrooms, student lounges, and conference rooms, with office space above. The 117,000 square-foot building will house the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management; the Paul McGhee Division (NYU’s adult undergraduate program); the American Language Institute; continuing education programs in the arts, humanities, writing, and foreign languages; and the Dean’s, admissions, and financial aid offices.
Uncovering the hidden job market, part 2
Can’t seem to find a job? Well, maybe you are looking in the wrong places.
- Moderator Nancy Ancowitz
Eighty percent of jobs are NOT posted in job boards or in newspaper classifieds, according to a survey of HR managers last year (read about it here, at CNN.com). This is “the hidden job market.”
What happens when a gay couple tries to have a child? A new musical comedy, The Kid, tells the whole funny, heartwarming tale. Written by longtime NYU-SCPS adjunct professor Michael Zam, the play is based on a true story about sex columnist Dan Savage and his boyfriend.
New Doc Fest Launches in NYC This November
An image provided by DOC NYC.
DOC NYC, New York City’s first and only festival celebrating documentary storytelling, will hold its inaugural festival Wednesday, November 3 – Sunday, November 7, 2010. For its first year, the festival will take place over five days showcasing diverse events, retrospectives, and presentations on photography, prose, and the spoken word. The centerpiece of DOC NYC is a competition of eight documentary films emphasizing World or U.S. Premieres that will take place at the Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, November 3rd. Additional sidebar sections will focus on specific themes and retrospectives.
