The beautiful Monotype Imaging Posters

The lovely team over at Monotype Imaging have been racking their brains for a very special gift they could give the hack-a-thon winners tomorrow.

More details will follow shortly on the Competitions Page, but we thought you'd like to take a sneak peek...

The first in a series of limited edition prints features the Gill Sans(R) Bold Extra Condensed typeface, available for $200 (about GBP 108) from http://www.monotypefoundation.com . Eric Gill, the British typographer, sculptor and engraver created the design in 1937 as part of the Gill Sans typeface family. Inspired by the sans serif lettering by the calligrapher Edward Johnston in 1916 for the London Underground public transportation system, the Gill Sans typeface has been considered Gill's most enduring legacy to typography. Companies including AT&T and the British Broadcasting Corp. have incorporated the Gill Sans design into their brand identity programs. Gill Sans fonts are also part of the Mac OS(R) X operating system which runs in millions of Macintosh(R) computers.

Five hundred hand-numbered reproductions have been created of the original Gill Sans Bold Extra Condensed drawing, which is stored in an archive at the U.K. headquarters of Monotype Imaging in Salfords. The giclee digital printing process was used to create each 18 x 24 inch print on fine art matte paper. "It's virtually impossible to distinguish the original from the reproduction," said Allan Haley, who serves on the board of directors for the Monotype Foundation. "Gill's pencil titling and initials are visible, as are areas where he made hand-edited corrections. It's fascinating to view such primitive techniques, especially since Gill's typefaces in today's digital world are more popular than ever, 65 years after his death."

A big thanks to Bemoko for building the Mobile Website

For the third year running, the lovely team at Bemoko have built us our very own mobile site where you can put together your own personalised agenda for the event. (Not to be confused with the mobile version of the blog, the widget for which was created by the equally talented and lovely dotMobi team)  There is also a very handy twitter feed, and the full scoop on the Competition. Be sure to check it out at  http://ota.bemoko.com

bemoko are the power behind web developers and digital agencies’ mobile offerings, providing development expertise and leading edge software enabling them to deliver the most advanced, content-rich mobile campaigns and applications available today.

Where agencies once struggled to genuinely deliver a complete and uninhibited mobile experience to their clients, they are now able to confidently attack the market with breathtaking results in a fraction of the time and cost than trying to tackle it alone.
Giving developers the flexibility to use the latest HTML5/CSS3 and javascript capabilities whilst ensuring the site works across all devices and providing a powerful plugin mechanism for third party content means that sites developed on the bemoko platform are not restricted and complex sites from marketing campaigns to full e/m-commerce sites can be easily created.

For companies without the in-house expertise bemoko provide development capabilities which can be fully outsourced or embedded into your team – giving you the resource and expertise to deliver mobile campaigns to your customers when you need it and without the need for heavy investment.

The platform can be downloaded from http://www.bemoko.com and developers resources, including tutorials, can be found at http://bemoko.com/wiki

Alcatel Lucent is the Chill-out Lounge Sponsor at OTA10

We are thrilled to announce that Alcatel Lucent is sponsoring the Chill-out Lounge at Over the Air 2010

Alcatel Lucent have built a developer community to give you a place to share your knowledge, ask questions, build and test great applications, and, ultimately get them noticed so you can make money and find fame. And, as if that weren't enough, you will be joining a new movement to bring together what until recently have been two distant communities: developers who want access to network resources and the service providers who want you to build apps using those services.

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/application_enablement/

Alcatel Lucent at Over the Air

Tapping into the Enterprise Market (Friday @ 12:15 in Huxley 341)

What happens when today's app hype breaks free of web 2.0 and goes mainstream (and by mainstream we mean the enterprise where the real money is)? What do developers need to do differently to build apps for the enterprise? Richard Pulliam - Alcatel-Lucent's primary link between developers and enterprises across several vertical industries -- will lead a highly interactive session (no slides...yay!) to discuss what developers need to know to tap into the enterprise market, what enterprises need to know about working with developers, and who the non-tech companies are that developers most want to build apps around. Additionally, Alcatel-Lucent will give away an iPad to one lucky attendee.

Come and chill-out with us in the Dining Hall on the Ground Floor of Sherfield on Friday evening, from 19:00 until 22:00.

DCKTN is an Events Sponsor of OTA10

We are thrilled to announce that the Digital Communications Knowledge Transfer Network is an Events Sponsor of Over the Air 2010

The Digital Communications Knowledge Transfer Network has been established by an industry-led group of leading players, with funding from the Technology Strategy Board. We seek to bring competitive advantage to the UK by promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing between the users and providers of Digital Communications, and helping to drive innovation in the sector. http://www.dcktn.org

DCKTN at Over the Air

Pitch Workshops (Saturday @ 10:30 in Huxley 343)

DCKTN is pleased to be supporting us in running a Pitch Workshop at this year’s Over The Air which we’re very pleased about indeed.

We have Penny Jackson and David Terrar heading up the workshop and their aim is to help individuals learn how to pitch their mobile product, service or business more effectively whether that's to consumers, clients, partners or investors. It's a two-hour session incorporating lots of hands-on tasks, role-play and discussions and there are just 12 places available. If there is enough interest, we will run two sessions during Over The Air and if there is a lot of interest, we will aim to run further sessions in the coming months via Mobile Monday London and DCKTN.

If you're interested in applying for one of the places at the workshop, please complete this short form to let us know a bit about you and your business and what the best time is for you to attend the workshop: http://bit.ly/OTApitch_workshop