Paris Buttfield-Addison acts as Senior Producer and Business Manager at Secret Lab, an innovative Hobart-based Mac, Windows, and iPhone game and application development studio. Paris holds a First Class Honours degree in Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on mobile device use and information management, as well as a degree in both early-Medieval and Modern history of Europe. Throughout the past 5 years, Paris has held multiple Apple-funded scholarships through the Apple University Consortium. A frequent speaker and trainer, Paris speaks at the foremost Apple development conference in Australia, /dev/world, on a yearly basis and has presented training on topics ranging from REALbasic, to iPhone Development to 3D Game Development for audiences ranging from high-school to senior citizens to corporate executives.
More recently, Paris, together with business partner Jon Manning, has been engaged to write the book “iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies” together with Neal Goldstein (the successful author of “iPhone Application Development for Dummies”). Paris is an expert developer turned educator and producer, and is particularly fond of the Cocoa and iPhone platforms. He is also currently mid-way through obtaining a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on the use of iPhones.
Jon Manning has been freelancing since high school, and in 2005 came to Objective-C development. Jon’s company, Secret Lab, was one of the first developers on the App Store, with their release of Culture, a puzzle-strategy game that was released on the first day of the store’s launch. Jon currently acts as Chief Technology Officer for Secret Lab.
In addition to development work, Jon is a PhD student at the University of Tasmania, where he researches location-aware mobile social software. Jon has run several Apple development courses, and has presented at the Apple University Consortium’s developer conference for two years running. Jon holds a degree in Computer Science, and First Class Honours in Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on location-aware mobile social software.
Jon specialises in mobile application development and in the design of intuitive, enjoyable user experiences. He is currently co-authoring “iPhone Game Development for Dummies,” along with fellow Secret Lab founder Paris Buttfield-Addision and notable iPhone writer Neal Goldstein, to be published by Wiley in early-2010.
