I just returned from a weekend of flights every day – Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Fortunately I’m back in Chengdu and sleeping in my own bed tonight! Here are some photos from the weekend:
Chengdu’s new airport terminal. As you can see, it is gigantic. All of this is new.
This hotel in downtown Beijing literally wraps around a stadium. My room was about a 5 minute walk from the main elevator!
A futuristic shopping mall in Beijing
On Friday afternoon I flew to Beijing to give a presentation at a mobile developers conference at the Shangrila hotel about iOS (iPhone and iPad) app monetization. Why’d I speak there? Our company, Tap4Fun, is officially the highest grossing iOS developer in all of China so far this year. Because of this, a lot of attention is on our development process and business model. We’re conducting interviews on a nearly daily basis (today CCTV was in our office filming). Exciting times.
Here are some photos from my day in Beijing:
Waited in line for 30+ minutes to get a taxi at Beijing International, the biggest airport in the world
The first thing I noticed inside the lobby of the Beijing Shangrila
Meeting with the designer of Jing.fm, a streaming music service that takes Pandora to the next level
Sitting at the front of the lecture hall
The conference featured three lecture halls roughly of equal size, hosting thousands of attendees
Speaking on stage at the conference, Saturday July 7th
Walking through Beijing International Airport and the line to catch a taxi