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Tickets for WWDC 2013 Sell Out in Two Minutes
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I'm sorry this happened to you. Apple is trying and I think there will be more than just videos because the ADC page says this :
"However, you will still be able to take advantage of great WWDC content. Stay tuned for exciting announcements on videos and more".
>> Next year the tickets will be gone before they even go on sale. 
Hahaha, what will have happened to them !
Hahaha, what will have happened to them !
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You're on crack... there's no photo on the badge. You can physically hand the badge to someone else to use no problems.
Our enthusiasm isn't "gone" it's just that given all Apple does to maintain high-quality customer support in their stores and online support presence (which I think is some of the best out there in the retail space), you'd think that they would grow their developer support initiatives to reflect the growing developer demand.
We're big boys and I wasn't whining as much as venting my frustration about said lack of expansion in events like this one that are geared towards educating and enriching their developer base vs. the usual convention schlock that's just about "Developers! Developers! Developers!" grand standing and indoctrination.
Chances are we're both going to still go to the event and I'll just work some connections to get the business meetings I was hoping to get from the inside via LinkedIn, FB and Google+ networks.
Or we'll sell our ticket on a scalping site and make a 400%-500% profit on it... hehe.
Based on what I'm seeing on Twitter, we're not alone — I'm a first-time attending developer, and I was starting to get worried.
Edit: oh crap, I haven't updated my signature in probably 5-6 years, I gotta fix that.
Absooooooo fk'n lutely
If your a hard core Apple developer you need to go there for the gestalt of it.
If your a hard core Apple developer you need to go there for the gestalt of it.
Yes it's worth it.
Yes. I've been to several. There are others sort of like it (Google I/O for example, which also sold out this year in what, seven minutes or something?) but the concentration of bright people in a confined space is stimulating. And the dealmaking 'parties' taking place Monday through Wednesday around Moscone make it a worthwhile trip to San Francisco for some who don't even have a ticket to get in to the conference.
The sessions themselves are available on video and worth checking out even a year or three after the fact: multilingual lexical parsing; parallelization of tasks using the GPU; design techniques for user interaction, server and client data storage strategies... I mean, it's math, social sciences, physics, art & design, music, and more. It's exhausting and stimulating. The keynote, lunchtime talks (JJ Abrams, LeVar Burton, and others last year) and the Bash are just fun.
The $1600 for a week's conference like this is a bargain.
Yes. I've been to several. There are others sort of like it (Google I/O for example, which also sold out this year in what, seven minutes or something?) but the concentration of bright people in a confined space is stimulating. And the dealmaking 'parties' taking place Monday through Wednesday around Moscone make it a worthwhile trip to San Francisco for some who don't even have a ticket to get in to the conference.
The sessions themselves are available on video and worth checking out even a year or three after the fact: multilingual lexical parsing; parallelization of tasks using the GPU; design techniques for user interaction, server and client data storage strategies... I mean, it's math, social sciences, physics, art & design, music, and more. It's exhausting and stimulating. The keynote, lunchtime talks (JJ Abrams, LeVar Burton, and others last year) and the Bash are just fun.
The $1600 for a week's conference like this is a bargain.
Not exactly true....
Last year:
1) There was NO photo on it.
2) The purchaser needs to show up and check in.
3) After that they do not check IDs each morning to make sure they match at least not for most things. They might for the keynote, can't remember. But since I got the ticket Im going to be the one going.
4) But last year we ran into a bunch of people sharing tickets....
So ... can't say for sure they won't check ids each and every day this year, but they didn't last year.
Last year:
1) There was NO photo on it.
2) The purchaser needs to show up and check in.
3) After that they do not check IDs each morning to make sure they match at least not for most things. They might for the keynote, can't remember. But since I got the ticket Im going to be the one going.
4) But last year we ran into a bunch of people sharing tickets....
So ... can't say for sure they won't check ids each and every day this year, but they didn't last year.
WWDC future
As a long time Developer, I have watched and attended WWDC through the years. As a member of the old guard (since 84) that has been developing on the Mac platform (and now iOS) for years, I can tell you that WWDC is the highlight of the year for me, but increasingly I have been unable to go due to quick sellout or failing to convince a boss that time spent 1-on-1 with an Apple engineer will actually save the company money, time, etc. As a consultant, this becomes increasingly problematic, when working with an all PC shop and being the sole engineer responsible for porting and developing for the Mac/iOS for a division of a very large multinational company.
With the increase of developers attending WWDC, it is becoming harder and harder to get a ticket. I brought this up to Steve 2 years ago in an email, that a change of venue or something needed to be done. I am glad that Apple gave notice this year when tickets would be sold, but being sold out in mins should indicate that something more needs to be done in the future.
Apple is far more healthy than it was years ago, with Mac/iOS developers, not simple being sidelined as non-material to the overall bottom-line to a company. However, videos can only go so far.
I hope that Apple is able to address this in the future.
cc: Tim Cook
As a long time Developer, I have watched and attended WWDC through the years. As a member of the old guard (since 84) that has been developing on the Mac platform (and now iOS) for years, I can tell you that WWDC is the highlight of the year for me, but increasingly I have been unable to go due to quick sellout or failing to convince a boss that time spent 1-on-1 with an Apple engineer will actually save the company money, time, etc. As a consultant, this becomes increasingly problematic, when working with an all PC shop and being the sole engineer responsible for porting and developing for the Mac/iOS for a division of a very large multinational company.
With the increase of developers attending WWDC, it is becoming harder and harder to get a ticket. I brought this up to Steve 2 years ago in an email, that a change of venue or something needed to be done. I am glad that Apple gave notice this year when tickets would be sold, but being sold out in mins should indicate that something more needs to be done in the future.
Apple is far more healthy than it was years ago, with Mac/iOS developers, not simple being sidelined as non-material to the overall bottom-line to a company. However, videos can only go so far.
I hope that Apple is able to address this in the future.
cc: Tim Cook
More of a social-ish loner... Basically a geek, but not a nerd
As far as meeting other developers, that can be done outside of Frisco at home too. I have a good network of colleagues and friends that I push ideas and questions (and provide answers too).
I guess my question should have be more like: is 1600+travel+hotel worth it.
Right.....
Exactly.... yo Bagel, your not exactly batting 1000 here, perhaps you should jus sit down. If you doubt what we say... and if as you say you actually attended one of these things you would know there are no photos on them. If you doubt that try googling wwdc badges and looking at the images. You'll find some showing them back for the last 10 years.. not one had a photo.
Exactly.... yo Bagel, your not exactly batting 1000 here, perhaps you should jus sit down. If you doubt what we say... and if as you say you actually attended one of these things you would know there are no photos on them. If you doubt that try googling wwdc badges and looking at the images. You'll find some showing them back for the last 10 years.. not one had a photo.
Yep, I have the same problem with my heart beating the same old way day after day. Totally boaring.
Hey... I'm just stating our experience and frustration at how this is handled by Apple, no need to be juvenile about it. Wasn't whining or saying that we're going to halt all of our Apple development because of this experience.
If anything this just bolsters our belief that we're working in a market that is still growing by leaps and bounds and the time and money we invest in such is worth it.
I just wish Apple would figure out that they have a much larger developer audience to support and actually put an effort into recognizing that through making a more supportive and accessible event, as per my first two suggestions.
Are you kidding me? Are you saying he is "promoting" StackOverflow?
Do you know what StackOverflow is? Obviously not.
StackOverflow is a website that pretty much every single developer has visited in their lifetime, and probably at least once a week. For developers, it is more common to search StackOverflow before searching Google. (I do admit I always use Google to find SO pages)
Apple is still doomed. Damn 2 minutes, hope this will be an amazing wwdc. Wonder whats gonna steal the show this time... Last year it was the rMBP.
I don't understand how anyone would spend $720 a year on a telephone, I'd use that money for something better. But hey, what do I know. Priorities right?