Comments on: WWDC: A First-Timer’s Thoughts http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/ Home of Lexmee and other surprises Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:10:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Weekly Update #3 « Retro Dreamer Blog http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-2/#comment-12806 Weekly Update #3 « Retro Dreamer Blog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:03:44 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12806 [...] hopefully attending myself will be viable next time around. Both articles are from first timers, Hidden Elephant, and Owen Goss, sounds like they both had a lot of [...] [...] hopefully attending myself will be viable next time around. Both articles are from first timers, Hidden Elephant, and Owen Goss, sounds like they both had a lot of [...]

]]> By: Streaming Colour Studios » Blog Archive » My WWDC Impressions http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-12804 Streaming Colour Studios » Blog Archive » My WWDC Impressions Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:34:04 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12804 [...] wrote up his WWDC impressions at his blog, and I agree with him when he says, just introduce yourself to people in the sessions or at [...] [...] wrote up his WWDC impressions at his blog, and I agree with him when he says, just introduce yourself to people in the sessions or at [...]

]]> By: Serban http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-12803 Serban Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:04:02 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12803 Frank, I actually had a similar problem at one of the labs. There seemed to be only one person at the conference that knew anything about what I needed and he was M.I.A. for about an hour. That was very frustrating. There was another gentleman waiting for the same Apple engineer so I introduced myself and we sat down and tried to help each other out. Sometimes you're going to feel like you're getting the runaround in the labs. Don't give up, be nice to the Apple folks you interact with even though they might not reciprocate, and ask someone else. Eventually, you'll find the person you're looking for. It's important to be persistent. Remember, you just paid a large amount of cash to be at WWDC. Frank, I actually had a similar problem at one of the labs. There seemed to be only one person at the conference that knew anything about what I needed and he was M.I.A. for about an hour. That was very frustrating. There was another gentleman waiting for the same Apple engineer so I introduced myself and we sat down and tried to help each other out.

Sometimes you’re going to feel like you’re getting the runaround in the labs. Don’t give up, be nice to the Apple folks you interact with even though they might not reciprocate, and ask someone else. Eventually, you’ll find the person you’re looking for. It’s important to be persistent. Remember, you just paid a large amount of cash to be at WWDC.

]]> By: Bill DeVoe http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-12802 Bill DeVoe Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:01:19 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12802 Thanks for the review! I've been to many Microsoft dev conferences and found many of the same things there: a preponderance of "this technology is cool and you should use it even it makes no sense to do so" and the simple examples that don't go into details on the problems you're going to experience. I wasn't able to go this year, but am seriously considering going next year, so I appreciate the advice and the info. :) And thanks to Frank Szczerba for pointing out that you may need to just find the "right" Apple engineer to resolve your problems. :) That's some good info! Thanks for the review! I’ve been to many Microsoft dev conferences and found many of the same things there: a preponderance of “this technology is cool and you should use it even it makes no sense to do so” and the simple examples that don’t go into details on the problems you’re going to experience. I wasn’t able to go this year, but am seriously considering going next year, so I appreciate the advice and the info. :)
And thanks to Frank Szczerba for pointing out that you may need to just find the “right” Apple engineer to resolve your problems. :) That’s some good info!

]]> By: Frank Szczerba http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-12801 Frank Szczerba Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:40:38 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12801 Great post. I agree with everything except the keynote. If you're coming from the east coast (like me) or Europe then it's easy to get up early enough to get in line inside with coffee (albeit Moscone coffee), WiFi, and thousands of interesting people all excited about the week ahead. If you're coming from the west coast or Asia, then you probably do just want to sleep in though. As far as the labs go, my problem was trying to find someone from Apple who actually knew more about the technology than I did (and I've only been doing this for a couple of months). However, when I found those people, it was well worth it. Just be prepared to spend some time looking for the right Apple engineer. Great post. I agree with everything except the keynote. If you’re coming from the east coast (like me) or Europe then it’s easy to get up early enough to get in line inside with coffee (albeit Moscone coffee), WiFi, and thousands of interesting people all excited about the week ahead.

If you’re coming from the west coast or Asia, then you probably do just want to sleep in though.

As far as the labs go, my problem was trying to find someone from Apple who actually knew more about the technology than I did (and I’ve only been doing this for a couple of months). However, when I found those people, it was well worth it. Just be prepared to spend some time looking for the right Apple engineer.

]]> By: PJ Cabrera http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-12800 PJ Cabrera Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:27:14 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12800 Hi Serban, I think for the keynote, it boils down to this: it's gonna be on video later that afternoon. Don't be a tool. Sleep in. Hi Serban,

I think for the keynote, it boils down to this: it’s gonna be on video later that afternoon. Don’t be a tool. Sleep in.

]]> By: Jake Behrens http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/2009/06/27/wwdc-a-first-timers-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-12798 Jake Behrens Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:32:03 +0000 http://hiddenelephant.com/blog/?p=256#comment-12798 Great overview of what to expect. My plans to go fell through this year, so I'm dead set on going next year. This gives me a little more info of what I'm in store for from what I've already gathered. Thanks! Great overview of what to expect. My plans to go fell through this year, so I’m dead set on going next year. This gives me a little more info of what I’m in store for from what I’ve already gathered. Thanks!

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