Google I/O registration is "very soon"
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Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#2Hmm, didn't Google announce when the registration was going to open last year?
EDIT: I say this because I have a meeting coming up very soon. It'd be a disaster if the registration opens in the next few minutes and finishes before my meeting's done.
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#3Google said last year that registration would now require a programming challenge. I hope they follow through with this because developer conferences have been over-run with non-developers.
Technical talks are presented to half empty rooms, developers miss out on tickets and have to watch later online while the hallways are full of business people (got nothing against y'all, but there are plenty of other conferences)
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#4Google said last year that registration would now require a programming challenge. I hope they follow through with this because developer conferences have been over-run with non-developers. Technical talks are presented to half empty rooms, developers miss out on tickets and have to watch later online while the hallways are full of business people (got nothing against y'all, but there are plenty of other conferences)
Many of the sessions that I attended last year at io were packed. Hopefully the additional day helps alleviate this.
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#5I just hope they have a presale for prior years attendees like they did last year. Last year they opened registration 2 weeks early for people who had attended I/O since its inception, and then one week early for 2010 attendees.
Buying an academic ticket in 2010 meant I did not get in on the 2011 presale and barely squeaked by at registration. Did not buy an academic ticket in 2011, so hopefully that counts for something come registration time.
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#6Google said last year that registration would now require a programming challenge. I hope they follow through with this because developer conferences have been over-run with non-developers. Technical talks are presented to half empty rooms, developers miss out on tickets and have to watch later online while the hallways are full of business people (got nothing against y'all, but there are plenty of other conferences)
Many of the sessions that I attended last year at io were packed. Hopefully the additional day helps alleviate this.
Yeah, there were more than a few instances when I would try to attend a session and got turned away at the door because the room was at capacity.
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#7I just hope they have a presale for prior years attendees like they did last year. Last year they opened registration 2 weeks early for people who had attended I/O since its inception, and then one week early for 2010 attendees. Buying an academic ticket in 2010 meant I did not get in on the 2011 presale and barely squeaked by at registration. Did not buy an academic ticket in 2011, so hopefully that counts for somet…
I hope not. Not all of us were lucky enough to attend I/O the past few years. I don't think it's somehow fair that previous attendees continue to get a leg up over the rest of us.
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#8Google said last year that registration would now require a programming challenge. I hope they follow through with this because developer conferences have been over-run with non-developers. Technical talks are presented to half empty rooms, developers miss out on tickets and have to watch later online while the hallways are full of business people (got nothing against y'all, but there are plenty of other conferences)
Many of the sessions that I attended last year at io were packed. Hopefully the additional day helps alleviate this.
My experience is from a couple of years ago because I missed out on a ticket last year (I am not very good at having to do something at a very specific date and time).
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#9I just hope they have a presale for prior years attendees like they did last year. Last year they opened registration 2 weeks early for people who had attended I/O since its inception, and then one week early for 2010 attendees. Buying an academic ticket in 2010 meant I did not get in on the 2011 presale and barely squeaked by at registration. Did not buy an academic ticket in 2011, so hopefully that counts for somet…
I hope not. Not all of us were lucky enough to attend I/O the past few years. I don't think it's somehow fair that previous attendees continue to get a leg up over the rest of us.
Historically, they've always made a big deal about repeat attendees (better seating, better shirts, etc.) to encourage people to return habitually.
It's going to be hard to be a repeat attendee if you have to fight for tickets in the middle of a workday.
Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"
#10Hmm, didn't Google announce when the registration was going to open last year? EDIT: I say this because I have a meeting coming up very soon. It'd be a disaster if the registration opens in the next few minutes and finishes before my meeting's done.
I'd be surprised if they just opened the floodgates without warning, though the article does seem to imply that.