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Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by johnzimmerman »

nikcub wrote: post #3

Google 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)

I also heard that tickets will be non-transferrable this year. Last year people were scalping them on eBay and craigslist because of the free hardware that is usually given away.

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by Jun8 »

OK, when I saw this on HN I clicked so hard that I nearly broke my mousepad. Last week I installed a Twitter client just to follow @googleio and to monitor #googleio. I'm really disgusted with myself for being such a fanboy.

Because, when you look at previous years there's not that much that comes out of these that Google then follows up, it looks like a lot of the talks are the pipe dreams of a couple of engineers who want to talk about something cool. And, of course, don't forget the swag, the sweet swag! I think I/O serves more as a PR and recruiting event at this point than a real dev conference.

Like a well-trained hamster I'll still do the coding challenges and even mud wrestle with other applicants for a spot. Because, I think they'll give out the HUD glasses this year.

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by jsvaughan »

Jun8 wrote: post #12

OK, when I saw this on HN I clicked so hard that I nearly broke my mousepad. Last week I installed a Twitter client just to follow @googleio and to monitor #googleio. I'm really disgusted with myself for being such a fanboy. Because, when you look at previous years there's not that much that comes out of these that Google then follows up, it looks like a lot of the talks are the pipe dreams of a couple of engineers w…

My Android@Home device is set-up to flash all the lights in the house as soon as registration opens

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by railsjedi »

nikcub wrote: post #3

Google 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)

Easy solution, registration for the first 2 weeks should only be through a rest api call (whose required params change every day)

Should weed out the cruft

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by stephen »

Note that the Google Developer account on G+ mentioned that they are going to avoid the "registration rush" this year.

Supposedly there will be plenty of time between the I/O registration opening and any deadline, and AFAIK it's not going to be on a first-come, first-serve basis like last year.

So, settle down, no need to stalk their online accounts all hours of the day. :-)

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by tejaswiy »

jsvaughan wrote: post #13
Jun8 wrote: post #12

OK, when I saw this on HN I clicked so hard that I nearly broke my mousepad. Last week I installed a Twitter client just to follow @googleio and to monitor #googleio. I'm really disgusted with myself for being such a fanboy. Because, when you look at previous years there's not that much that comes out of these that Google then follows up, it looks like a lot of the talks are the pipe dreams of a couple of engineers w…

My Android@Home device is set-up to flash all the lights in the house as soon as registration opens

How are you checking for this? Just tweaking the URL to www.google.com/events/io/2012/ ?

I think writing a simple python script that can schedule a push notification to my phone via BoxCar will help.

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by stevejabs »

railsjedi wrote: post #14
nikcub wrote: post #3

Google 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)

Easy solution, registration for the first 2 weeks should only be through a rest api call (whose required params change every day) Should weed out the cruft

Other than you could write a curl statement in all of 2 minutes, post it on HN and then it defeats the purpose of said coding challenge. The smart cruft will get in... they'll just do it by piggy backing on those who do the work and post it online.

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by htilford »

stevejabs wrote: post #17
railsjedi wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Easy solution, registration for the first 2 weeks should only be through a rest api call (whose required params change every day) Should weed out the cruft

Other than you could write a curl statement in all of 2 minutes, post it on HN and then it defeats the purpose of said coding challenge. The smart cruft will get in... they'll just do it by piggy backing on those who do the work and post it online.

They'll always be able to get in. Which isn't a problem. The problem is buisness guys outnumbering technical guys. Reducing their numbers is all that's required.

Re: Google I/O registration is "very soon"

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Post by yellowbkpk »

mdenny wrote: post #19

https://developers.google.com/events/io/ Just went live. Registration will be live and first-come, first-served at 7am PDT on March 27.

... and $900. So much for enticing developers to come. A first come, first served with a much higher price means it's more likely non-developers will come.
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