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- No free stuff.
- A registration site not subcontracted out to a third party who sets up a Cold Fusion application to handle ticketing.
- Dedicated press passes for the keynotes so that reporters/bloggers et al don't clog up the rest of the conference (this one may already be true, I'm unclear).
The state of the registration system last year was shameful for a company that makes the lion's share of its revenue from the web.
I hope they stop giving away free stuff.
I agree. Maybe they should limit it to a single item, e.g., "the latest nexus dev phone" or "$300 of AppEngine credits." Maybe then, the tickets wouldn't sell out within the first 45 mins (a good thing for developers who really want to go learn and network).
Wishlist: - No free stuff. - A registration site not subcontracted out to a third party who sets up a Cold Fusion application to handle ticketing. - Dedicated press passes for the keynotes so that reporters/bloggers et al don't clog up the rest of the conference (this one may already be true, I'm unclear). The state of the registration system last year was shameful for a company that makes the lion's share of its rev…
It's great that the dates are known. Indie devs can book flights and hotels to visit San Francisco regardless of whether they have an I/O ticket or not. If they don't get a ticket they can organise their week around other events e.g. work at coworking spaces, attend tech events, meet friends, some sight-seeing etc. Companies could arrange a similar schedule for their employees. Just being in San Francisco to network…
Do not book your flights yet. Remember Google IO 2012... they announced some dates, then a few months later they changed the dates of the event (shifted it a few weeks later). Be careful when you book flights until they officially put tickets on sale. EDIT: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/10/save-date-for-google-... initially announced on Oct 17, 2011. Changed on November 28, 2011. Dates of the event shifted from…
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I agree. Maybe they should limit it to a single item, e.g., "the latest nexus dev phone" or "$300 of AppEngine credits." Maybe then, the tickets wouldn't sell out within the first 45 mins (a good thing for developers who really want to go learn and network).
The 45 minute sell out implies that people had 45 minutes to book. However, as we know, the site was slammed immediately and it took 45 minutes for Google to fall over itself trying to process. It was effectively sold out immediately.
I don't see a point in releasing the dates 6 months before the event. I think we all know the approximate dates. It's not like you can block those dates and go out purchasing flights and hotel. Nothing is for sure until a pass is bought. And something tells me they are already sold out. One thing I noticed is they released a hash #io13 to follow on Google+, may be they are just pushing us to use Google+.
There is really no reason for them to change it. There are hundreds of thousands of people interested and a few seats. They'll sell out and be the dominant search engine regardless. Sadly that leaves it more luck of the draw than anything else.
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I would say that the biggest barrier to that is Chrome OS. Or, rather, where in the market Android stops and Chrome OS starts.
My opinion regarding this is that Chrome OS is now ready to be ported to Android. All of Google's flagship devices now ship Chrome instead of 'Browser' and afaik Chromebooks are all ARM now (although Android is cross architecture)
Wishlist: - No free stuff. - A registration site not subcontracted out to a third party who sets up a Cold Fusion application to handle ticketing. - Dedicated press passes for the keynotes so that reporters/bloggers et al don't clog up the rest of the conference (this one may already be true, I'm unclear). The state of the registration system last year was shameful for a company that makes the lion's share of its rev…