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Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by zach »

walexander wrote: post #9
vibrunazo wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't the free phones pay for it? I'd suppose those early limited edition devices are worth more than the ticket.

The freebies last year (Galaxy Tab 10.1, Chromebook, verizon hotspot) more than outweighed the ticket price and airfare. Depending on which session you went to (which meant more freebies - arduino kits, more phones, etc), you could make a solid profit off a trip to I/O. I'm curious at $900 of just how much they plan to give out this time.

Yeah, you figure at that price they're going to give out heads-up display glasses or something ridiculously cool like that. That was my first thought, anyway.

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by rdl »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #37
rdl wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What non-industry rich person would actually want to attend? (maybe a few non-devs in law or vc, but you already get non-devs from tech companies) There are plenty of rich tech people. If I were worth >$100mm, and couldn't get in on the drop, I'd probably be ok donating $10k (well, moving another charitable contribution for the year up to this) for a ticket. I don't think Jay-Z is likely to want to attend.

That makes sense. But as this is such an important event for developers I don't think anyone should be given preference - especially based on how much money they have to spend. It's great to give money to charity but it's not something anyone should be given preference for.

I suspect sufficiently "important" people can already get a pass, through backdoor requests to Google. This would at least turn it into a positive externality. (although I suppose in the "google gives a pass to Friends of Google, it gives some benefit to Google to be able to confer special access).

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by siculars »

Academic price:

2010 $100

2011 $150

2012 $300

I mean, hey, I'm not complaining but wow. Take a look at that inflation. I only mention it because when I was forced to sign up for Google Wallet they presented me a list of my transaction history. And there it was staring me in the face in all its inflationary glory. Maybe they will mandate that people must wear only Googly colors or use their gmail emails to sign up... Oh, right.

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by karolist »

henryl wrote: post #32

Anyone have a guess as to why they use a jpg sprite instead of an animated gif for the bouncing orb? Is it just a color space thing?

OT: what tools allow automatic sprite generation based on object movement such as this?

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by devnul3 »

Tichy wrote: post #19
[deleted] wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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They didn't get rich by giving stuff away.

2010 - http://www.google.com/events/io/2010/gift-faq.html 2011 - http://androidandme.com/2011/05/carriers/verizon/samsung-and...

Apparently, they did get rich by giving stuff away...

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by thekieran »

mrpollo wrote: post #14

might be nothing but i found traces of "vipcode" on the javascript of the building game here: https://developers.google.com/events/io/input-output/ code here: https://developers.google.com/js/script_foot.js search for "vipcode"

digging through that stuff, if anyone does get to register at least we know he or she will get a shirt

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by ben1040 »

siculars wrote: post #43

Academic price: 2010 $100 2011 $150 2012 $300 I mean, hey, I'm not complaining but wow. Take a look at that inflation. I only mention it because when I was forced to sign up for Google Wallet they presented me a list of my transaction history. And there it was staring me in the face in all its inflationary glory. Maybe they will mandate that people must wear only Googly colors or use their gmail emails to sign up...…

$50 increase, every year, but it was a 2-day conference. So add 50% to account for it being 50% longer, and you get $300. Seems to make sense.

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by mnisjk »

I will be a full time student when registration opens, but will have graduated by the time the event happens. Does anyone have experience checking in with a student ticket? As long as my student ID hasn't expired will I be OK?

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by meta »

justinsb wrote: post #28
krosaen wrote: post #23

MVP? https://developers.google.com/events/io/input-output/ahNzfmd... edit: looks like you might need to open up in incognito to go straight to the machine I built (2 parts)

Nice idea. I built a one part device. Sadly it looks like there's a bug in Google's saving code, so there's an extra (completely unnecessary) wall. https://developers.google.com/events/io/input-output/ahNzfmd... If you're going to share your output, make sure that what you're sharing is what you saved! Edit: And on top of that, it depends on your screen size. Hopefully the registration system doesn't have as many pro…

It also appears to have a random? element with regards to ball behaviour. Each run of this https://developers.google.com/events/io/input-output/ahNzfmd... ends up different. Sometimes it hits the wall, sometimes goes over it and sometimes it makes in into the output. (should be two items on your screen - resize until you see a Track and a Wall)

Seems difficult to design and share if ball behaviour changes run to run. Unless that is part of the point - simulating real world user input ;)

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by guelo »

rdl wrote: post #26

I wish they'd take a small number of tickets (10? 100?) and auction them off, with the surplus over retail price going to charity. In general I think all sold out/exclusive events should do this kind of thing; it raises hype, makes the people who get a ticket for normal price feel like they got a deal, and helps the charity. Anyone willing to spend e.g. $10k of their own or a company's money to attend is likely to ha…

This already happens through craigslist and ticket brokers, without the charity piece.
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