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Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by mhansen »

moses1400 wrote: post #68

Think about this... Google charges you $900 to attend a conference that they will "teach you" how to build apps that work on their systems which benefit them way more than you. I know Apple charges a developer fee as well. Amazing how this hacker/developer world works - pay for access to their app stores, pay for conferences to learn how to make apps for their app stores, etc.

It's not zero-sum. The devs get a lot out of it, too. All the devs that buy tickets to IO think that IO benefits them more than the $900 they're parting with.

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by Tichy »

samstave wrote: post #87
Tichy wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The parent talked about Apple, not Google. But that post is now deleted.

Actually, I was making a play on words (typos really) where SteveJabs said one thing and I called him out for being the founder of Appel, asking him to be my benefactor. It was poorly received as I dont think people saw that SteveJabs and Appel were both in parody...

No, I understood (also the Appel misspelling).

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by jrockway »

alanh wrote: post #55
fourstar wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? They'll probably give you a phone integrated with Google Wallet, so it'd make sense to have you using it beforehand.

It’s obvious Google wants people to use Wallet, but I would argue it’s indicative of weakness, not strength, to require its usage (as opposed to letting the strength of the product draw people to use it). Similarly, shouldn’t they make us excited to try Google Wallet on these phones, as opposed to forcing us to prepare ahead of time? I mean, if they are still going for a non-evil not-just-another-BigCo vibe.

What system does Google have for collecting money other than Wallet? They're not forcing you to use it because they're trying to push a product -- Wallet is simply the UI for typing in your credit card information.

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by mesh »

karolist wrote: post #44
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?

You can export sprite sheets from animations created in the Adobe Flash authoring tool. There are a number of free third party tools that enable this:

SWFSheet http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2939

Zoe http://gskinner.com/blog/archives/2011/02/zoe-export-swf-ani...

This feature is also being built into the next version of Flash Professional (the authoring tool), with support for export to various JavaScript libraries (such as Easel.JS) for controlling the animation.

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by mesh »

cr4zy wrote: post #25

Looks like no preregistration for past attendees like previous years: https://plus.google.com/111395306401981598462/posts/Ty3M5UDd... Ruben Orduz - +Google Developers No pre-registration for past attendees? Also confirmation about no test for registration would be much appreciated. Google Developers - Just to confirm, registration will be first come, first served on March 27th. We spent a lot of time thinking about t…

I was just able to pre-register (based on past attendance).

Re: Google I/O 2012

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Post by zer0her0 »

Achshar wrote: post #69
moses1400 wrote: post #68

Think about this... Google charges you $900 to attend a conference that they will "teach you" how to build apps that work on their systems which benefit them way more than you. I know Apple charges a developer fee as well. Amazing how this hacker/developer world works - pay for access to their app stores, pay for conferences to learn how to make apps for their app stores, etc.

this amount includes the gadgets that they give to people. last year there were three if i remember correctly. one was for game devs only.

There were bunches of gadgets given out @ every IO, some to everyone, some to attendees of specific talks.

Also, said developers are planning to make money with these new skills, in addition to networking, I think most people find it well worth it or they wouldn't attend.

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