I have been back from WWDC for a little over a week now, but haven’t had a chance to say anything about it or post any pictures. (I will post an explanation shortly)
WWDC (Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, in case you don’t know) was amazing!
This was the first time that I have been able to justify going (it’s not cheap) but man was it great.
I had the chance to meet so many amazing people that I talk to all the time on Twitter, but now I got the chance to meet them in real life.
Besides all the great developers and parties, it was a chance to learn about new and upcoming enhancements to the Mac operating system and the iPhone, as well as learn the best way to do certain things in code, coming from the people that write the language!
Apple also offers what the call labs during WWDC.
Labs allow you to take your code and sit down with an Apple Engineer that works on whatever particular topic you want, and they are there to serve. They will look over code and tell if you how you could have done it better, or they will help you debug an issue you are having, or anything else.
There is so much information flying at you all day that it can be overwhelming at times.
And when the sessions and labs end each day, WWDC does not end….
I have never seen more back to back, double/triple booked parties in my life.
Parties that go until all hours of the morning.
So with sessions and labs all day and parties all night, by midweek you are the walking dead but it doesn’t stop the fun. (and I didn’t even go out every night!)
Around the end of the week Apple throws a big party and this year had the band ‘Cake’ come and perform.
Overall it was a GREAT time and I can’t wait until next year, yet it is always nice to come back home to family as well.
We are talking about Nancy coming along next year and being able to tour San Francisco while I am in the sessions.
My WWDC 09 Photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdbdallas/sets/72157620059169940/
