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This is going to be interesting. There's actually a lot more value in just running a virtual conference like this, because they can now involve so many millions

This is going to be interesting. There's actually a lot more value in just running a virtual conference like this, because they can now involve so many millions of people who wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise. Both Apple's and AWS conference would benefit quite a bit from having all the content online and searchable at leisure. There is that face to face element being lost, but really they should offer more accessible developer evangelists or support staff to everyone anyway.

mnem 7y ago
Apple's recent ones are fairly easy to search (think this goes back to WWDC 2014): https://developer.apple.com/videos/ https://developer.apple.com/videos/ It's neat that you can click on the transcripts to jump to the appropriate place in the videos.
- ken 7y ago
  They have a few videos going back as far as 2012, but not all. There was a great (and still relevant) 2014 video I want to see again but they've taken down most of the videos from that era. Compare: https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2015 https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2015 (103 videos) https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2014 https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2014 (12 videos) I filed a bug once and it was marked "Works as currently designed", whatever that means.
_jal 7y ago
It turns it into a different thing. Would-be attendees lose a lot of value - at least for me, the bulk of the point of conferences is the other attendees, not the scheduled events.
- donarb 7y ago
  I'm thinking that Apple will try to do something a bit different besides just live streaming the conference talks. I agree that being there in person is of great value, but Apple may try to make it more dynamic. Like live Q&A sessions with Apple engineers direct from "classrooms" on the Apple campus. This could make attendees feel like they're having a 1 on 1 conversation rather than one person in a sea of developers.

mnem 7y ago

Apple's recent ones are fairly easy to search (think this goes back to WWDC 2014): https://developer.apple.com/videos/ https://developer.apple.com/videos/ It's neat that you can click on the transcripts to jump to the appropriate place in the videos.

ken 7y ago
They have a few videos going back as far as 2012, but not all. There was a great (and still relevant) 2014 video I want to see again but they've taken down most of the videos from that era. Compare: https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2015 https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2015 (103 videos) https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2014 https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2014 (12 videos) I filed a bug once and it was marked "Works as currently designed", whatever that means.

_jal 7y ago

It turns it into a different thing. Would-be attendees lose a lot of value - at least for me, the bulk of the point of conferences is the other attendees, not the scheduled events.

donarb 7y ago
I'm thinking that Apple will try to do something a bit different besides just live streaming the conference talks. I agree that being there in person is of great value, but Apple may try to make it more dynamic. Like live Q&A sessions with Apple engineers direct from "classrooms" on the Apple campus. This could make attendees feel like they're having a 1 on 1 conversation rather than one person in a sea of developers.