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Google I/O registration is "very soon"

29 points by 11031a 15y ago

tejaswiy 15y ago
Hmm, didn't Google announce when the registration was going to open last year? EDIT: I say this because I have a meeting coming up very soon. It'd be a disaster if the registration opens in the next few minutes and finishes before my meeting's done.
- bsimpson 15y ago
  I'd be surprised if they just opened the floodgates without warning, though the article does seem to imply that.
- BHSPitMonkey 15y ago
  It's been announced as opening on March 27. Source: https://developers.google.com/events/io/register https://developers.google.com/events/io/register
nikcub 15y ago
Google said last year that registration would now require a programming challenge. I hope they follow through with this because developer conferences have been over-run with non-developers. Technical talks are presented to half empty rooms, developers miss out on tickets and have to watch later online while the hallways are full of business people (got nothing against y'all, but there are plenty of other conferences)
- ryanhuff 15y ago
  Many of the sessions that I attended last year at io were packed. Hopefully the additional day helps alleviate this.
  - ben1040 15y ago
    Yeah, there were more than a few instances when I would try to attend a session and got turned away at the door because the room was at capacity.
  - nikcub 15y ago
    My experience is from a couple of years ago because I missed out on a ticket last year (I am not very good at having to do something at a very specific date and time).
- johnzimmerman 15y ago
  I also heard that tickets will be non-transferrable this year. Last year people were scalping them on eBay and craigslist because of the free hardware that is usually given away.
- railsjedi 15y ago
  Easy solution, registration for the first 2 weeks should only be through a rest api call (whose required params change every day) Should weed out the cruft
  - stevejabs 15y ago
    Other than you could write a curl statement in all of 2 minutes, post it on HN and then it defeats the purpose of said coding challenge. The smart cruft will get in... they'll just do it by piggy backing on those who do the work and post it online.
    - htilford 15y ago
      They'll always be able to get in. Which isn't a problem. The problem is buisness guys outnumbering technical guys. Reducing their numbers is all that's required.
      - saurik 15y ago
        A key problem with Google I/O is that they give you enough free stuff while you are there to pay you back for the price of the ticket multiple times over: this pricing arbitrage creates miserable incentives, and causes a lot of people to register for the conference for the sole purpose of being able to obtain free stuff, after which they either immediately ditch or scalp their ticket.
        ryanhuff 15y ago
        It looks like they upped the price. We will see if it influences demand.
        saurik 15y ago
        Yes; however, the result is still less than the resale value of the equipment they gave everyone for free last year (especially if you went to the talk that gave away the Xperia Play): what they really need to do is not make the conference a net-negative "cost" to attend.
- rhplus 15y ago
  "You will need Google+ to register and Google Wallet to pay." Perhaps this requirement will do a first pass at filtering out non-developers.
ben1040 15y ago
I just hope they have a presale for prior years attendees like they did last year. Last year they opened registration 2 weeks early for people who had attended I/O since its inception, and then one week early for 2010 attendees. Buying an academic ticket in 2010 meant I did not get in on the 2011 presale and barely squeaked by at registration. Did not buy an academic ticket in 2011, so hopefully that counts for something come registration time.
- bentlegen 15y ago
  I hope not. Not all of us were lucky enough to attend I/O the past few years. I don't think it's somehow fair that previous attendees continue to get a leg up over the rest of us.
  - bsimpson 15y ago
    Historically, they've always made a big deal about repeat attendees (better seating, better shirts, etc.) to encourage people to return habitually. It's going to be hard to be a repeat attendee if you have to fight for tickets in the middle of a workday.
Jun8 15y ago
OK, when I saw this on HN I clicked so hard that I nearly broke my mousepad. Last week I installed a Twitter client just to follow @googleio and to monitor #googleio. I'm really disgusted with myself for being such a fanboy. Because, when you look at previous years there's not that much that comes out of these that Google then follows up, it looks like a lot of the talks are the pipe dreams of a couple of engineers who want to talk about something cool. And, of course, don't forget the swag, the sweet swag! I think I/O serves more as a PR and recruiting event at this point than a real dev conference. Like a well-trained hamster I'll still do the coding challenges and even mud wrestle with other applicants for a spot. Because, I think they'll give out the HUD glasses this year.
- jsvaughan 15y ago
  My Android@Home device is set-up to flash all the lights in the house as soon as registration opens
  - tejaswiy 15y ago
    How are you checking for this? Just tweaking the URL to www.google.com/events/io/2012/ ? I think writing a simple python script that can schedule a push notification to my phone via BoxCar will help.
stephen 15y ago
Note that the Google Developer account on G+ mentioned that they are going to avoid the "registration rush" this year. Supposedly there will be plenty of time between the I/O registration opening and any deadline, and AFAIK it's not going to be on a first-come, first-serve basis like last year. So, settle down, no need to stalk their online accounts all hours of the day. :-)
- stephen 15y ago
  ...damn, I was wrong: https://developers.google.com/events/io/register https://developers.google.com/events/io/register
mdenny 15y ago
https://developers.google.com/events/io/ https://developers.google.com/events/io/ Just went live. Registration will be live and first-come, first-served at 7am PDT on March 27.
- yellowbkpk 15y ago
  ... and $900. So much for enticing developers to come. A first come, first served with a much higher price means it's more likely non-developers will come.
MatthewPhillips 15y ago
I'm going to Backbone conf instead.

29 points by 11031a 15y ago

Hmm, didn't Google announce when the registration was going to open last year? EDIT: I say this because I have a meeting coming up very soon. It'd be a disaster if the registration opens in the next few minutes and finishes before my meeting's done.

bsimpson 15y ago
I'd be surprised if they just opened the floodgates without warning, though the article does seem to imply that.
BHSPitMonkey 15y ago
It's been announced as opening on March 27. Source: https://developers.google.com/events/io/register https://developers.google.com/events/io/register

nikcub 15y ago

Google said last year that registration would now require a programming challenge. I hope they follow through with this because developer conferences have been over-run with non-developers. Technical talks are presented to half empty rooms, developers miss out on tickets and have to watch later online while the hallways are full of business people (got nothing against y'all, but there are plenty of other conferences)

ryanhuff 15y ago
Many of the sessions that I attended last year at io were packed. Hopefully the additional day helps alleviate this.
- ben1040 15y ago
  Yeah, there were more than a few instances when I would try to attend a session and got turned away at the door because the room was at capacity.
- nikcub 15y ago
  My experience is from a couple of years ago because I missed out on a ticket last year (I am not very good at having to do something at a very specific date and time).
johnzimmerman 15y ago
I also heard that tickets will be non-transferrable this year. Last year people were scalping them on eBay and craigslist because of the free hardware that is usually given away.
railsjedi 15y ago
Easy solution, registration for the first 2 weeks should only be through a rest api call (whose required params change every day) Should weed out the cruft
- stevejabs 15y ago
  Other than you could write a curl statement in all of 2 minutes, post it on HN and then it defeats the purpose of said coding challenge. The smart cruft will get in... they'll just do it by piggy backing on those who do the work and post it online.
  - htilford 15y ago
    They'll always be able to get in. Which isn't a problem. The problem is buisness guys outnumbering technical guys. Reducing their numbers is all that's required.
    - saurik 15y ago
      A key problem with Google I/O is that they give you enough free stuff while you are there to pay you back for the price of the ticket multiple times over: this pricing arbitrage creates miserable incentives, and causes a lot of people to register for the conference for the sole purpose of being able to obtain free stuff, after which they either immediately ditch or scalp their ticket.
      - ryanhuff 15y ago
        It looks like they upped the price. We will see if it influences demand.
        saurik 15y ago
        Yes; however, the result is still less than the resale value of the equipment they gave everyone for free last year (especially if you went to the talk that gave away the Xperia Play): what they really need to do is not make the conference a net-negative "cost" to attend.
rhplus 15y ago
"You will need Google+ to register and Google Wallet to pay." Perhaps this requirement will do a first pass at filtering out non-developers.

ben1040 15y ago

I just hope they have a presale for prior years attendees like they did last year. Last year they opened registration 2 weeks early for people who had attended I/O since its inception, and then one week early for 2010 attendees. Buying an academic ticket in 2010 meant I did not get in on the 2011 presale and barely squeaked by at registration. Did not buy an academic ticket in 2011, so hopefully that counts for something come registration time.

bentlegen 15y ago
I hope not. Not all of us were lucky enough to attend I/O the past few years. I don't think it's somehow fair that previous attendees continue to get a leg up over the rest of us.
- bsimpson 15y ago
  Historically, they've always made a big deal about repeat attendees (better seating, better shirts, etc.) to encourage people to return habitually. It's going to be hard to be a repeat attendee if you have to fight for tickets in the middle of a workday.

Jun8 15y ago

OK, when I saw this on HN I clicked so hard that I nearly broke my mousepad. Last week I installed a Twitter client just to follow @googleio and to monitor #googleio. I'm really disgusted with myself for being such a fanboy. Because, when you look at previous years there's not that much that comes out of these that Google then follows up, it looks like a lot of the talks are the pipe dreams of a couple of engineers who want to talk about something cool. And, of course, don't forget the swag, the sweet swag! I think I/O serves more as a PR and recruiting event at this point than a real dev conference. Like a well-trained hamster I'll still do the coding challenges and even mud wrestle with other applicants for a spot. Because, I think they'll give out the HUD glasses this year.

jsvaughan 15y ago
My Android@Home device is set-up to flash all the lights in the house as soon as registration opens
- tejaswiy 15y ago
  How are you checking for this? Just tweaking the URL to www.google.com/events/io/2012/ ? I think writing a simple python script that can schedule a push notification to my phone via BoxCar will help.

stephen 15y ago

Note that the Google Developer account on G+ mentioned that they are going to avoid the "registration rush" this year. Supposedly there will be plenty of time between the I/O registration opening and any deadline, and AFAIK it's not going to be on a first-come, first-serve basis like last year. So, settle down, no need to stalk their online accounts all hours of the day. :-)

stephen 15y ago
...damn, I was wrong: https://developers.google.com/events/io/register https://developers.google.com/events/io/register

mdenny 15y ago

https://developers.google.com/events/io/ https://developers.google.com/events/io/ Just went live. Registration will be live and first-come, first-served at 7am PDT on March 27.

yellowbkpk 15y ago
... and $900. So much for enticing developers to come. A first come, first served with a much higher price means it's more likely non-developers will come.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago

I'm going to Backbone conf instead.