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Google I/O 2013
- tomkinstinch 14y agoI'd like to go, but I am working at a seed stage company and don't have $900 to blow on conference tickets. Sadly, I'm not a student now either. No breaks for poor programmers?
- 27182818284 14y agoHigh priced tickets to any tech event kind of bug me. I just don't get it. I've always hated the trend of calling developers "rockstars" and I hate the trend of tech conferences being like rockstar concerts
- eliben 14y agoSupply and demand is a simple process, really. You set tickets to price X and you get 10 times as many people wanting to attend than you have seats. What do you do next year? Lottery? Beauty contest? It's logical to raise the price in such a case. I don't think this is restricted to tech conferences. Unlike rock concerts though, it's hard to imagine Google is trying to actually make money from I/O tickets.
- mmahemoff 14y agoNot to agree with GP, but I'm not big on this analogy. It's assuming Google's goal here is to maximise ticket sales, but reaching the developer community is worth much more than cashing in on ticket sales. Google's not in the business of charging high prices for developer education. I believe Google's trying to recoup most or all of the cost, which must be high if they're subsidising the gadget giveaways.
- okamiueru 14y agoThe only problem is that they are giving out products which surpasses the ticket prices. People (with less money) genuinely interested in the development talks, establishing connections, getting to know fellow developers and have interesting conversations, would be a second rank citizen to the "tech enthusiast" with a lot of money to spend.
- timrichard 14y ago:-) Good summary.... It does seem swamped by the swag hunters. I've found that the I/O Extended event works out well... They hold them in many countries now, and live stream the keynotes. It's a great atmosphere, and you meet interesting people. Outside of Extended, the tech talks/firesides should be streamed live via YouTube. It was a bit hit and miss last year... hope it's smoother this time.
- cjmcqueen 14y agoThis is actually pretty cheap considering the event. NAB, not strictly a "tech" event, but still geeky, is $1200+ and O'Reilly's Fluent conference (JavaScript) is $1200-2000, depending on when you register.
- SkyMarshal 14y ago>High priced tickets to any tech event kind of bug me. I just don't get it. I've always hated the trend of calling developers "rockstars" and I hate the trend of tech conferences being like rockstar concerts Can't say I'm a fan of the sensationalism either. Would be interested to see them make one more like an academic conference than a trade show expo.
- hamletdrc4 14y agoConferences usually have a "Volunteer Coordinator" role, and if you can find that person then you can usually get in free by doing some easy work before/after/during the conference. I have attended several (4?) conferences this way without having to pay the fee. However, for Google I/O or Java One, I don't think they take volunteers.
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- lukegb 14y ago...and some JS to find all the neat combos they've hidden: https://twitter.com/lukegb/status/309438514964099072 https://twitter.com/lukegb/status/309438514964099072 var a=ww.mode.modes,i;for(i in a)if("home"!=i){for(var b=a[i].pattern.toString(2);8>b.length;)b="0"+b;console.log(i,b)}; Returns: cat 11100111 space 00101010 pong 10000001 bacon 10010000 simone 11010011 eightbit 01010011 song 11011011 synth 10001000 ascii 01111111 bowling 01110101 rocket 01000101 burger 00111001 (sorry for spoiling it ;D)
- bsimpson 14y agoI've gone to I/O every year. They usually set aside presale tickets for regular attendees, so we don't get locked-out if they sell out. We're only a week away from general sales, but I haven't seen any information about I/ON registration yet. I hope they're still giving early access to tickets for I/ONs this year.
- pixelcort 14y agoWere there I/ON tickets last year? I know there were two years ago and before.
- corresation 14y agoI hope they're still giving early access to tickets for I/ONs this year. And I, and many others, hope they don't. Google I/O became a "why not" conference to go to for those in the area because the freebies outweighed the cost, and it is ridiculous that Google starts to grandfather that in.
- bsimpson 14y agoI/ONs have been going since before they gave out freebies.
- antirez 14y agoI bet I'm not the only one that tried 1101 to start (13 in binary).
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- idont 14y agoThis year I wont even bother to try to get a ticket (last years it was impossible due to latency). I am in Switzerland and will stay there unfortunately. What a pitty Google is selling tickets to people/students who only want free stuff instead of long time clients who are also devs.
- julianpye 14y agoAre the servers for the I/O registration process definitely in the US only? If so I really have a problem, since I saved up the airmiles and am so ready to go.
- georgemcbay 14y agoDon't make any travel/hotel reservations until you have the I/O ticket reserved, the registration is always a clusterfuck where getting a ticket basically amounts to winning a minor lottery. Also sometimes they just randomly change the announced date prior to registration (eg. from April to June) for extra "Fuck You" to people who plan ahead. I don't think it really matters where you're connecting from though, the servers basically just die under the load and you may or may not get lucky by hitting the right load balancer at the right time but where you're coming from and what your latency is doesn't really matter too much. It is a horrible experience for people in California just as it is a horrible experience for people in Europe.
- lnanek2 14y agoTrue that, I know six people in the US and myself all tried the moment sales opened last time and none of us got in. Lets hope Google rents all of Moscone instead of just Moscone West this year. Java ONE handles much bigger crowds than they do, making Google look like amateurs.
- dntrkv 14y agoFrom their help page: "The 2013 conference will be held from May 15-17 at Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco." https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_tips https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_tips
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- afshinmeh 14y agoHow did you find that?!
- kefs 14y agoIIIOOIII
- methodin 14y agoFor the song one this binds the notes to the arrow keys (in chrome at least): $(document).keydown(function(e){$.map({37:'rectangle1',38:'circle-yellow1',39:'circle-blue1',40:'polygon1'},function(v,k){k!=e.keyCode||$('#'+v).trigger('mousedown')});return false;});
- darrelld 14y agoSo this is how Google takes money out of my pocket.
- mehdim 14y agoI've never been to Google I/O, could you please explain why people go there and what is the main focus of the event. Networking with Googlers? Networking with attendees? Make business with Google? for Googlers keynotes?
- kyrra 14y agoOne important change this year. Tickets are no longer sellable or transferable. This is a change from previous years.
- hpcorona 14y agohttps://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_tips https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_tips "We'll take you to a waiting page while we try to find you a ticket. Expect to be on this page for up to six minutes. On this page, don't refresh your browser or your ticket search will restart." Previous years have been this way? is this new?
- ben1040 14y agoI believe that's new for this year. 2011 was a total mess as the registration page was just a ColdFusion site run by their event management vendor, and they were clearly used to medical conferences and the like that don't get the same swift response that I/O would get. The registration site served up way more 503 errors than pages. Last year was better because Google took it in-house, but it was still an F5-fest.
- lbraasch 14y agoHas anyone used an Academic ticket while University Staff? I'm a development engineer at a University, with University staff ID. I imagine I prove this with a pay stub, and staff ID?
- ben1040 14y agoIf you've got a staff ID and a paystub I imagine you're good. Definitely bring a paystub if your ID doesn't have validity dates printed on it. A friend works for a university and his ID alone was insufficient as it just had his name and photograph on it; he had to get on his smartphone and call up his paystub on the university HR website. Also they say they won't let you convert an academic ticket to a full price ticket, so if you quit your job before I/O it sounds like they'll just turn you away at the door for not being eligible.
- rplnt 14y agoCan't wait for all the blogs crying about how they weren't able to get tickets, how it is a stupid event, how world is horrible, etc etc..
- sylvainww 14y agoLooking forward to seeing the recap videos on YouTube.