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I'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
by bsimpson 14y ago
I'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.
- corresation 14y ago"Before" meaning 2008. Every year after they gave out freebies. Further that is irrelevant regardless given that the pre-sales isn't to some sort of "loyal since 2008" group, but rather is whoever happened to get in the prior year. And I believe such pre-sales have only happened for the past two years.
- ben1040 14y ago>Further that is irrelevant regardless given that the pre-sales isn't to some sort of "loyal since 2008" group But there is a presale aimed at exactly this group. They've had the "I/ON" group (aka "loyal since 2008") since 2010, if I remember correctly. There was no presale but it also took 90 days for the 2010 conference to sell out, so it wasn't like you needed one. The 2010 I/ON group got priority seating at the keynote, a different T-shirt, and some other trinkets. In 2011 they did presale for I/ONs two weeks prior to general registration, and a presale for other 2010 attendees one week prior to open registration (and only for attendees who paid full price in 2010, not academic discounted tickets). 2012 had just a presale for I/ONs, no early registration at all for 2011 attendees.
- cloudwizard 14y agoSome of us have been loyal since it was just developer days at the GooglePlex.
- covalence 14y agohttps://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_ions https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_ions "I/ONs have attended at least five of the following as a paid attendee: Google I/O 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and the 2007 Google Developer Day in Mountain View. I/ONs receive a limited time opportunity to purchase a ticket during pre-sale registration. Eligibility as an I/ON is at Google's discretion."
- dwyer 14y agoI too have been to every I/O, but the only year I ever got dibs on tickets was '10. I believe that '10 attendees who solved the puzzle on the t-shirts they gave out got dibs for '11, but I know of nobody who got dibs for '12.
- evilmushroom 14y agoHmm I've gone every year (for last three years I only) as well, and haven't gotten an opportunity to early register. Hell I'm even a Glass Explorer that went to the San Francisco Foundry.
- ben1040 14y agoYeah, I was kind of hoping for some sort of early buy-in opportunity for the Glass Explorer group but I guess no such luck (unless they clue us in between now and EOD Tuesday I guess). I'm going to be bummed if I can't get a ticket and there's a lot of Glass dev content at the conference. I didn't have the time to go to either Foundry event.