WWDC 2008 - Day Five - Lunch
June 13th, 2008 by Wyatt
Sorry for the late post today. I had to check out and get my luggage to the convention center. That took a little more time and I was a little winded when I get here.
That said, the morning went well. There was a “bash” for all the attendees last night that included beer and wine. The breakfast tables were quite empty this morning. I don’t know how much of that was attendees leaving overnight and how many were just hung over.
So, I’m done with both of the sessions I wanted to attend today. The first was just more detail about a particular programming area for iPhone, but the second was a “Tips & Tricks” session that included a mishmash of various techniques and ideas for building nice interfaces. It was fairly packed, so I’m guessing most of the iPhone developers have not gone home yet.
The rest of the day will consist of me wandering for the best power/network connection that includes a comfortable chair (they aren’t always in the same place). Other folks here will be leaving and others will loiter in the labs for as long as they are allowed to get advice and input on their killer app.
This also seems to be the time of the week when I start to get philosophical. I tend to think about what the grand message for the week was, what do I take away from the event, and what I will tell my boss on Monday. Of course, these events always have implications on our future plans. Sometimes it’s small (we can’t use the new stuff until it’s more widespread) or very big (that fundamental technology we depend on is going away or changing radically). This is somewhere in between. There are changes afoot, but nothing we need to worry about today.
I’ll check back in later as my philosophical side kicks in. I almost certainly won’t be updating from the SFO airport, though, as wi-fi is not free there.