Ah! It’s pretty difficult to rely just on public terminals to have access to the internet. Perhaps I’ve been spoilt at Hamilton and at home with instant-demand Internet. Anyway, today is the last day of WWDC and in fact, the last day I’m in San Francisco. I fly out tonight on a red-eye flight to head back to Syracuse, arriving hopefully at 9:30 AM tomorrow in sunny - but hot - Syracuse. Morning and afternoon plans seems to have already been made and I hope I have enough energy to make a half-decent attempt at staying awake and being interested in what we do!
Yesterday, Day 4, was an interesting day at the conference. I attended more sessions on Core Data and a few on Web Kit. Great technology that I’m eagerly awaiting to use. In the afternoon, we lined up around 4:15 PM or so to wait for the buses to Apple’s Cupertino campus. Mathieu and I were able to get on the first bus to the campus, and as such, were the first to the Campus Store. Last year, I remember waiting almost two hours to enter. This year, there was no wait. Of course, I didn’t buy anything (even though they had 25% off on iSights, Airport Extreme and Express products, and 15% off iPods). Actually, I really didn’t need anything - I just want my PowerBook back … fixed. After the obligatory reading of t-shirts and other Apple memorabilia, we headed inside to the center where there was plenty of food and drinks, and to our surprise, The Wallflowers. I was perhaps one of … twenty or so who actually knew who they were. They played a pretty good set for about an hour and it was entirely enjoyable. We then spent the rest of the time mingling, talking with slightly inebriated students and developers, and then escaping on one of the buses back to San Francisco.
Today’s been a pretty laid back day. This morning I went to two feedback forums and listened to Apple developer’s complaining. The first was on Core Data and Cocoa and the second was on a topic more to my interest, Human Interface Design. Good stuff being brought up and it gave Apple quite a bit to think about. Lunch was had and then we got to listen to a developer for Pixar’s in-house team. He showed off some clips, demoed some programs, and inspired us to “Go Create Something Beautiful.” Great. Afternoon sessions (at least the one that I went to so far) seem to be a bit of a bore. I’m currently thinking about spending a few hours walking around downtown to get my last fill of San Francisco. We’ll see. Anyway, hopefully I’ll post some photos soon when I get back to campus. Till later…
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