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Last Chance for Google I/O tickets

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They make it sound like it is an honor to go to a developer conference. I guess. The only reason I was interested in going is that we are doing some complicated things with their APIs. I guess I am an old curmudgeon who would rather get work done than enter a contest with the hope of going to a conference (which is also work??)

I can't speak for everyone, but the opportunity to learn from a bunch of incredibly smart developers and rub shoulders with peers is an honor for me. Plus, who can resist a geek goodie bag full of tech gadgets.

I can't afford to fly to the event or to buy a conference ticket, but I'm going to compete in the GAE one for sure. If I win, at least I will have gotten half way there this year. Hm, need to work for a company that cares (with their money and not their mouths) about education.

They've been giving out nice gifts at Google IO in the last few years, so a lot of people are hoping to get either an Android tablet or phone.

And what a shame that is. I would've liked to try and buy a ticket to go again, but I can't get out of my Parallel+Distributed exam the same day.

I hope something interesting comes out of it that they won't kill 9 months later a la Google Wave :(

Google's favorite marketing trick: artificial scarcity. Well played.

US only? The people who need tickets the most are the people in non-US timezones who were sleeping during the hour registration was open.

I was on a meeting when the registration opened and, by the time I got back to my desk, all tickets were gone.

Either Google finds a larger venue or stops giving expensive gifts.

OTOH, I'd be perfectly fine with a GoogleIO podcast with the presentations. I seriously doubt many attendees would complain if Google decided to stream the presentations live.

I seriously doubt many attendees would complain if Google decided to stream the presentations live.

Having gone last year, I was disappointed that they scheduled some talks in rooms that were way too small and I got turned away at the door on more than one occasion (for example the room for the startup panel with PG et al was packed to fire code capacity). I would've been very happy to watch the simulcast on my laptop in the lobby!

I barely made it in to the startup panel and it was so full I was about to leave, but Jessica Livingston made space for me in the back corner and I watched the whole thing standing sideways and trying not to block the guy behind me. It was a good discussion and totally worth the leg cramps. Hope you make it this year. And thanks, Jessica!

Just wait. After the swag is handed out to a bunch of goofballs recruited by an ebay reseller who bought all the tickets with a bot, the whole place will empty out and they'll have to give out free passes to anyone with a google apps account or something like that.

Unfortunately for me, that would involve about two days on planes, airports, customs, immigration...

Cry me a river. I was awake at my desktop trying to register during that hour and I still couldn't get in.

Pff, it's only available for people in the US.

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