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I would also recommend looking for a local radio club, or see if ARES has an organization in your area.
While not required anymore for HF, I have the most fun with CW. It is amazing what some of the small 1-5w QRP radios are capable of these days. There are plenty of small kits that will get you on the air in an afternoon of assembly.
Also, how is binary protocol used to "reduce transparency" ? Its simply a different way of encoding, and once this takes off there will be a vast set of tools for analyzing http/2.0. The purpose of binary is to reduce data transmitted.
Is it worth it? Overwhelmingly yes. First, the labs are the most useful thing you can get out of the conference if utilized. I cant tell you how many issues have been solved and bug reports have been filed because of WWDC labs. If you do find a bug, Apple Engineers really like the challenge of finding a workaround using public API's.
The best part about the conference is the motivation-boost that you and your dev team will get after attending. It can bring so much more productivity to your team just by spending a week with thousands of people, all who challenge you on an intellectual level.
I forwarded it to HR, and our company no longer uses that firm.
Seems like there might be a need for the startup map.