Last Chance for Google I/O tickets

http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/03/last-call-for-google-io.html

by jacoblyles • 15 years ago

25 14 15 years ago

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bad_user• 15 years ago

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

kosei• 15 years ago

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

gorilla123• 15 years ago

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.

rbanffy2• 15 years ago

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.

ben1040• 15 years ago

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!

narrator• 15 years ago

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.

guelo• 15 years ago

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

harshaw• 15 years ago

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??)

netmau5• 15 years ago

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.

waleedka• 15 years ago

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.

kluikens• 15 years ago

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.

diego• 15 years ago

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

Last Chance for Google I/O tickets

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