Google I/O 2013

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by southpolesteve • 13 years ago

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lukegb• 13 years ago

...and some JS to find all the neat combos they've hidden:

https://twitter.com/lukegb/status/309438514964099072

var a=ww.mode.modes,i;for(i in a)if("home"!=i){for(var b=a[i].pattern.toString(2);8>b.length;)b="0"+b;console.log(i,b)};

Returns: cat 11100111 space 00101010 pong 10000001 bacon 10010000 simone 11010011 eightbit 01010011 song 11011011 synth 10001000 ascii 01111111 bowling 01110101 rocket 01000101 burger 00111001

(sorry for spoiling it ;D)

hpcorona3• 13 years ago

O.O

What is that?

yohui• 13 years ago

Enter each binary output by clicking I/O to get an Easter egg (e.g. click "I" 3 times, "O" twice, and "I" thrice more to for some cats).

suyash• 13 years ago

pretty smart..thanks for sharing :)

dudus• 13 years ago

In the space you have to keep clicking the logos very fast to see the effect.

bsimpson6• 13 years ago

I've gone to I/O every year. They usually set aside presale tickets for regular attendees, so we don't get locked-out if they sell out.

We're only a week away from general sales, but I haven't seen any information about I/ON registration yet. I hope they're still giving early access to tickets for I/ONs this year.

pixelcort• 13 years ago

Were there I/ON tickets last year? I know there were two years ago and before.

bsimpson6• 13 years ago

Yup. There have been presales every year since they started calling them I/ONs.

corresation2• 13 years ago

I hope they're still giving early access to tickets for I/ONs this year.

And I, and many others, hope they don't. Google I/O became a "why not" conference to go to for those in the area because the freebies outweighed the cost, and it is ridiculous that Google starts to grandfather that in.

bsimpson6• 13 years ago

I/ONs have been going since before they gave out freebies.

covalence• 13 years ago

https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_ions "I/ONs have attended at least five of the following as a paid attendee: Google I/O 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and the 2007 Google Developer Day in Mountain View. I/ONs receive a limited time opportunity to purchase a ticket during pre-sale registration. Eligibility as an I/ON is at Google's discretion."

bsimpson6• 13 years ago

Thanks.

dwyer• 13 years ago

I too have been to every I/O, but the only year I ever got dibs on tickets was '10. I believe that '10 attendees who solved the puzzle on the t-shirts they gave out got dibs for '11, but I know of nobody who got dibs for '12.

evilmushroom• 13 years ago

Hmm I've gone every year (for last three years I only) as well, and haven't gotten an opportunity to early register. Hell I'm even a Glass Explorer that went to the San Francisco Foundry.

ben10404• 13 years ago

Yeah, I was kind of hoping for some sort of early buy-in opportunity for the Glass Explorer group but I guess no such luck (unless they clue us in between now and EOD Tuesday I guess).

I'm going to be bummed if I can't get a ticket and there's a lot of Glass dev content at the conference. I didn't have the time to go to either Foundry event.

antirez2• 13 years ago

I bet I'm not the only one that tried 1101 to start (13 in binary).

qompiler• 13 years ago

No you are not special.

antirez2• 13 years ago

that was my point

idont• 13 years ago

This year I wont even bother to try to get a ticket (last years it was impossible due to latency). I am in Switzerland and will stay there unfortunately. What a pitty Google is selling tickets to people/students who only want free stuff instead of long time clients who are also devs.

julianpye• 13 years ago

Are the servers for the I/O registration process definitely in the US only? If so I really have a problem, since I saved up the airmiles and am so ready to go.

georgemcbay• 13 years ago

Don't make any travel/hotel reservations until you have the I/O ticket reserved, the registration is always a clusterfuck where getting a ticket basically amounts to winning a minor lottery.

Also sometimes they just randomly change the announced date prior to registration (eg. from April to June) for extra "Fuck You" to people who plan ahead.

I don't think it really matters where you're connecting from though, the servers basically just die under the load and you may or may not get lucky by hitting the right load balancer at the right time but where you're coming from and what your latency is doesn't really matter too much. It is a horrible experience for people in California just as it is a horrible experience for people in Europe.

xsc• 13 years ago

01111111

afshinmeh• 13 years ago

How did you find that?!

kefs• 13 years ago

IIIOOIII

methodin• 13 years ago

For the song one this binds the notes to the arrow keys (in chrome at least): $(document).keydown(function(e){$.map({37:'rectangle1',38:'circle-yellow1',39:'circle-blue1',40:'polygon1'},function(v,k){k!=e.keyCode||$('#'+v).trigger('mousedown')});return false;});

darrelld• 13 years ago

So this is how Google takes money out of my pocket.

mehdim• 13 years ago

I've never been to Google I/O, could you please explain why people go there and what is the main focus of the event. Networking with Googlers? Networking with attendees? Make business with Google? for Googlers keynotes?

netrus• 13 years ago

Free Google hardware ;)

ldng• 13 years ago

that you basically paid with your registration fee

kyrra• 13 years ago

One important change this year. Tickets are no longer sellable or transferable. This is a change from previous years.

tomkinstinch• 13 years ago

I'd like to go, but I am working at a seed stage company and don't have $900 to blow on conference tickets. Sadly, I'm not a student now either. No breaks for poor programmers?

27182818284• 13 years ago

High priced tickets to any tech event kind of bug me. I just don't get it. I've always hated the trend of calling developers "rockstars" and I hate the trend of tech conferences being like rockstar concerts

eliben• 13 years ago

Supply and demand is a simple process, really. You set tickets to price X and you get 10 times as many people wanting to attend than you have seats. What do you do next year? Lottery? Beauty contest? It's logical to raise the price in such a case. I don't think this is restricted to tech conferences. Unlike rock concerts though, it's hard to imagine Google is trying to actually make money from I/O tickets.

cjmcqueen• 13 years ago

This is actually pretty cheap considering the event. NAB, not strictly a "tech" event, but still geeky, is $1200+ and O'Reilly's Fluent conference (JavaScript) is $1200-2000, depending on when you register.

SkyMarshal• 13 years ago

>High priced tickets to any tech event kind of bug me. I just don't get it. I've always hated the trend of calling developers "rockstars" and I hate the trend of tech conferences being like rockstar concerts

Can't say I'm a fan of the sensationalism either. Would be interested to see them make one more like an academic conference than a trade show expo.

hamletdrc4• 13 years ago

Conferences usually have a "Volunteer Coordinator" role, and if you can find that person then you can usually get in free by doing some easy work before/after/during the conference. I have attended several (4?) conferences this way without having to pay the fee. However, for Google I/O or Java One, I don't think they take volunteers.

lightyoruichi• 13 years ago

try these ooioioio oiiiiiii iiiooiii oioooio

hpcorona3• 13 years ago

https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_tips "We'll take you to a waiting page while we try to find you a ticket. Expect to be on this page for up to six minutes. On this page, don't refresh your browser or your ticket search will restart."

Previous years have been this way? is this new?

ben10404• 13 years ago

I believe that's new for this year. 2011 was a total mess as the registration page was just a ColdFusion site run by their event management vendor, and they were clearly used to medical conferences and the like that don't get the same swift response that I/O would get. The registration site served up way more 503 errors than pages.

Last year was better because Google took it in-house, but it was still an F5-fest.

lbraasch• 13 years ago

Has anyone used an Academic ticket while University Staff?

I'm a development engineer at a University, with University staff ID. I imagine I prove this with a pay stub, and staff ID?

ben10404• 13 years ago

If you've got a staff ID and a paystub I imagine you're good. Definitely bring a paystub if your ID doesn't have validity dates printed on it. A friend works for a university and his ID alone was insufficient as it just had his name and photograph on it; he had to get on his smartphone and call up his paystub on the university HR website.

Also they say they won't let you convert an academic ticket to a full price ticket, so if you quit your job before I/O it sounds like they'll just turn you away at the door for not being eligible.

rplnt• 13 years ago

Can't wait for all the blogs crying about how they weren't able to get tickets, how it is a stupid event, how world is horrible, etc etc..

sylvainww• 13 years ago

Looking forward to seeing the recap videos on YouTube.

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