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Another view of the ticketing process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

Agreed. Google Ticket Plinko, followed by Google Wallet Plinko.

Google can serve mail and handle search, but online registration and payment gateways don't seem to be its strong suit.

Yes, I've been to several prior events and the number of folks that used to be Devs has certainly migrated to folks that are in for the free goodies.

I have to believe eliminating the "free goodies" will definitely return it to a dev conference vs. an Oprah event. Maybe this will be the year. This year the system said they found a ticket (actually several times), but apparently they were just dangling it in front of my nose, because I couldn't get through payment gateway, Google Wallet.

Each year registration is like a game of Google Plinko.

I'd be curious to know the # of user requests that brought the Wallet to its knees.

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