The WWDC Non-Attending Developer Survival Guide
Since I unfortunately will not be attending WWDC this year, I have put together a survival guide for those who will also not be there. During the week of WWDC, it will be absolutely normal to feel a significant amount of guilt for not going and even a bit of jealousy when your developer friends are telling you about all the awesome WWDC labs they are attending. Don’t fret. Below are a few things you MUST do in order to survive.
Watch the Keynote
The keynote will start at 10:00am PST. In the past, Apple has had video streams available for viewing the Keynote speech.There is no indication that this event will be streamed but you never know. Typically during keynote speeches that are not streamed, you will want to keep up with a site that is live-blogging the event. I recommend checking out Engadget.com for coverage.
Follow Devs at WWDC
I could easily list of a bunch of of the usual suspects (ahem @daringfireball) .. but I won’t. Instead you should try using search.twitter.com to find people tweeting about the event. I’ll leave it up to you to decide who you should follow but at least this way you’ll get first hand impressions of the event and updates on all the drinking that will most likely happen in the evenings. I’ve seen a few hashtags being used so far including #wwdc #wwdc2011 and #wwdctips
Check out the forums
Anything announced pertaining to iOS 5 will be under NDA but Apple will usually add a section to the forums for discussing things that are under NDA. This section will have a red folder indicating absolute secrecy!!! Regardless, It’s always a good place to go see what people are chatting about.
Meeting up with the locals
Chances are if you didn’t end up going to WWDC this year, you’ll find there may be other developers in your city or neighborhood that also didn’t go. Here in Brooklyn I’ve decided to host a meetup on Monday night so we can chat about WWDC and the keynote presentation.
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To those enjoy who are going to WWDC, remember to bring your shorts, sunscreen, and t-shirts. SF is a scorcher this time of year! :-x
