I went in 2009. Skipping in 2010, and if they keep doing what they've done in the past, the following years as well. On the upside - the free device was an awesome perk (sitting on my desk for dev purposes), many of the technical sessions were extremely valuable. I had to go back to check them in the intertubes in order to absorb some of the finer points, and to catch up on sessions that I could not attend. So I'll go straight to watching video this year. The main reason I'll pass however is that I/O has been all about celebrating Google. Compare that to macworld, where you'll find tons of vendors and small evening events going down around town. I picked up more business cards at the 2009 macworld than at Google I/O, and I wasn't even registered to macworld... There's just so much more opportunity (and money) going around at other shows.
On Jan 16, 10:13 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the biggest and best reasons to physically go to Google IO is > to meet the people you've been talking, working, texting, e-mailing > and collaboration with over the previous years. In our business, most > of the contact we have with people is electronically. Being able to > congregate together in one location gives us all a chance to humanize > the relationships to those that we know only through our devices. > > Of course, it's also a chance to be there when big announcements are > made, go to the interesting sessions, ask the engineers who've > developed the technology questions, etc. > > If you're signing up because you think there will be a phone give-away > like last year, I'm betting you'll be disappointed. I've been to every > IO (and the Developer conferences that preceded it) and the only time > something other than a T-Shirt was given out was last year. No need to > do it this year, Android has moved into the mainstream. > > -John Coryat
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