Al, The secret to the lunch queue is to not follow the herd. I go 15 or 20 minutes after service starts and never have had to wait more than a minute.
-John Coryat On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:27:30 PM UTC-5, Al Sutton wrote: > > If you want to pick something that isn't done well at IO, well, all I'll > say is; > > Lunch Queue > > If you've been, you'll know what I mean. > > Al. > -- > Al Sutton - Funky Android Ltd. > (www.funkyandroid.com) > > T: @alsutton > G+: http://goo.gl/ymi9b > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > On 20 Mar 2012, at 17:22, JP wrote: > > > See, I've been to I/O, so I've seen how they stick a bunch of devs out > in the hall in the far corner where they get to rub elbows with each > other. Having worked serious booths on serious shows where serious > business gets done, this looks, well, odd, at best. (Or perhaps > rather: What a joke) > In the end, just one guy's opinion, you know. > > > > On Mar 20, 10:12 am, Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:45 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > > > > JP wrote: > > Where Microsoft (and others, Oracle comes to mind also) scales and > > Google doesn't is with a meaningful partner program. That of course > > blows up the size of conferences, but that's a good thing - it's part > > of the blueprint for the monetization of Microsoft's technologies by > > small and mid size companies through value add such as shrinkwrap > > software products and professional services. This is an aspect where > > Google has a total blind spot, although it's a dead three way win for > > Microsoft, partners and end users. It's hard to make a case against a > > view that, in the end, all that Google is interested in is to keep it > > all for themselves and not share with anybody on the outside beyond > > what serves themselves. Sure, they'll have a few cuddly devs trot out > > their stuff, but that's going to be it once again, I am sure. > > So instead they're making conference attendance artificially scarce > > and wrap it into some mythical registration, and off you go. > > Personally, I just can't shake the impression that they're just peeing > > down peoples' backs and tell them it's raining. I'll take a pass on I/ > > O again. Make sure y'all get real excited and clap real strong at the > > keynotes' people. > > > Were there actually any meaningful words in any of that huge > > paragraph. Maybe you had to be there to get the meaning? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/LaDJYNzhKV4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
