WWDC Meetup Page & Other Administrivia
Anyone interested in attending the weblogger meetup I’m organizing for WWDC should take note of the event’s new web page. It currently contains a list of people who’ve expressed interest in attending (with URLs), a map to the restaurant, and links to possible related activities.
Some additional administrivia:
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It looks like the consensus is more or less for having the event at The Thirsty Bear. The only problem is that, at this point, we’ve got kind of an awkward number of people: potentially 15+. This seems like too many for “normal” seating, but unfortunately banquets get rather expensive. I guess I’ll have to call to see what our options are.
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As the web page suggests, we still need to set a date and time. Unfortunately, Apple hasn’t announced much about the schedule for WWDC 2004, so it’s hard to know if we would be conflicting with something. If we go by last year’s schedule, though, the biggest lulls seem to be on Wednesday and Friday (Monday had an ADC reception, Tuesday had the Apple Design Awards, Thursday had the Campus Bash). On the other hand, I do agree with the people who suggested it might be better to meet up earlier in the week, so people know each other during the rest of the conference, so maybe it would be better to try for Monday, Tuesday, or even the Sunday evening everyone will likely be arriving?
I’m definitely open to suggestions on this, so let me know what would work best for everyone.
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Though we have more or less decided against the Giants/A’s game as our venue for a variety of reasons, that certainly doesn’t mean people can’t get together and go. If you’re interested in attending, Justin Williams is organizing a trip, so be sure to let him know.
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Michael McCracken has some other suggestions for other interesting activities people might want to participate in at WWDC.