Wishlist:<p>- No free stuff.<p>- A registration site not subcontracted out to a third party who sets up a <i>Cold Fusion</i> application to handle ticketing.<p>- Dedicated press passes for the keynotes so that reporters/bloggers et al don't clog up the rest of the conference (this one may already be true, I'm unclear).<p>The state of the registration system last year was shameful for a company that makes the lion's share of its revenue from the web.
It's great that the dates are known.<p>Indie devs can book flights and hotels to visit San Francisco regardless of whether they have an I/O ticket or not. If they don't get a ticket they can organise their week around other events e.g. work at coworking spaces, attend tech events, meet friends, some sight-seeing etc.<p>Companies could arrange a similar schedule for their employees. Just being in San Francisco to network and meet potential partners and clients is as valuable as attending I/O sessions.<p>An added bonus of knowing the dates early is that you can now plan your family vacation or company off-site without worrying about potentially missing out on a tech conference.
Huh. I'll be starting an internship at the Mountain View office a few days after I/O. Will be interesting to see what the dynamic is coming down from the I/O high.
What are the odds that Google can pull off an orderly registration this time? Considering prior years IO registration, and the recent Nexus 4 fun, I would say about nil.
Has anyone attended an I/O satellite event at a non-Cali Google office? I'm thinking about signing up to visit Google in DC for I/O.<p>I'd like to know your impressions.
The question is how long we have to wait until Google introduces a 'desktop' view of Android with multiple windows.<p>I'm saying later next year, but it could easily be at IO.<p>All the groundwork is there and there's little stopping Android being adopted as a 'real' OS.
I don't see a point in releasing the dates 6 months before the event. I think we all know the approximate dates. It's not like you can block those dates and go out purchasing flights and hotel. Nothing is for sure until a pass is bought. And something tells me they are already sold out.
One thing I noticed is they released a hash #io13 to follow on Google+, may be they are just pushing us to use Google+.