I hate this trend in web design.
Edit: And why in the world am I getting the webcam indicator on this site‽
This flash throwback at the top with a scroll to the rest of the site that loads instantly is a big step forward.
The lottery is a definite step in the right direction, but the branding is just all kinds of terrible, and makes me wonder how much they've really learned.
If they can improve access to the same content and people at remote locations that might be a game changer (i.e. hangouts to allow remote participation in some of their sideshows), as most of the value of attending the main event is what goes on outside the main talks, thanks to YouTube being so effective for hosting those.
I'm curious, what kind of demographic imbalances?
Of all the better known conferences, material from I/O has routinely been the most interesting to me - I've gone through dozens of videos from years past on YouTube. I've been thinking about pushing to get some employer sponsorship for a trip to I/O one year in place of our typical trips.
As I alluded to, I'd recommend going primarily if you think you'll get value from interacting with interesting people there. I'm big on Android, but my highlight of last year was chatting to a Chrome dev relations guy about their approach to profiling, so it is the pleasant surprises that are the main takeaways.
IMHO the best way is to just announce that there's no giveaway this year. Not the best promotion for the event though.
They're going to have to be careful about hotel bookings though, since the announcement of winners will cause a surge.
You're currently hellbanned, looks like because of this post:
Then non-network engineers wouldn't be grabbing up all the tickets.
Object {
boson1: "Reticulating Splines..."
boson2: "There's more Ajax in this loader than an epic greek poem"
boson3: "♬ Reunited and it feels so good"
boson4: "Are you there, Boson? It's me, Margaret."
boson5: "♬ Is he a dot, or is he a speck? When he's underwater does he get wet?"
exo1: ""Look again at that dot. That's here, that's home, that's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." - Carl Sagan"
exo2: "Call me V'Ger"
exo3: "As far as we know, the universe is not Tail Call optimized."
exo-argon: "Investigating: Class J Planet Argon"
exo-bleu: "Detecting: Class H Planet Bleu"
exo-cheddarwurst: "Discovered: Class D Planet Cheddarwurst"
exo-daytripper: "Located: Class M Planet Day Tripper"
exo-dunebuggy: "Detecting: Class D Planet Dune Buggy"
exo-emanthaler: "Located: Class D Planet Emmentaler"
exo-hoth: "Investigating: Class K Planet Hoth"
exo-izod: "Detecting: Class D Planet Golf"
exo-lacoste: "Discovered: Class D Planet Lines"
exo-meangreenie: "Investigating: Class J Planet Mean Greenie"
exo-measels: "Located: Class L Planet Measels"
exo-mumps: "Investigating: Class L Planet Mumps"
exo-neon: "Detecting: Class J Planet Neon"
exo-polo: "Discovered: Class D Planet Colors"
exo-purplehaze: "Discovered: Class D Planet Purple Haze"
exo-tatooine: "Located: Class M Planet Tatooine"
exo-xenon: "Investigating: Class J Planet Xenon"
exo-ziggystardust: "Located: Class L Planet Ziggy Stardust"
neural-banana: "Orange you glad I didn't say banana (╯°□°）╯"
neural-boom: "♬ All we hear is, radio ga ga"
neural-can: "It's got what plants crave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbxq0IDqD04"
neural-cat: "Cat Proximity: https://xkcd.com/262/"
neural-doge: "WONTFIX: Duplicate Doge joke"
neural-mona: "It's cool and all, but I'm more into his older stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vi...
neural-nes: "What's the fastest TAS you can complete for the I/O 2014 website?"
neural-pong: "Can you do this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU"
neural-rhex: "Awwww, he's a cute little guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISznqY3kESI"
neural-ufo: "Teach the controversy!"
neuralfail0: "Hint: The eyeball follows the correct diamonds"
neuralfail1: "ಠ_ಠ You could scrape the code for patterns, but you should probably get back to work."
neuralfail2: "Hi HackerNews, I dare you not to complain about something involving Big O Notation."
planet1: "I think I can see my house from here."
planet2: "Our apologies to any visitors who suffer from Globophobia."
planet3: "TCP/IP is cool and all, but did I think "IP over Avian Carriers" would be way more fun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers"
planet4: "-... . . .--. / -... --- --- .--. / -... . . .--. / -... --- --- .--."
silicon1: "Little known fact: Silicon looks exactly like a beachball under a microscope"
silicon2: " wow↵ such structure↵ so crystalline↵ many atom↵ how connect"
silicon3: "FIXME: Remember to write a joke about silicon"
silicon4: "It's only a model."
}
wow
such structure
so crystalline
many atom
how connecthttp://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-wai...
What?you obviously dont know what you are talking about.
Now with Java 8 out, it is pretty lame that one still needs to use a Java 6 fork to target the majority of Android devices.
"features like multi-catch, try-with-resources, and the diamond operator. " - [1]
[1] - http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/tools-notes.html
I tried a couple of times to get in, failed, and resigned myself to watching the presentations and tutorials online for free. That's fine. Say what you will, Google gives away a lot of knowledge for free and I have benefited greatly.
Can't wait till June.
My guess is that the first set in dark blue is days remaining, followed by hours in purple, minutes in green, and seconds in light blue. Haven't quite wrapped my head around which dot represents what value, but it sure does look cool.
"This page has been blocked from accessing your microphone."
I don't have headphones on, and I see no other indication as to why they'd want to access my mic. Weird.
"Explore technology and its impact from small to large through tapping, spinning and making sound.
It seems that making noise causes the animation to do things.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Wonder if they've scrapped that this year too.
39(base 10) does not equal 011,1001
39 == 0100111
DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW HOW THEY MANAGED TO GET THE MOBILE PAGE TO APPEAR WITHOUT A TOOLBAR IN MOBILE SAFARI??? Wow. I have never seen this. I want to be able to do it also.
The screen starts off with the browser controls already minimized, even when the page hasn't scrolled yet.
Also when you scroll down, the bottom toolbar never appears, and it doesn't have the typical problem of showing the toolbar when you tap on the bottom part of the screen. How do they pull this off?
EDIT: I looked at the page. Is it this? <meta content="minimal-ui" name="viewport">
IO is an incredible place to learn about the latest in technical best practices, especially if you're into Android or web dev. However there is so much to learn in so little time that it's impossible to see every tech talk that you want to. The real reason to shell out $900 + travel would be to go talk to Google DevRel and other people in your field to build your network.
If you're just going for the technical info, you're honestly much better off saving $900 and watching the YouTube videos the next day. They're incredibly well organized and you can pause to think as you watch. I ended up watching all of the ones I went to live for a second time when I got home.
Also, I love the binary countdown at the bottom of the page.
"You will need to sign into Google+ to begin the registration application." #pushItUpTheirThroatsTillPeopleStartGagging
Andorid is thew new IE!
Seriously, I didn't even try to read the text on the page because its overall mood implies the text is not important at all.
This site simply looks like someone's homework rather than an info site for a conference.