12 Jun 2009

WWDC 2009

Let’s see what we can recap from this year’s Apple WorldWide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Snacks remain as healthy as usual:

WWDC food

T-Shirt, bag and badge procured one day early:

WWDC 2009

Insane keynote line wrapping around the block:

WWWDC 2009 Keynote Line

Success at getting into the main Keynote venue — if a bit far back

WWDC 2009 Keynote

Lunch with friends from Chicago:

WWDC 2009: Lunch at 'WichCraft

North-Korea-scale promotional banners from Apple inside the convention center:

WWDC 2009: Moscone West

Apple’s large-scale visualization of App Store downloads in real-time, spread over 9 30” Cinema Displays:

App Store Downloads

Trip to Golden Gate Park to ogle the new California Academy of Sciences:

Golden Gate Park

For over a decade, people have juggled during the breaks in the conference. This year was no exception:

WWDC Jugglers

Obligatory lunch at Yank Sing:

Yank Sing

Late-night trivia event, drawing upon 25 years of Apple history: “Stump the Experts.” About the only time you’ll be rewarded for recalling details of the Apple // serial port architecture, or the inner workings of HyperCard:

Stump the Experts

The complete set of pictures is on Flickr.

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