July 2nd, 2008
Do you have questions about Macworld Expo? Maybe you’ve never been before and there are some things that you need to know. We posted nearly 200 entries at Macworld Bound for Macworld 2008 so there are some things that don’t need to be said again but I want to get some FAQs developed for first time Macworld attendees and veteran attendees. Send us your thoughts to Macworld@dailytechtalk.com or comment below.
See you at Macworld 2009!
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June 28th, 2008
Today I was going to setup the Macworld 2009 Flickr Group for MacworldBound. I had some “issues” with Macworld Magazine’s Flickr group last year. I never published this story but about 2 weeks before Macworld Expo, Macworld Mag posted an article to their website detailing the public Flickr group that you could add photos too if you went to Macworld. The group was called “Macworld Expo - 2008″ but I had created a group over 4 months beforehand called “Macworld Expo 2008″ and this was their way of taking control of the Flickr group and not dealing with some blogger aka me.
I messaged the group’s creator and offered to give them full control of the group I had created and I would relinquish ownership of it but they declined. In the end, their group has 125 members and mine had 66. However, my group had nearly 850 photos and there’s only 650. It looks like my group came out on top in the end without the support of Macworld magazine.
It looks like our little confrontation spurred future planning on the part of Macworld Magazine because they preemptively created Flickr groups for Macworld 2009 all the way through Macworld 2015! Yep, I guess they have the power now. Good for them, I guess. These groups were not meant for me to maintain control over, plug my site or anything else and instead of supporting the community, they chose to maintain control over the process even after I offered to give them full ownership of my group and make myself just a member. That’s how it goes.
I have no problem plugging Macworld Magazine’s Flickr group for the next Macworld and I will not be creating my own Flickr groups from here on but it’s a solid kick in the balls from a magazine and editorial team that I love and respect. It’s too bad Macworld that we couldn’t have a more open communication channel. I spend nearly all year planning and making Macworld Expo easier for attendees. It would be nice if I had a little help with that and wasn’t caught wasting time cleaning up messes and confusion.
Just some links for ya:
Macworld_Mag Flickr Profile.
Macworld Magazine’s Macworld 2008 Flickr Group.
Our Macworld 2008 Group.
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June 28th, 2008
Yes we’ll be streaming Macworld 2009. At what capacity, I can’t yet say. I can say that we’ll probably be workin exclusively with Justin.TV this time around. I have some big plans but no everything is final yet.
What is final is the “Macworld” network on Justin.TV is complete. If you want to be notified when we go live for Macworld just head on over and add yourself as a member.
Macworld :: Justin.TV
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June 20th, 2008
Macworld 2009 is just over 6 months away. I’m just sayin….
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June 14th, 2008
I didn’t go to Thursday’s WWDC Bash at The Yuerba Buena Gardens. It’s open to WWDC attendees only and since I had a wimpy media badge, I wasn’t allowed entry. I heard that Barenaked Ladies performed and the food, as usual, was delicious.
It was fun hanging out with developers all week. It wasn’t as fun as Macworld because
A) I can’t really have a conversation with a developer about developement things
B) WWDC had 5,000 attendees. Macworld is about 40,000 so the parties weren’t as packed
C) I live here now so couldn’t spend all day at conference since I have to actually work
All in all, it was good times and it was nice to see some old friends.
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June 10th, 2008
Today will be the most difficult day of party coverage EVER! The amount of parties tonight is daunting but doable. Check below for the “must-attend” events for tonight. I won’t be going to all of these but will try to keep an open mind. Luckily, they’re all pretty close to each other so attending each of these isn’t impossible.
- What: VMware Fusion User Meetup (Come hang out with the VMware Fusion team, including the engineers who put together your favorite Mac virtualization software,)
- When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Where: Thirsty Bear
- URL: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/699292/
- What: WWDC - Exclusive unOfficial iSocial (Another great way to meet your Apple Community! Come drink, socialize, and dance! Don’t forget to Sign-Up to be added to the Guestlist!)
- When: 6:00 PM
- Where: Roe Nightclub & Restaurant
- URL: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/760153/
- RSVP: http://www.mobclix.com/isocial.html
- What: Savant Systems WWDC 2008 Developer Party (Savant Systems is throwing a WWDC party to introduce themselves to the Mac developer community!)
- When: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- Where: Great Room at W Hotel
- URL: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/760991/
- RSVP: rsvp@pearce.com
- What: CocoaHeads at WWDC (Meet an eclectic group of software developers at this special meeting of CocoaHeads,)
- When: 7:00 PM
- Where: Apple Store
- URL: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/764232/
- What: Third Annual WebKit Open Source Party (It’s that time of year again! Web developers, WebKit hackers, browser developers, or anyone with an interest in cool technology should come have a drink and some snacks, and meet WebKit contributors from Apple and around the world)
- When: 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
- Where: Thirsty Bear
- URL: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/735290/
- What: Ars Technica & Gizmodo WWDC Party (Ars Technica is going to be in San Francisco for WWDC and we’re once again we’re teaming up with our buddies at Gizmodo to say thank you to everyone’s readers for being so freaking awesome!)
- When: 8:00 PM
- Where: Harlot
- URL: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/501501/
Just to break it down a bit:
- VMWare Fusion: This is a party / get together for users of VMWare fusion for Mac. Free beer and possible food. It’ll be a nice small crowd of like minded users. I like the VMWare folks so I feel this is a must attend even for 30 minutes.
- unOfficial iSocial: It looks like a sales pitch to me but I’ll stop in for a few minutes. Remember, you must RSVP to go that one.
- Savant Developer Party: Meh. Once again, more marking / PR it seems but it’s worth a stop. The W isn’t too far from Thirsty bear. I’ll probably do VMWare then stop by this place skipping iSocial.
- Cocoaheads: Meh. A skip for me. I won’t be going to this one. Apple Store means no refreshments and I’m not a true developer so Cocoa stuff will be over my head.
- WebKit Party: I would go but it starts at 7:30. The Gizmodo / Ars party starts at 8. I’ll be in line for the Ars party at around 7:15 so this party is kinda out. I’d like to hit this one but just won’t be able to make it.
- Ars.Technica / Gizmodo at Harlot: You have to be here. The tab only lasts so long and they’ve got free wine & beer for at least the first hour. Last time, nearly 500 people showed up to a place that holds 250. I got there 30 minutes early during their Macworld party and was one of the first 50 to get in. It gets packed. After the first hour, drinks run out and it’s just too crowded to get around. It’s then that I’ll leave and go to whatever other parties are still going on.
See you all tonight. Come say hi. I’ll have a lifecasting camera attached to my head.
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June 9th, 2008
What’s going on Tonight? There’s only one event that YOU MUST attend.
Be there! We will (http://justin.tv/adamjacksonlive)
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June 9th, 2008
We’re live from the hottest parties at WWDC all week. I did the same thing back during Macworld and we’re doing it again! We’ve partnered with Justin.TV and you can watch live here. We’ll be live from 5:00PM (PST) and beyond every night of the week at that same spot.
I’ll also have followup photos from the parties posted the next day so you can relive the action. Stay tuned. We go live tonight at 6:30PM PST.
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June 9th, 2008
At the last minute, I received a WWDC Keynote pass from a friend of mine. I was sitting very close and it was a great time. Unfortunately, nothing truly amazing came out today that wasn’t already expected but it was still fun. I took some great photos too and those will be up sometime in the next 6 weeks (kidding).
It was nice to hang out with some friends and see the keynote. I saw the Steve Jobs portion of the keynote, had lunch with my friends over at FastMac and then went back at 2PM for the OS X portion of things where they talked about Snow Leopard.
Lots of fun was had and It’s going to be a great year from Apple. I met some awesome developers and there are some good ideas and exchanges of information going around at WWDC this week. What a cool conference.
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June 8th, 2008
I heard from a little birdie that FastMac (the maker of cool add-ons and upgrades for Macintosh computers) will be passing out developer centric t-shirts to people in the keynote line for WWDC. These shirts are “hella cool” from what I hear. Get in line early because I think they’re starting with the first person in line and giving them out until there are no more left.
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