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Our friend Daynah posted a link to a fantastic attendee guide published by IDG. It’s a great and portable way to have common expo knowledge with you at all times. Download it here

This taken from IDG’s site: Registration Information Registration Information On-site Registration Hours Sunday, January 4 Monday, January 5 Tuesday, January 6 Wednesday, January 7 Thursday, January 8 Friday, January 9 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM [...]

I’ve been attending Macworld in San Francisco and Boston since 2004. Macworld 2009 in San Francisco marks my 7th expo. Since 2005, I’ve been writing a 1st timer’s guide to Macworld, try to cover everything and every year, I start from scratch and try to improve on it. Beware, this article was nine pages long [...]

Macworld.com reports that IDG has extended early bird registration of Macworld Expo to the 8th of this month. This is great news for people who haven’t yet registered for Macworld. I did back in September and it’s not too late to save money on a conference badge or Expo hall pass. Register Today.

[UPDATE] I received a letter from IDG this morning confirming the status of this code. It is a priority code intended for Macworld Alumni. Alumni had to have attended a previous Macworld expo in order to qualify for this discount. IDG will be checking the registrants that used this code to ensure that they were [...]

I posted here yesterday that IDG was going to only give keynote access to Platinum Pass Macworld Attendees. 24 hours after registration opened and IDG has now gone back on that statement saying that it was a simple typo and keynote attendance will be exactly the same as they were in previous years. How were [...]

I received this question from a reader: I’m trying to find a loophole to get in. Do you happen to know anything about the media passes? A friend of mine is the editor at the local newspaper, and I’d like to see if I could go under the guise of working for the paper. How [...]

The following is on Macworld’s General Information page but I wanted to post it here so people that are attending expo know the hours of the Expo Hall and On-site registration. General Information Event Dates: Conference: January 5-9, 2009 Expo: January 6-9, 2009 Expo Hall Hours: Tuesday, January 6                11:00 AM- 6:00 PM Wednesday, January 7           *10:00 [...]

In the past few years, IDG World Expo has done an awesome job adding value to Macworld and even giving people who have simple Exhibit Hall Passes an opportunity to walk away with some knowledge. Exhibit Hall is the hall full of 500+ companies related to iPod and iPhone. These companies pay to exhibit and [...]

I just received a special priority code that allows all MacworldBound readers to register for Macworld Expo’s exhibit hall for free! This is a $25 dollar value and expires September 26th. Head on over to Macworld’s Registration Site and use priority code “SKC91768″. Good luck!