Archive for June, 2005
Podcasts
Ive read about and heard about Podcasts in the past, but only really tried them today with the release of iTune 4.9 which supports podcasts out of the box.
Im instantly addicted I did a google search and found that triple J offers some really cool podcasts here. The ones i subscribed to were Sunday [...]
Spam Spam and more Spam
Spam on this blog has gotten to the crazy stage. Its nothing for me to check comments and find that 60+ spam commnets are awaiting moderation. I guess its good that none of them are actually making it on the site but im getting sick of having to sift through comments to determine which are [...]
WWDC - Over for another year
And just like that, WWDC is over for another year. I havnt gotten around to posting much about the week, but the plan is to back date a few entries when i get around to typing them.
The final day went off pretty well. A few decent sessions a cool lunch time presentation by a fella [...]
Mobile Phones at WWDC
Im probably being really picky, but mobile phones at WWDC are starting to annoy me. At the beginning of every session they make an announcement along the lines of:
“For the benefit of all sessions members, please ensure all devices that create sound including laptops, mobile phones , etc are turned on silent”
Yet…. every single session [...]
Thoughts about WWDC - Sunday 5th
Woke up bright and early and headed off to the Student Sunday session. It was at the Argent hotel this year, a change from past years when it was held in the Moscone centre.
Got there around 8am, and got into the breakfast. I had a croisant thing with strawberry jam, wasnt too bad. Also had [...]
Thoughts about WWDC - Saturday 4th
Woke up around 7am this morning, showered, washing some tv and stuff until Luke and Thomas woke up.
We headed out to grab some breakfast and ended up an Mel’s Inn, a place we came across while walking around. I had scrambled eggs, bacon, has browns and toast - it was really good.
From there we wandered [...]
Thoughts about WWDC - Friday 3rd
We departed Rocky at 6:30am, after a little worry of Thomas showing up late The flight to Brisbane was fast. We hung at Brisbane for a few hours and had something to east while we waited. When all was good we checked in and went to the ‘departing’ area.
We all wwaited till we got [...]
Student Day - Morning
Currently sitting in the Argent Hotel at the WWDC student day breakfast. They have allowed an hour for breakfast and its only been 30mins and already people are pulling out their laptops.
Im really buggered this morning, dont know why. I think the pillows on my bed are the problem, they are really soft and when [...]
In San Fran
So, after around 16 hours in a plane, i am now in San Francisco. Its currently around 3:30pm Friday afternoon. We arrived around 3 hours ago and got the train from the airport to a fews blocks from the hotel.
The plane trip was ok. Cramped and somewhat boring as expected but i managed to fall [...]
Leaving on a jet plane
And so begins my WWDC 2005 experience. We all fly out of Rocky at 6:30am tomorrow morning and arrive at brisbane an hour or so later. From there its off to Auckland then straight to San Francisco.
Im really excited, should be great fun and i cant wait to soak up all the cool [...]