Apple WWDC 2018 – The Before
Want to feel the atmosphere during this special week? Come here!
During this WWDC, I will try to share with you the details of a WWDC. The conference, the tips, the food, the goodies, new frameworks & features, etc. What is it? How is the atmosphere? What’s new technically or not? What you have to do when this experience happens to you, etc. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Let’s go!
Special thanks to Smart&Soft who paid for WWDC ticket & flights.
😃 The euphoria
This is it! My second WWDC after the one of 2016 🤗. This mail of March 23th will stay in my mind, as it stayed for in the year of 2016:
🙌 WWDC again! 🙌
💸 1599 USD again 💸 😅
Second «lottery» inscription. Second victory 😇.
When it happens to you, you have no time:
- Take your flight to SJC.
- Take your AirBnb.
- Check your membership: if you’re not a member of the team which one you’ve register, you’ll be in trouble. The same if your Membership will expire.
- After having the address, make your ESTA if you came from abroad.
- And finally…
🗣 Prepare your alternatives conferences
WWDC is not just about WWDC. It’s a week where alternate conferences are everywhere:
- No WWDC ticket? You can still go to the Alt Conf, try! Swift or NextDoor.
- Mobile actors have their event, just after each WWDC day: Firebase, James Dempsey and the Breakpoints, etc.
- iOS Community events: Loop Bash, Vapor, etc.
🚶🏼The quick visit
If you go to the WWDC, the best to do is having the weekend before, or after, or better: a week. You can visit the Infinite Loop, San Francisco, or walk near to the SF Bridge.
Let me share with you some pics!
Apple Campus One Infinite Loop
The Company Store & Apple Park (by night)
It’s so beautiful 😍: the architecture, the environment, the Apple Store spirit. I think it’s better by night because you’re seeing it across nature, with fewer people. The purity of the design itself.
Parks & Golden Gate
🎟 The ticket & goodies
After you had some rest around San Francisco, it’s time to take your WWDC badge on Sunday! You can still take your ticket on Monday morning, but you will prefer to enter quickly & firstly in the McEnery Center for the Keynote to have a good seat.
Here the goodies of this WWDC 2018:
🕘 The jet lag
Yep. If you come from abroad, you will suffer 😅. From France, we suffer from 9 hours back. Consequently, when it’s the afternoon in San Francisco, you are supposed to sleep 😴.
It takes around 3 days before having the perfect rhythm.
Stay strong 💪.
If you arrived the day before, this will be great to wake up around 4 am to be at the McEnery Center. You’ll be in front of the Keynote 👌.
Anyway, about jetlag: remember The Walking Dead? This is it.
