Practical Guide To WWDC

A presentation based on my experience with 2016 WWDC edition. A bunch of practical information for those who consider attending! The presentation was published during Cocoaheads Tricity meetup in Gdańsk, Poland.

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1. Practical guide
 to WWDC Michał Waśniewski, Schibsted Tech Polska @mwasniewski 1
2. Agenda • Three months before • Conference days • Beyond the sessions • Things to see • Tips • Expenses 2
3. Disclaimer Personal opinion about 
 2016 edition. 3
4. Three months before 4
5. Three months before • Go to Warsaw, apply for
 a U.S. Visa • Apply for a WWDC ticket in mid April by entering lottery • Book flights & hotel, great connection through Stockholm? • Buy ticket for night tour 
 in Alcatraz • Plan your trip 5
6. The lottery • Only 5000 tickets • Sold out quickly in 2013, lottery since that year • Randomly selected • ~30 ppl on FB group
 Polskie WWDC • If you don’t win, you can
 consider AltConf as well 6
7. Ideas for longer trip before/after WWDC 7 photos by unsplash.com
8. Conference days 8
9. Sunday • Prepare your ticket in
 Wallet App before • Collect your badge in the morning, don’t lose it, because Apple won’t re-issue it • Join WWDC hike around 
 San Francisco from Lands End
 to Fisherman’s Wharf (~15 km) • Reveal meetup 9
10. Monday • Queue for Keynote starts forming at 1 AM, join if you want to meet people • Keynote - in 2016 everyone could go in (~7000 seats) • State of the union • Design awards • Beard Bash by Loop and Jim Dalrymple 10
11. Tuesday • Conference moves to 
 Moscone Center • Breakdown Sessions, 
 many details revealed • Great time to download
 and try new software • NSHipster Quiz,
 run by Nate Cook 11
12. Wednesday • Sessions • Lot of meetups • Yelp, Flurry, Diversion 12
13. Thursday - Bash, by Apple with Good Charlotte 13
14. Friday • Sessions • No meetups :( 14
15. Octoshop 15
16. Beyond the sessions 16
17. Lunch break talks Very inspiring 17
18. Labs - each day different one, check app 18
19. UI Design labs • Signup super early 
 (7:00:00 AM) • One to one session • Prepare your questions, apps etc • No recording possible • Try more than once • There are also AppStore labs 19
20. Things to see 20
21. San Francisco: Cable cars, Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard St., Fisherman’s Wharf, Museums 21
22. Pier 39 22
23. Alcatraz: tickets at least 1 month before, buy morning one, go directly to cell house, https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/ 23
24. Apple mothership (check store!), Google HQ, Steve Jobs house, HP Garage 24
25. Test drive Tesla, San Jose 25
26. General tips 26 • Get an USD account with debit card, buy currency at online exchange • San Francisco ‘Summer' • Book hotel as close to Moscone as possible,
 watch out for some districts • Buy local SIM card 
 (AT&T in CVS Pharmacy) • Signup for parties really quickly! Get the app: 
 Parties for WWDC By
 Genady Okrain • Remember you're under NDA
27. Expenses 27
28. San Francisco‘s housing is expensive http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-things-people-do-to-survive-san- franciscos-housing-prices-2016-4/?IR=T/#according-to-real-estate-marketplace- 28
29. Expenses • In total: ~5000+ USD 29 • Ticket 1599 USD • Flight ~1200 USD • Hotel ~2000 USD (from Apple’s list), no breakfast included • Breakfast 10-15 USD, lunch 15-20 USD (price, tax, tip) • Converse shoes are cheap ;)
30. Thanks! Questions? 30