Linked List: March 28, 2011

Monday, 28 March 2011

WWDC 2011 Sells Out in Under 12 Hours ★

Serenity Caldwell, for Macworld:

While WWDC has been selling out before its opening day since 2008, this year’s speedy turnaround is particularly noteworthy: Apple’s conference last year in 2010 took eight days to fill to capacity, while it took a whole month for the 2009 event to sell out. As previous conferences have primarily focused on either Apple’s mobile or desktop OS, but never both, it’s likely the promised double-whammy of available tracks for both the Mac and iOS attracted a much larger pool of developers than last year’s iOS-centric conference.

I don’t know about that. I think it likely would have sold out in the same amount of time even if Apple’s entire announcement had consisted of nothing but “WWDC 2011 tickets are now on sale”. This is the conference for the hottest development platform.

David Worthington’s Mom Reviews the iPad, Her First Computer ★

If you don’t think this sort of perspective matters, you’re nuts.

Jack Dorsey Back at Twitter, Leading Product Design ★

Remember all the shit I got when I suggested that Ev Williams was forced out as CEO and that his new position as head of product was pure spin? Yeah.

Jim Dalrymple: ‘No iPhone, iPad, or Mac Hardware Coming at WWDC’ ★

Surprising, yes. But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Jim Dalrymple’s sources at Apple are gold.

WWDC 2011 on Sale Now ★

June 6-10. Last year’s sold out in a few days. This year’s slogan: “Join us for a preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X” — sounds like iOS 5 might not ship until later in the year.

Apple’s Web-Based App Store Guide for iPhone ★

The emphasis seems to be promoting iPhone-exclusive titles.