Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference 2008 and how to survive it.

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Guests
Marcus S. Zarra 
Company: Zarra Studios 
Webiste: News 
http://www.zarrastudios.com
Product: Simply Elegant Sales 
Website: http://www.zarrastudios.com/ZDS/seSales.html
Product: iWeb Buddy 
Website: http://www.zarrastudios.com/ZDS/iWebBuddy.html

John Chaffee
Company: Co-Founder, Busy Mac Software(a partnership with Dave Riggle) 
Website: BusySync – Sync iCal and Google Calendar – from BusyMac 
http://www.busymac.com/
Company Blog: http://blog.busymac.com/blog/
Current Product: BusySync 
http://www.busymac.com/

Bill Dudney
Author of Core Animation for OS X: Creating Dynamic Compelling User Interfaces 
Webite: The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Core Animation for OS X 
http://pragprog.com/titles/bdcora/core-animation-for-os-x

Discussion Topics: Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference 
Website: Apple Developer Connection – World Wide Developers Conference 2008 
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

WWDC Experiences 

How many times have you been to WWDC? 
Why do you go to WWDC? 
The Keynote 
State of the Union 
Introduction to Mac and iPhone Development sessions 
ADC on iTunes WWDC sessions available after the conference 
Website: ADC on iTunes Login 
developer.apple.com/adconitunes/ 
What sessions do you want to go to? 
WWDC Sold Out 
Session Seating 
WWDC Survival Tips 
Labs 
What is it like to attend a lab? 
IT TracK 
Apple Design Awards 
Stump the Experts 
Parties 

Buzz Anderson 
Website: 
Buzz Anderson’s 5th Annual WWDC Party at 111 Minna gallery (Monday, June 9, 2008) 
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/460378/

sfMacIndie 
Website: sfMacIndie >> Register for the sfMacIndie Soiree 
http://sfmacindie.com/rsvp/

Ars Technica 
Website: 
Ars Technica & Gizmodo WWDC Party ar Harlot (Tuesday, June 18, 2008) – Upcoming 
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/501501/

Lodging 
Executive Suites 
Website: 
Executive Suites, Inc. – San Francisco Corporate Housing, Furnished Apartments & Vacation Rentals 
http://executivesuites-sf.com/

WWDC Schedule 

Website: Springenwerk Blog: WWDC 2008 Session Geberator in Ruby 
http://blog.springenwerk.com/2008/05/wwdc-2008-session-pdf-generator-in-ruby.html
Website: WWDC Calendar in iCal format 
http://kosmaczewski.net/wwdc2008/

Special Event 

Cocoa/iPhone Bootcamps at Big Nerd Ranch 
Website: Big Nerd Ranch 
http://www.bignerdranch.com/

Apple company store at headquarters in Cupertino will open 12 noon- 5 pm the Sunday before the conference 
Last Minute Tips 
Use BART and Caltrain 

Plugs: 

Marcus S. Zarra
Company: Zarra Studios 
Webiste: News 

http://www.zarrastudios.com 

Product: Simply Elegant Sales 
Website: http://www.zarrastudios.com/ZDS/seSales.html
Product: iWeb Buddy 
Website: http://www.zarrastudios.com/ZDS/iWebBuddy.html
Blog: Cocoa Is My Girlfriend 
Website: Cocoa Is My Girlfriend 
http://www.cimgf.com/

John Chaffee
Company: Co-Founder, Busy Mac Software(a partnership with Dave Riggle) 
Website: BusySync – Sync iCal and Google Calendar – from BusyMac 
http://www.busymac.com/
Company Blog: http://blog.busymac.com/blog/
Current Product: BusySync 
http://www.busymac.com/

Bill Dudney
Author of Core Animation for OS X: Creating Dynamic Compelling User Interfaces 
Webite: The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Core Animation for OS X 
http://pragprog.com/titles/bdcora/core-animation-for-os-x
Blog: PrEV 
Website: PrEV 
http://bill.dudney.net/roller/objc/

Scotty
The Mac Developer Network 
Website: The Mac Developer Network Recent Posts 
http://www.macdevnet.com/

Send feedback, comments and questions to scotty@macdevnet.com. 

Late Night Cocoa show notes produced by Patrick Cassell 
Patrick’s Weblog: Aspiring Mac Developer Weblog 
http://patrickcassell.wordpress.com/

Post Production Editing by Andy Burson