iPad & iPhone User - USA (2020-03)

When you attend WWDC in person, you

can make valuable connections with

Apple engineers and other developers

developers who can’t attend pricey conferences get the

most out of Apple’s stuff.

Everything else changes

WWDC has become the main event on the Apple

community’s calendar, a social gathering that includes

live podcasts, adjunct conferences and much more.

It will be a shame if we lose all that. And I’m not sure

anything can replace it. Instead, WWDC will go from

feeling like a week-long gathering of a community

to feeling like... another Apple media event. The

podcasts you listen to will cover it, but from afar. The

parties won’t happen.

But here’s the truth: for most people, it won’t be any

different. Most people in the Apple community don’t

When you attend WWDC in person, you
can make valuable connections with
Apple engineers and other developers

developerswhocan’tattendpriceyconferencesgetthe

mostoutofApple’sstuff.

Everythingelse changes

WWDChasbecomethemaineventontheApple

community’scalendar,asocialgatheringthatincludes

livepodcasts,adjunctconferencesandmuchmore.

Itwillbeashameifweloseallthat.AndI’mnotsure

anythingcanreplaceit.Instead,WWDCwillgofrom

feelinglikeaweek-longgatheringofacommunity

tofeelinglike...anotherApplemediaevent.The

podcastsyoulistentowillcoverit,butfromafar.The

partieswon’thappen.

Buthere’sthetruth:formostpeople,itwon’tbeany

different.MostpeopleintheApplecommunitydon’t