Vermyndax on June 18th, 2007

I suppose I have to set up this video.
We had been waiting a little over 3 hours to get to this point… this… oh glorious point at which we climb the holy escalator to the third floor of Moscone Center West for a chance at getting into the main keynote presentation without falling victim to [...]

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Greetings again from WWDC 2007.
Those of you who know me know that I’ve made my living thus far as a Windows admin. I’ve always had a particular bent toward messaging technologies and I do have certifications in the Microsoft space to prove that I can architect these solutions.
The project I am working on now [...]

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Vermyndax on June 14th, 2007

Last night I attended the MacBU WWDC 2007 reception. It was quite the party. I met the new GM of MacBU, Craig Eisler. He’s a very energetic fellow. One fo the MacBU devs described him as “kinetic.” That’s probably accurate.
We spoke a little bit about issues with Entourage that plague [...]

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Vermyndax on June 13th, 2007

I’ve heard/read many people project the death of the Mac Mini.
After spending half a week here at WWDC, I’d like to inform you that I don’t believe this to be the case.
Mac Minis have proven to be quite the useful little box here at WWDC. They are set up as cheapo terminals for users, [...]

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Vermyndax on June 12th, 2007

I am in the process of adding a few more photos of WWDC 2007. In particular, these pictures are of waiting in line for the keynote. I have videos of that too… but… gee, who wants to see a bunch of geeks waiting in line?
I also have video of portions of the keynote [...]

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Vermyndax on June 11th, 2007

So today was the keynote and I have to admit – it was a little underwhelming.
Most of the chatter I heard around the show today seemed to share that sentiment. The excitement was pretty good surrounding the newer features – specifically the new Finder, Cover Flow integration, Time Machine and Core Animation. It’s [...]

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Vermyndax on June 10th, 2007

So we journeyed down the hill from our hotel to Moscone Center West to get a gander of WWDC 2007 and register for the show. Many folks had the same idea – they were streaming in from everywhere with excited looks on their faces. Many of them registered and immediately unpacked their laptops [...]

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