WWDC: what it's like to be at society's most important conference Apple and exchange business cards in Silicon Valley!

I almost didn't even nestI started to look around and it's already behind me; it really went by incredibly fast. I'll try to briefly describe what happened in the last 2 days, and how it affected me overall. WWDC made an impression. Thursday: I started the morning with their continental breakfast and coffee in the classic way. As for the sessions, again, it's 'confidential', but if I had to tease you a little, I would say the following: Apple Maps have received quite nice improvements (more detailed even at lower zoom levels, the ability to rotate around the globe, new API for searching 'venues' and navigating from point A to point B..), also regarding scroll views – thanks to the new UIKit

Dynamics will do some pretty crazy things with them, it will be up to the developers to use it only decently (or at all, in my opinion that will be the best thing ever) varianta). Also regarding animations between individual “pages” in the application – there are new APIs for that, which will allow you to do quite interesting things. Over lunch I went to a 'lunch talk' by Jason Kingsley, CEO and Creative Director of Rebellion, the company behind such gaming hits as Aliens vs. Predator or Star Wars Battlefront. It was really interesting, besides technology, this guy is enthusiastic about such horse fights (when 2 knights run against each other and break a wooden pole at such speed, I don't know what it's called exactly).

During the whole day, between the lectures, I talked with an acquaintance of mine, a person from Australia, since we were on a tour to Silicon Valley together. He is already 2 years out of college and enjoys the 'focus' on programming and the results it brings. Among other things, I complained to him about how the school doesn't fulfill me, and how I can't wait to be like him.

The bash
In the evening I went to the Bash, an event organized directly for the participants WWDC, where the band Vampire Weekend performed (we could hear some of their songs right between the lectures at WWDC). It was great, I met Eduardo there (the Mexican who organized the tour to Silicon Valley that I was on). I also had fun with a person from a 'smaller' company focused on games (Zynga), I showed him my application and we discussed a possible internship for me with them, directly as iOS developer. I also exchanged a few words (and business cards) with the mobile developer at Ebates (ebates.com).

Friday
This day was a bit shorter because the lectures ended at 11:30. The first thing I did after breakfast was go to the Core Data lab. I asked them about something that I had been working on for a really long time and only managed to get it working on iOS 5. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) they admitted that it was a bug on their part. We agreed that I would send a bug report and the person I discussed it with (and who directly develops the framework) would look into it and hopefully fix it. By noon it was all over. WWDC finished with talc "Bill Nye The Science Guy”. I had never heard of him before, but judging by the reactions of the people in the hall, he must be very popular in America. From what I understand, he has his own show, which is funny, but also educational in terms of science (he himself is a scientist). He talked about the history of his family and his show, which celebrates 20 years of existence this year. His message that accompanied the whole talk for us, the developers, was “Go change the world!”, which was really motivating, and I think it was perfect for the end of this entire conference.

Conclusion and summary
I am so glad that I had the opportunity to attend this conference. I have been dreaming about it for several years, and this year it finally happened.oneIt worked out really well. I met a lot of interesting people,oneI really enjoyed myself in English (even though it was a bit difficult at times, but considering it's my first time here, I think it's pretty good), I learned a lot of new things. My opinions and overall outlook have shifted and changed a bit thanks to this experience, it strengthens me to keep going and try to give it my all. maximum. I don't know how many students participated in that competition, and whether I passed the selection only "by a hair's breadth" or "with a clear head", but history no longer asks about that. I hope that next year I will look here again, and that I will be able tooneI will literally move from that imaginary place and everything will somehow start moving.

What would I say to the readers? LsA
Whatever it is you are considering doing or would like to do, go ahead and do it. maximum! Don't put it off, it may happen that one day you wake up and it will be too late, you will no longer have the options you have now. No one promises you that it will work, but if you don't try, theance is zero. Follow your intuition rather than the voice of society that says “don’t do it, be like everyone else, get a good job, watch TV in the evening, be obedient”, because only your intuition knows what you really want and what will truly make you happy, and only your hard work can turn these dreams into reality over time!

• Lukáš Petr – glimsoft.com
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