Worst Keynote Ever

[jodelli]

Two words: Gil Amelio. But only if you're including Macworlds.

 

[Zwhaler]

I think the Keynote was solid, since this was a DEVELOPER conference, as opposed to the annual consumer Macworld. A lot of good information came out of it.

I'm with you, basically every year (except 2006, that was actually really interesting) people always expect WWDC to be exciting and consumer-oriented. It is not, and people always get let down since they hype themselves up for it. Remember what WWDC actually stands for... it isn't MacWorld.

 

[grider]

I guess the reason why this didn't seem like one of the better keynotes was because, it was meant more for the developers! It was a developer conference!

 

[grider]

I'm with you, basically every year (except 2006, that was actually really interesting) people always expect WWDC to be exciting and consumer-oriented. It is not, and people always get let down since they hype themselves up for it. Remember what WWDC actually stands for... it isn't MacWorld.

Sorry, I should have read the post above before I commented The thread was a little too long!

 

[MrSmith]

Yesterday

All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in

Yesterday

All together now...

 

[mark88]

I guess the reason why this didn't seem like one of the better keynotes was because, it was meant more for the developers! It was a developer conference!

We've had years and years of WWDC's and each time Apple has released new products not specifically aimed at developers.

I notice how all of sudden there's a bum WWDC everybody comes out and says "yea but it's a developer conference".

Apple set the rules, so it's only right people are to be disappointed when they don't bring out anything new or have an interesting keynote.

The iPhone has turned Apple into a yawn-a-thon if you're not actually interested in iPhones. The keynote barely saw the words 'mac or 'os x' mentioned at all.

 

[JML42691]

^^Great post Mark88, it seems that at some times people are completely missing the point that it is a developers conference, and that Apple is the one that decides if it will be geared more towards the consumer (as the iPhone) or the actual developers, but if I were the developers that were at that keynote for the sole purpose as being developers, I would have been somewhat disappointed over the keynote, as the first half was more of a bunch of infomercials, and the second half was more of a product announcement, it seems that Apple could have done a lot more for the developers at that keynote, but Apple are the ones to decide.

 

[Masquerade]

This keynote in 3 words: super monkey ball.
these .me clouds... remembers super mario... apple party like 1989??

 

[IJ Reilly]

I notice how all of sudden there's a bum WWDC everybody comes out and says "yea but it's a developer conference".

There's no "all of sudden" about it. We hear these complaints after every keynote, at WWDC or MWSF. A lot of people are way too jaded. They seem to think that if Steve doesn't give them the exact product they always wanted, even if nobody had any legitimate reason to expect it, then Apple has stumbled somehow. Silly but true.

 

[Bwilky]

I have to agree. It was pretty dam boring. I fell asleep at the mobile me part. That was just boring. Plus there weren't enough "BUT!!!!!'S".
I don't think Jobs is on his way out though, without Job's I think they will die again.