"Wish I was there".... WWDC Keynote Kit
Tomorrow's the day folks. Seriously. I can't recall a year where I've been so excited about what a Stevenote holds in store for us (and I know nothing of what's instore, by the way!). So what can we do to celebrate? Well, short of getting on a plane, TUAW's got a few tips. But that's not going to quench our thirst for news - well, at least not mine. So I've prepared a few things for us non-San Francisco-bound folks to behold. Firstly, an iChat room. The name of it is: wishiwasthere. How to get there? Simple. Hit Apple + Shift + G and enter wishiwasthere in the box under 'AOL Instant Messanger'.
You'll also want to play Bingo, and check the time zones below for when you need to be awake / opening tabs discreetly / otherwise with us:
7:00AM - Hawaii
10:00AM - Pacific
11:00AM - Mountain
12:00PM - Central
1:00PM - Eastern
5:00PM - GMT
6:00PM - London
7:00PM - Paris
2:00AM - Tokyo (June 12th)
Now, finally, where on earth would you want to find yourself come coverage? Well. There's tonnes of sites out there offering coverage. So I've condensed 10 into a single Applescript launcher, and added a top icon from Florian over at CocoaGrove (merci beaucoup!) so all you need to do is put this baby in your dock and it'll open the 10 sites in your default browser. Please read this before running it!
Grab it by clicking the image above, and please, go see the rest of the (free!) icons at Cocoa Grove. One final link before I try and get off the WWDC Kool-aid - ReloadEvery. It's a server manager's nightmare (so please use responsibly) but it might be worth setting to refresh every say 30 seconds, in case you really want to be up to date. It requires Firefox / Bon Echo 2.0+. See you in the chat room from T-minus 60 minutes folks!
Update #1: A new prompt has been added to remind folks about the Safari tabs issue. If you want this new version, it's live on the servers now:
Update #2: We're also going to be live in irc.krono.net #wwdc (thanks Alec!)