Theatricality of WWDC '08

JUST format look nice

I'm a die-hard apple fan. have been and always will be, I've even put "tinker with iphone SDK" on my todo list, but Okay, this is kind of a nuance comment of sorts, but I couldn't help but noticing how many "empty sound spaces" there were in, albeit well-rehearsed and totally gnarly wwdc 2008 keynote, where the audience was supposed to clap and "whoo-whoo". At one point I think Phil even reminded the audience that it was okay to clap. Another strange moment was when Jobs showed the browser speed comparions between 3G edge and wifi -- an illustrious demo showing the advanced speediness of the 3G, but didn't anyone else think it looked very strange to see 5000 developers in an audience staring at one man on a stage staring at a web page, watching it load for 59 Seconds (The edge speed). Theatrically that was so bizarre. Did anyone think the amount of clapping had lessened?

One thing that crossed my mind was that with bill gates basically resigned from the apple-microsfot chess game (apple clearly having won), maybe developers are demanding more from apple? Or maybe my recent acting worked made watching a webpage load just a "different" kind of performane? Who knows.

Either way, I'm stoked about apple's progress and the sweetness of teh iphone. I MUST continue to watch wwdc keynotes and any other keynotes related to apple. Essential coverage of my favorite OS.

That said, what's the best way to get consisten updates like this from apple? Just RSS their developer page I guess.