I debated it for most the month, but I decided to go to WWDC instead of speaking at three events in Europe happening the same week. I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak back to back at a Monotype event in London, Handsets World in Berlin and Mobile Web 2.0 back in London. I had planned on taking the family and seeing a bit of Europe, although the trip would have been a little crazy with me having to leave my family in London to go to Berlin and then back again the same day, I was all for it. But given that my focus is shifting more and more toward the iPhone, I started feeling a pull toward San Francisco instead. I was invited to WWDC last year, which as a Mac guy was great experience, but as a mobile guy is was pretty lame. In the few iPhone related talks offered last year very little information was being shared prior to its release. (however it did give birth to the idea that would become Leaflets.) But this year an entire mobile track has been added to discuss both native apps and web apps. It may seem like an odd choice to pay $1,300 to attend an event that will only be talking about one device instead of being paid to spend time with my peers in the mobile community, but I truly feel that the iPhone is driving the future of mobile right now. And I would rather look forward than look behind.

I debated it for most the month, but I decided to go to WWDC instead of speaking at three events in Europe happening the same week.

I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak back to back at a Monotype event in London, Handsets World in Berlin and Mobile Web 2.0 back in London. I had planned on taking the family and seeing a bit of Europe, although the trip would have been a little crazy with me having to leave my family in London to go to Berlin and then back again the same day, I was all for it.

But given that my focus is shifting more and more toward the iPhone, I started feeling a pull toward San Francisco instead.

I was invited to WWDC last year, which as a Mac guy was great experience, but as a mobile guy is was pretty lame. In the few iPhone related talks offered last year very little information was being shared prior to its release. (however it did give birth to the idea that would become Leaflets.) But this year an entire mobile track has been added to discuss both native apps and web apps.

It may seem like an odd choice to pay $1,300 to attend an event that will only be talking about one device instead of being paid to spend time with my peers in the mobile community, but I truly feel that the iPhone is driving the future of mobile right now. And I would rather look forward than look behind.

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