WWDC 2017 in review: The community evolvesMy sixth WWDC was my busiest, but also the one where I felt most at home.
If you've been reading other WWDC takes around the web, you'll see similar thoughts and comments. Moving 2017's WWDC to San Jose made the sometimes sprawling conference (and its various unaffiliated events) feel like the best little tech town in the world. I'm going to be honest: I was nervous going into this year. I initially didn't even book a hotel past Tuesday, originally opting to stay in San Francisco for the remainder of my trip. I figured that after the keynote, non-badged folks would gravitate back to the North Bay.
I couldn't have been happier to be wrong.
Despite thousands of people descending on the McEnery Convention Center and its surrounding blocks for the week, San Jose felt strangely calm — welcome in a way that the South of Market area never really has. In SoMA, there were places for developers to congregate, of course, but the "chosen" (those with WWDC badges) always felt v...
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WWDC 2017 in review: The community evolves
