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How not to go to the Apple WWDC for seven years in a row.

I’ve been going to the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference for years. The last few years the ticket sales have been a bit quirky and many of us even had alerts that texted and emailed us when the announcement page changed. This year the page changed and announced that they’d start selling tickets at a predetermined time, 10AM PDT on 4/25.

Everyone knew the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference would sell out quickly, but for me it was under a minute. Here’s how not to get tickets to go.

  1. Log into the site before the official sales start at 10AM PDT. This will serve to confuse things later
  2. Start hitting Command-R as it reaches 10AM PDT.
  3. Keep hitting Command-R for a minute because nothing is happening.
  4. SEE THE PAGE THAT SAYS BUY A TICKET! CLICK THE BUTTON!
  5. GET A LOGIN PAGE AND LOG IN!
  6. Get an error page that tells you to retry or to click on a link to report the issue.
    1. Reporting the issue could take more time, and may not get a response.
    2. Refreshing will let you try something quicker!
  7. HIT REFRESH!
  8. SEE THE PAGE THAT SAYS BUY A TICKET! CLICK THE BUTTON!
  9. Get the error page again.
  10. Refresh again because we’ve determined it’s quicker, right?
  11. SEE THE PAGE THAT SAYS BUY A TICKET! CLICK THE BUTTON!
  12. Get the error page again.
  13. OK, it’s time to try something new. Quit the browser and reopen.
  14. Go to the WWDC ticket page.
  15. GET A LOGIN PAGE AND LOG IN!
  16. Get a page that says SOLD OUT.

OK, at this point, have a shitty rest of the day. This part isn’t necessary if you’re not me, but unavoidable if you are. I also added a nice trip with my mom to her doctor who made us wait an hour after the appointment time. He’s a super nice guy so I couldn’t stay mad, but it didn’t help my overall mood.

My sister attributed my problems to something stupid that actually did cheer me up. She said it was probably Megan’s doing, from wherever she is now, because she thought I didn’t need to visit San Francisco if she’s not there. We both laughed about it. It probably would be something she’d do and it’s nice to think that Megan’s still around somewhere, messing with us.