“Turn off your MiFi/Clear/other wireless router. I’m so totally not kidding on this one. People will punch you if they find out you’ve got one on.”
iPhone Development: WWDC First Timer’s Survival Guide, 2011 Edition
I can verify that the last sentence is true. I was absolutely fucking livid about this last year— my out-of-country iPhone was my only way to try & hook up with my wife & family who were on holiday there at the time, and these things made that near-impossible.
Also: don’t forget that it isn’t purely a personal consideration. Just because we’re at WWDC doesn’t mean our jobs go on pause for a week. Almost everyone there will, at some point or another, need to sit down on the floor (the only available space) and work remotely to fix a bug or provide some guidance to any colleagues unfortunate enough not to make it to WWDC. Our employers aren’t going to be terribly keen to send us back next year if we become totally unavailable in an emergency for the whole week. So if your MiFi fucks up some kid’s chance at coming back to WWDC in 2012, I’ll goddamn punch you in the face myself.
