Besides the fact that I will not attend to the conference (for several reasons, mainly because it is too expensive) I am excited about the WWDC.

What are my plans for this year?

I definitely want to be in company while watching the keynote. In my opinion, it would be great if a "public viewing" would happen anywhere near me. Sadly, this is not the case and therefore I will watch with some friends and kind-of-coworkers.

My special interest lies in the session videos.
We have already heard that some are streamed live whereas others are released as soon as the decoded it.
So my WWDC will consist of watching videos in good company.

For the case that anyone is still interested in watching WWDC '14 videos, the next passage is for you.
If you stumbled over the fact that there is an iOS app but only a website for the Mac you will be delighted:
WWDC for Mac

Some great sessions I recommend (and have watched in the last month as well):

• 236: Building Interruptible and Responsive Interactions (great view into UIView animation and Core Animation)
• 404: Advanced Swift (with great power comes great responsibility, swift is more powerful than we (I) thought (held my Andy Matuschak who I am a fan of)
• 419: Advanced Graphics and Animations for iOS Apps (more Core Animation and what it takes to render a pixel, also interesting performance tipps and in-depth UIVisualEffectView)
• 235: Advanced Scrollviews and Touch Handling Techniques (very good structured and held talk, excellent to lean back and enjoy)

Your time is definitively not wasted at all if you watch the mentioned videos ahead of the upcoming conference!

However, I would love to have the opportunity to watch the videos at 2x (or at least ~1.7x) playback speed.
Due to the fact that I listen to podcasts at this speed, I became conformable with hearing and "parsing" the english language.
My workaround: download the files and play them using VLC Player (it can adjust the playback speed) and mirror the screen onto my  TV.
I would love to have an iPad app so my Mac can go to sleep but I haven't found any.
Please contact me if you have further information.

At the end of this entry I would like to point out the fact that I bite back from spreading my predictions about future products 😉