OK, when I saw this on HN I clicked so hard that I nearly broke my mousepad. Last week I installed a Twitter client just to follow @googleio and to monitor #googleio. I'm really disgusted with myself for being such a fanboy.

Because, when you look at previous years there's not that much that comes out of these that Google then follows up, it looks like a lot of the talks are the pipe dreams of a couple of engineers who want to talk about something cool. And, of course, don't forget the swag, the sweet swag! I think I/O serves more as a PR and recruiting event at this point than a real dev conference.

Like a well-trained hamster I'll still do the coding challenges and even mud wrestle with other applicants for a spot. Because, I think they'll give out the HUD glasses this year.