Un-conventional: How WWDC became the heart of the Apple world's calendar

[iMore.com]

This week Apple opened registration for WWDC, the company's annual developer conference, which will be held June 8-12 in San Francisco.
WWDC is a huge deal in the Apple community, but it wasn't always so. I've been going to WWDC since the mid-1990s, when it was a sleepy affair that took place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. Probably the most memorable moment of any of the San Jose-based WWDCs I attended was the last one: That was 2002, when Steve Jobs laid the classic Mac OS to rest ? no, seriously, there was a coffin on stage.

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