A Taxonomy of Selfies from the Apple WWDC Keynote
When you gather a group of tech journalists who all own smart phones in a large room together for a big event like the Apple developer conference, you best believe selfies are going to be taken in front of the stage.
The Apple WorldWide Developer Conference is all about showing things off. So when a mass of tech journalists who all own the latest and greatest smartphones gather in one room, the selfies will fly. And fly they did today inside the Moscone West Convention Center, at least during the lead-up to today's keynote presentation.
There were several distinct varieties of selfie taken at WWDC on Monday, but as longtime watchers of the Apple hype machine know, there is a familiar pattern to the snaps. We'll go through them all here, from the boring to the interesting, though all are embarrassing on some level, if only because the lighting inside a dark theater (combined with the camera on a cellphone) does not work well for selfies.
Here are some of the common selfie strategies you'll find at WWDC:
The "waiting in this impossibly long line" selfie:
First WWDC14 selfie or should I say groupie 🙊😚👌🙇😳😙🙏👏 @johnhmeyer123 good one! @tim_cook we ARE READY Tim! #WWDC pic.twitter.com/85DiAyuvsw
— yamangonen (@yamangonen) June 2, 2014
The "I'm going to pretend I'm ashamed to take a selfie, but not really because here's a selfie" selfie:
Slightly reluctant but obligatory WWDC selfie pic.twitter.com/vJO4AULlyX
— Joe Vdw (@joe_vdw) June 1, 2014
Caption: "Keynote selfie. What am I, 12 years old? #wwdc"
The "I made it inside the room" selfie
My #wwdc selfie is amazing. Better than everyone else's pic.twitter.com/1PNv7eHAFd
— Conor Winders (@ConorWinders) June 2, 2014
Countdown to #wwdc keynote. 2 mins. Assisted selfie-time :-). pic.twitter.com/JXYJtZnk3S
— CreativeIntersection (@C_Intersection) June 2, 2014
The group selfies:
Just a #selfie sitting with my #bestie @migueldeicaza at WWDC! pic.twitter.com/nS8Oj0cxxL
— Aaron Bockover (@abock) June 2, 2014
Love the party atmosphere. Selfie with the gang I spent 8 hours queuing with! #wwdc #bonding pic.twitter.com/jdliaXvm83
— Richard Warrender (@rcwarrender) June 2, 2014
Team @WSJD at #WWDC14: @daiwaka, @JoannaStern and me, live blogging for your enjoyment here: http://t.co/XLsuXmr0SA pic.twitter.com/anz6zuYJL8
— Geoffrey Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 2, 2014
The "I'm not actually there" selfie:
#WWDC liveblog selfie pic.twitter.com/6qotrF8F4c
— Stuart Dredge (@stuartdredge) June 2, 2014
He easily wins the "cutest WWDC selfie" award in a walk. But all pale in comparison to the most coveted of all Apple keynote selfies...
The Tim Cook selfie:
Lady at bottom right isn't impressed with your @tim_cook selfie game, #wwdc14 opportunist man pic.twitter.com/RduAYb2HD8
— Chris Davies (@c_davies) June 2, 2014