Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images

Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images(developer.android.com)

23 points by nolanbrown23 12 years ago | 23 comments

Aqueous 12 years ago |

Ok, I followed a shortened link and it drops me into a fairly cool terminal simulator with a space MUD-style game in it. But it's kind of creepy to have the prompt print out as <my actual first name>@io

I know Google knows I'm logged in right now. I know that Google knows that I know that I'm logged in right now. Still, it feels weird.

lam 12 years ago | |

That's because you're using Chrome?

bburky 12 years ago |

    $ find /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images -type f | sed 's_/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images_http://developer.android.com/images_' | wget -x -i -
    $ diff -r developer.android.com/images /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images
    Binary files developer.android.com/images/admin/device-admin-activate-prompt.png and /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/docs/images/admin/device-admin-activate-prompt.png differ
    [...]

Sadly, they're all gone.

andrewweiser 12 years ago |

Just found one. It's the "opportunity to purchase" a ticket to I/O. Registration code should arrive within 24-48 hours.

tostitos1979 12 years ago | |

Darn ... I found four but none worked :(

davnola 12 years ago |

    1. Start scraping all images from http://developer.android.com/training/ inside div.gc-documentation    
    2. Inspect manually
    3. Profit

Fun!

suyash 12 years ago |

Very clever approach by Google (I was hoping for a coding test though :), after getting the code (which is the URL), you will be directed to sign in to your Google Account and then would have to complete the Space Mercury Mission (Console Game) to win the Code for IO 2014. For the curious, this is what the game looks like: http://i.imgur.com/b1LVoG8.png

quaffapint 12 years ago |

There's the one in... http://developer.android.com/images/tools/as-buildvariants.p... ...but I've tried everything I can make of that awful font and can't seem to get the proper chars for the URL.

msie 12 years ago | |

First char is a 5.

brunolazzaro 12 years ago |

It looks like they were hiding them in other places, such as old video annotations...

Source: https://twitter.com/jc4p/status/456881857481547776

bjonathan 12 years ago |

example image with code for the curious : https://cloudup.com/cwt9rS66Agu

suyash 12 years ago | |

what the game looks like: http://i.imgur.com/b1LVoG8.png

suyash 12 years ago |

What do you think Google is doing it that way? Do they want us all to read/spend more time in their developer docs examining the images?

sethammons 12 years ago |

It says I don't have valid credentials for the four or so I found. They all seem like the same text adventure.

msie 12 years ago | |

Same here. Is it because I'm not in the US?

Nogwater 12 years ago | | |

I'm in the US and tried at least 10, all with failure.

brunolazzaro 12 years ago | | |

Ditto. Not in the US also.

eudoxus 12 years ago |

I have only come across the two, both on the link in the OP.

Has anyone found others?

msie 12 years ago |

Argh, too late as usual.

rnirnber 12 years ago |

where are you seeing the hiding I/O tickets?

mbreese 12 years ago | |

It looks like they changed the image to remove the watermark. The actual code has already been claimed.

rnirnber 12 years ago | | |

FML

$ find /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images -type f | sed 's_/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images_http://developer.android.com/images_' | wget -x -i - $ diff -r developer.android.com/images /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images Binary files developer.android.com/images/admin/device-admin-activate-prompt.png and /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/docs/images/admin/device-admin-activate-prompt.png differ [...]