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# San Francisco By The Numbers
- URL: https://www.vjarmy.com/san-francisco-by-the-numbers/
- Published: 2005-06-12T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-09T03:15:11.000Z
- Description: A recap of the WWDC trip.
- Author: Dan Dickinson
- Tags: Work, Travel

**175**: Number of hours the trip lasted, including all travel.

**4**: Number of hours I played Metal Gear Acid on the plane flight out.

**19**: Number of sessions I attended at WWDC.

**3**: Number of sessions I attended I would rate a 5 out of 5.

**2**: Number of sessions I attended I would rate a 1 out of 5.

**2554**: Number of lines of text written into my workblog in the “WWDC” category.

**160**: Number of kilobytes total in said workblog entries.

**30**: Approximate value in US dollars of all the free [Odwalla](https://odwalla.com/?ref=vjarmy.com) Lemonade and Limeade I consumed at WWDC.

**6**: Number of online friends I had met previously and met up with again.

**3**: Number of online friends that I finally met in person.

**1**: Number of times I had someone say in realization, “OH! YOU’RE DAN DICKINSON!”

**7**: Number of times I was wished a happy birthday.

**55**: Number of pictures in my summary [San Francisco Trip Flickr set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/remydwd/sets/443199/?ref=vjarmy.com) (if you have full access rights).

**121**: Number of dollars spent on goods and services of personal interest. ($20 at Portal One, $10 at SVGL, $35 on a subscription to Make, $40 at the Apple Campus Store, $16 at Aardvark Books)

**2**: Number of times I went to an In-N-Out Burger.

**0**: Number of times before this trip I had been to an In-N-Out Burger.

**103**: Approximate number of phone calls made or received by my Sidekick during the last week.

**50**: Approximate number of text messages made or received by my Sidekick during the week.

**3**: Number of Apple events I went to. (Enterprise IT Cocktail Party, Stump, Campus Bash)

**6**: Number of times I went to the Sony Metreon.

**2**: Number of places on my body that ache in extremely painful ways. (Knee and very lower back)