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FOWA 08: Social notes and observations

Posted on Wed 15 Oct, 2008

Social notes

One of the great things about the Future of Web Apps expo was how polite the speakers were. I caught up with a few during the conference and in the parties afterwards. Simon and I had a chat with Alvin Woon from Plurk (who likes his beers apparently), the guys from Swirrl, the people from Meebo and PhoneFromHere.

I also wandered around the Friday night party weeding out the hackers from the Diggnation fans, thankful to find fellow Ruby and …

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FOWA 08: Day 2 Talks

Posted on Tue 14 Oct, 2008

This is a summary of the talks I went to at the Future of Web Apps on the second day of the conference. Read the first part here: FOWA 08: Day 1 Talks

The Fear Factor – Tim Bray

Tim changed his talk to one about how to survive in the current economic climate. He basically described my career (I graduated in 2001 – during the dot com crash) so I felt some encouragement from his ideas.

“Innovation, the future and why nothing is ever simple – Simon War…

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FOWA 08: Day 1 Talks

Posted on Mon 13 Oct, 2008

I visited the Future of Web Apps conference last Thursday and Friday in London. The talks were by large excellent, and the speakers were personable and gave detailed answers to questions. Talks were split into Business and Developer, which made choosing difficult for me because I’m involved in both. Videos of all the talks are here: All FOWA 08 Videos

The Future of News – Kevin Rose, digg

Kevin’s talk was given in a more …

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