Jamie Archer

Just woke up after an intensive evening of networking at the Future of Web Apps and much free booze. It was an eye opener for sure.

The highlights:

Dave Morian announced

Facebook's Connect service allowing integration of your users' social data onto your website. It allows activity on other websites to be published in you news feed and well that was the most interesting part... It wasn't the announcement we we waiting for - everyone wants integration with OpenSocial and an opening up of the API... No such luck Zuck

Diggnation filmed a live show on the last night

and Google decided to give

away free beer while everyone was queuing. My business partner, Gabriel Ortiz and I decided that the party was not for us so we swiped twenty beers and the deck chairs kindly provided by BT and proceeded to drink with Linda Wolters of MyHeritage.com, Sam Collins of Yadster generally show our righteous inDiggnation.

I sat through some rather interesting if hurried talks by developers on the Friday. Tim Bray gave a doom and gloom prediction for those developers and designers that don't do multi-role and complained about the ones that say "I don't code in xyz"... But in the end

he talked about opportunities for people who are willing to go back to companies with legacy code and sort out a new front end for the aging critical systems.

Sam Collins and I were struck by the number of people who have a good idea or company but are still stuck in antiquated ways of implementation or down right ignorance of the value of some the data they possess or will possess in the future.

Meanwhile Gabriel was vox popping the crowds, stall holders and speakers and making it be known that he was Gabriel Ortiz - nothingGrinder.

And me I was slowly formulating plans for world domination..... Muhahahaaaaa coughoouegh.

Will report more once the event has sunk in. Wanna watch the talks for free go to here