Just a quick post before breakfast the second day. Sessions attended on the first day included:

  • a panel about the next face of the web from a panel of excellent user experience thought leaders from various companies and consulting firms
  • a technical breakout session of a firm working with myspace to provide restful api capabilities based on wcf technologies, and
  • another very remarkable panel about how the business opportunities and realitites play out in the web 2.0 world and beyond

The panel about business was particularly interesting, with the ceos of Jacked and Seesmic providing a web 2.0 startup perspective and a product manager Tim Kendall of facebook adding the perspective of a company riding the huge wave of participation they enjoy.

Personally for me the first day has generated a lot of excitement. Much of the information being presented is in the same type of business and technology space I occupy in my career, and it’s a wonderful chance to see what people who have done things right have to say. Today will be more of a technical focus for me, returning to ajax on asp.net and developing with the new mvc tools.

I also won $13.50 after dinner last night. I’m not counting the $20 I lost earlier, so as far as the slots go I’m going to say I’m ahead.

But as always, for now, no time! I have to go eat!