Future of Web Apps, London 2008
July 26th, 2008. Published under Events. 3 Comments.
If you know me quite well you will know that I went to the Future of Web Apps (FOWA) in London last year. I even have my lanyard still hanging up :). I went as a student as I am still doing a degree in Computing and Internet Technology so I got a great discount.
The highlights of last year include hearing the following awesome speakers:
- Danial Burka (Creative Director at Digg)
- Leah Culver (Developer and co-founder of Pownce)
- Kevin Rose (Founder of Digg, Revision3 and Pownce)
- Mike Arrington (Founder of TechCrunch)
- Matt Mullenweg (Founder of WordPress and Automattic)
- Steve Souders (Developer at Yahoo)
- Robin Christopherson (AbilityNet)
There was also an expo hall for the first time. This included stands from big names such as Sun Microsystems, Zoho, Adobe and Microsoft. They all gave away free gear, plus I was very close to winning an xbox! On top of that there was 4 xbox’s linked up together, Adobe provided 2 Wii systems linked up to massive TV screens. There was one small little event… Live Diggnation, it was legendary.
But the main reason I started to write this post was to say that I should be going to FOWA this year! I am just awaiting confirmation. I should hopefully be there with my friend John.
Having someone else there should enable me to record my video blog live and at the scene and maybe even fit in a few interviews with some speakers and people I see there. I might get a bit of footage from the afterparty too. Oh and it’s the afterparty for Diggnation! Yes thats right, it is back at FOWA and should be bigger then last year.
There are also some people that I am looking forward to seeing: Kevin Rose, Gary Vaynerchuk and Blaine Cook. Check out the list of speakers.
There will be more info coming soon. If your going to FOWA then let me know, comment below or use the contact form. Also If you want me to hunt down specific people to interview then let me know who you want and a question or 2 to ask them.
3 Comments
Jo Andrews on August 11th, 2008
Hey, thanks for the great write up of FOWA.
Look forward to seeing you there this year!
Ollie on August 11th, 2008
Thanks. I loved it last year and will hopefully have a great time this year!
Ollie
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