Future of Web Apps starts next week. Exciting.
Probably my favourite event of the year, and in 2007 it was partly responsible for helping our team really push forward. Just like a really great conference should.
So here’s my (unashamedly honest) FOWA todo list.
- Talk to Kevin Rose without coming across as a babbling fanboy
- Steal a Microsoft bean bag
- Get at least another ten Twitter followers
- Learn amazing stuff from Matt Biddulph
- Try not to lock myself out of my hotel room
- Find some brilliant UI developers who don’t shrink at the mention of ASP.
- Find a really, really talented freelance Facebook developer (or agency)
- Don’t lose all my expenses receipts. Again.
- Stay awake during the Zuckerberg keynote
- Drink lots of Adobe beer. Party.
Are you going? What’s your FOWA strategy? I need more ideas!
Disclaimer: I am totally trying to win this competition.
Categories: User Experience
Tagged: adobe, conference, dopplr, facebook, FOWA, future of web apps, london, twitter
1. Can’t afford a ticket. Anyone?
2. Turn up for Diggnation Live on the Friday
3. Get drunk and laugh a lot at KRose and Albrecht
4. Drink more at Diggnation party and probably pass out on Doggett’s hotel room floor.
Wow, that’s a really great post Si.
For some reason I felt the need to leave a comment to say so.
Not to mention the plethora of hot chicks as the company ‘representatives’…
Can you believe I have to leave early on the Friday and will miss both Zuckerburg (meh) and Diggnation? Gutted.
Sounds rather exciting – although you’re surely selling yourself short only getting ‘at least another ten Twitter followers’ – I suggest you go for 300 at least! 1 a minute for 5 hours… Break some kind of record!
And I suggest you attempt to cause an argument between two Social Media giants that will lead to all out flame war on a grand scale- and cause one to crumble without recognition whilst the other becomes the next Google!
Yes. Yes indeed…
nono, get TWO beanbags. totally not feeling chairs right now. when / where’s Diggnation again?
Really looking forward to this one. It’s going to be awesome.
Let’s revolutionise the future!
More things for your list:
11. Schmooze and network with high-flying business types
12. Explain the fundamental problem with instrument-based rhythm games in a closed-IP system to a group of Japanese schoolgirls.
13. Do the “we’re not worthy” thing to John Resig
14. Meet Simon Wardley
15. Change name to something cool like Felix Lichtenstein
Sounds like fun.
Why does a snooze at 9 sound so appealing???!!!!! Have fun
Simon – your list isn’t complete without “Rushing diggnation stage and almost making it collapse”
has anyone actually crowdsurfed at a conference yet? Here’s your chance to be the first
Good post, I’ll see you there
Awesome post Si. Love the font on ur header btw ; )
do you want a Joost t-shirt to parade around in?
Nice work Si, I strongly recommend not loosing your expenses receipts. Always gets me.
@Dave Mc YES. Schwag FTW. Thanks for the comments so far peeps. Only ten more to go!!!
Brilliant post Si, fan-bloody-tastic!
Action point #11 from last year was ‘swoon over Leah Culver’ as I recall….
I am going to challenge and beat Albrecht in a beer chug off. Fact.
Good luck Simon, cheers!
I didn’t get half of the jokes and names but it sounds like the list of the perfect web nerd. You didn’t changed.
You da man, Si.
Haha Rich Marr re. your Felix Lichtenstein suggestion – but I vote for ‘Chuck Zanderbuckburgstein’.
Si your blog name is great. You really did blog it, Doggett.
Sophie de Overthirty
Simon – I can honestly say that this is the best blog post I have read of yours.
Nice dogg there Bloggett
good post, hope you win
Nice work Doggett. Get your hair cut and then you’ll be able to see what’s going on at FOWA too! If not I heartily recommend increasing your stock of kirbygrips.
Good luck!