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There has been only one.

Only one single service that has done this properly, and having tried out PR-laden SXSW hype-beasties #Hashable and Ditto this week (as well as countless others, Quora included), I’ve experienced it once too many, turned incandescent with rage and this post is the result.

Stop trying to own my social graph.

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Those responsible for the larks of the Twestival Twitter meetup are at it once more. The first batch of tickets for Twestival London were released this afternoon.

There are more coming later this week apparently. There was one major usability problem – so I grabbed the Flip to film Kai booking his ticket.

But hey, 350 twitterers have managed it thus far so maybe I’m just being picky.

Here’s the result. Kai says sorry for swearing:

Buying a Twestival ticket – usability fail from Simon Doggett on Vimeo.

See you at the party folks

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.

Last night was the inaugural Harvest Twestival; organised perfectly by Amanda and Ben and sponsored, in part, by us.

It was the best meetup event I’ve been to for a long time. If not the best night out for ages.

The London Twitter crowd are a genuinely lovely mix of people. A vibrant mix of creatives, webby types, designers, bloggers, developers, musicians, podcasters, PR folk and everything inbetween. We talked about music, user experience, Twitter, iPhones, booze, photography, becoming a MySpace band. Everything.

We met those we’ve followed for ages and got to put faces to usernames. I met friends of friends who I didn’t even know were on Twitter to start with. What more could you want from an event?

All in all it was a brilliant chance to catch up with old friends and acquaintanc

es, as well as a perfect chance to make new friendships and tap into the collective wisdom of our local Twitter scene.

We’re anticipating the next one. No pressure guys!

Twestival on flickr.