The Web 2.0 expo is great. There are lots of interesting people and it is always great so see some familiar faces. The thing that is missing though is a good social network that will help me find interesting people to talk to. At the moment i’m at a talk about the openSocial. A Google platform to tie almost any social network together. This sound like a nice idea and we’ll definitely use it to mash up some of our services.

What strikes me, is the fact, that such a great conference organizer as O’Reilly, still has the same old fashioned ideas about a conference. They try to create value by putting loads of speakers on stage. Most of the people in the room are developers, so they are used to participate and create. One thing you can’t do here at all is participate. Not even time for one question.

All these social networks are about connecting people together and share your data. So why not help the conference participants to connect, by setting up a network, so they can create something together. Or at least meet.