Song of The Day: Hypnotize - Artist: System of a Down
Last evening an AOL colleague and I hit the DC 2.0 event held at Reston, VA. From the website it was the first DC area Web 2.0 event and the purpose was to meet folks interested in the next generation of the Web. The website doesn’t currently have any detailed information concerning the event, but I think they will have pictures and other information posted in the near future.
Upon arrival the first thing we encountered was food and beer, always nice when meeting after hours, and we mixed and mingled with a few local digerati including an ex-AOLer that joined Revolution recently.
Thereafter, Steve Boyd kicked off the event by showing a few statistics of how Web 2.0 (i.e., specifically the Ajax part and Mashups) interest and jobs openings have climbed over recent months. For example, he visited Indeed and PageBites to show job trends and postings in the area.
After Steve’s opening, Dion Hinchcliffe gave a few words concerning Web 2.0 and about SOA and how SOA progress has fueled and started Web 2.0 activity. A venture capitalist accompanied Steve as well encouraging companies in Web 2.0 efforts and offering support for business plans, etc.
Eveything was fine and good up to that point; then we delved into a few demos….