Here are a few photos I took at the Web 2.0 Expo event this week in San Francisco. Later today my Marketwatch column will discuss some aspects of the event. I’ll put the rest of the pics up later this week as a slideshow or perhaps on Flickr.
The main auditorium was literally packed for the keynote sessions
The atmosphere was very 1984 onstage
Here is the throng of folks from the auditorium pouring down the escalators. It just never ended.
There were even little mini-sessions done in the hallways like this one.
Blogger cum podcaster Robert Scoble was documenting the event but never seemed to leave this one table. As expected the place was crawling with podcasters and bloggers.
Google was here to buy whatever company it could find. Glad to see they improved the look of their booth.
Most of the exibitors were small tool companies such as Zimki. In the 1800’s these would have been the companies selling the eggs to the gold miners.
John – your photos look better than ever. Which camera?
Is it just me or do the Google tables look like they’re made out of giant LEGOs?
I agree with #1 and #2…no, wait I don’t…oh never mind.
So much fuss about HTML. lolol
I didn’t know John Erlichman was still around! Let’s get together with Dick and Al!
see ya…
btw, great photos and spot-on commentary by Mr Dvorak!
I expected to see many many more posts… OH! I see… no half naked bubblehead teen girls… So I guess the post rate is where it should be…
Curiously the booth babe situation was grim which limits the feedback. Also most readers of this blog are not wannabee bloggers.
These pics were shot with an Olympus E-500 with a super wideangle lens (Zuiko 11-22 zoom). I thought they were a little dark. They were all shot in RAW and color balanced a bit after the fact. The exhibit hall was incredibly dark and, to be honest, I didn’t like these pics much although I’ll put a slew of them up someplace.
“Blogger cum”
Gross.
I was actually there from Sunday until yesterday and although I agree with some points, I think you are too harsh. Yes, some of the sessions were complete waste of time, most people were young, and yes I’m sure lots of people there were about money. But hey, this is America! Who is not about money?
Like any other “happy market”, this phenomena called “web 2.0” will have a high point at which natural evolution will take its course and a few will survive it. Like any product and/or service, these web sites must provide some value that, at the end of the day, will make money. Just attracting communities will not pay the bills. That said, I did see some community based sites that provide a human value, which I hope survive this evolution. They just have to find a way to monetize their service and focus on the value and people, not just the exit.
Overall, a good convention to attend.
John
Good job looks great –RB
With all do respect… I don’t think you have really looked deep into what this is all about.