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The Future of Web Applications Conference

future of web applicationsCarson Workshops is running a two day conference on the development of technology you will be using tomorrow in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, on September 13-14. This isn't a no name conference either! There will be some big-hitters speaking at the event, including:
  • Kevin Rose from digg
  • Mike Arrington from TechCrunch
  • Mike Davidson from Newsvine
  • Jeff Veen from Google
  • Tantek Celik from Technorati
  • Cal Henderson from Flickr
  • Matt Mullenweg from Wordpress
  • Evan Williams from Odeo
  • Tom Coates from Yahoo!
  • Ted Rheingold from Dogster
  • Carl Sjogreen from Google Calendar
  • Steve Olechowski from Feedburner
  • Ryan Carson from DropSend and Amigo
The speakers will be spilling the beans on how their successful applications were built, with a ton of practical advice on how to create your very own masterpieces or the future of web 2.0 technologies. If you are hanging out in the San Fran area, or feel like taking a trip, September 13 - 14 is the time to go for sure.

Big ol' list of social networking sites

Social NetworkingIf it seems to you that the social networking landscape is dominated by a handful of big players, you should take a look at Sid Yadav's round-up of social networking sites at rev2.org. Yadav does a mini-profile of each of 33 sites, in two categories, general and niche. Of course MySpace and Friendster and Facebook are covered, but did you know that there are social networking sites just for moms (MommyBuzz), pet lovers (Dogster, Catster, and Fuzzster), and online auction afficionados (biddingBuddies)? And, of course, there's plenty for teens and professionals, too.

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