Web 2.0 Expo - Party On, Dude!

This week I’m attending the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, and as you might expect it can be summed up in one word - exhausting. It’s not so much the sessions or wandering around the expo hall itself. It’s not even the networking, blogging or interviewing. No, it’s the parties. Oh those parties!

During Web 2.0 Expo, every company is spending out huge quantities of cash just to get that ever so important attention of yours, which according to some analysts is the basis of a new economy.  Last night was the Digg event (two words - Rock Band), and tonight is “Evolve” with mashable and chi.mp. Each night there are at least 5 different parties going, at least two of which are “launch parties”, where a previously under-the-radar startup makes their existence known. Open bars (or drink tickets at least) are the norm, and web celebrities make the rounds like move stars.

My advice to anyone else out there participating is to simply to get lots of caffeine and drink a lot of water before going to bed. Or of course, rest up early… there’s always another party tomorrow.