There is a decided atmosphere of hysteria in the halls here at the Sheraton Palace Hotel, where the Web 2.0 conference — suddenly rechristened a “summit” on its eve — has gathered for the third time.
Outside these walls, the ancien regime of a corrupt Congress may be about to crumble. But here, the crazed talk is all about startups and mashups and buyouts. If last year’s event offered what I called a strong whiff of “heady eau de dot-com,” this year we are drowning in the bubbles.
When I checked in at the conference registration, the woman working the desk apologetically asked to check my photo ID. Earlier, someone had jumped the desk and tried to steal some badges.
Later I’ll post about the companies from the Launch session. And we’ll see how the network holds up for liveblogging some of the talks.
[tags]web 2.0, web2con[/tags]
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