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Since I was in Mountain View, I decided to check out the Mobile Monday meetup. Raw notes below. I'll digest this have more to say later. :) Highlights : Om Malik (GigoOM) and Rich Wong (Accel Partners) were particularly insightful/interesting. Some interesting predictions in Mobile : "Amazon will be big in payment". "Facebook story on mobile is under-reported", "Revolution on mobile advertising yet to come." 2011 predictions: Android growth, Samsung winnning, LTE is a story, major security issue on mobile will cause a stink. The US is finally leading in mobile innovation (after nearly ~15 years) Favorite quote: "If you've played the mobile version of Angry Birds on Android with the ads, you know why they're angry."" Mario Tapia: Mobile Monday co-ordinator/GetJar Topic : 2010: year in review, 2011: predictions Panelists: - Om Malik (GigaOM) - Rich Wong (Accel) - Matt Fix (Vodafone Venture) - Joe Jasin (DNA Partners) - John Mallo...

I ended up spending half a day at Facebook's f8 developer conference . First the completely unnecessary random, rambling thoughts as I walked in just in time to attended the keynote Huh, its got a cool feel to it; dark lighting; couches, bold (but not Googley) colors marking the different areas; might be fun mascot in a gorilla suit blocks my way (seriously!) I smile awkwardly till he moves out of the way; he's dancing now and does the same thing to someone who looks genuinely panic-stricken by the simian.....I wonder if anyone will punch him by the end of the day. looks like the entire Facebook staff turned out here; I'm wondering if the ratio of attendees:employees is in the 2:1 or 3:1 range. The keynote is about to start: its kinda hot and I'm feeling drowsy at 1:30 in the afternoon Zuckerberg is about to speak: he seems to be kinda nervous: he starts with a cheesy opening line...hmmmm; this could be bad. He seems a little over-coached and nervous: the writing is spo...