Web 2.0 Expo – Day 1 – Quick Comments & HighTechDad meets iJustine

Web 2.0 Expo kicked off today in San Francisco. The company that I work for (ServePath) decided last Friday that we needed to be there as an exhibitor, mainly because our newest product, GoGrid, is perfect for startups and Web 2.0 (3.0?) companies. After a quick scramble of sign printing, stunt creation (look for the guy circling Moscone on a motorcycle with a GoGrid banner) and other “issues” (like crappy network connections and a demo laptop that just wanted to crawl at the speed of mud), we were able to pull off Day 1 of the Expo with a ton of success. I will probably write more up about it on the company blogs I manage (GoGrid & ServePath).

But even though I was tied to our booth, I still had some fun. Some quick highlights of things that were happening:

• Scott Beale (LaughingSquid) had a fun run-in with the folks at the Google booth about taking pictures of the booth. They wouldn’t let him do it. But thanks to some quick twitters and a few emails, Google corporate PR contacted Scott as well as the booth personnel and everything was worked out. Google does NOT have a policy about people not being allowed to take photos of their booths it turns out. DOH!
• Twhirl was updated just in time for the conference. It is my pick for Twitter clients at the moment.
• Twinkle was updated in time for the conference as well. It’s one of the iPhone Twitter clients that I use on the iPhone (jailbreak required).
• Hahlo Beta 3 has been updated frequently (just figured I would mention another of my fav Twitter clients)
• Met briefly with Oren Michels, CEO of Mashery
• Talked with a ton of people. A couple of guys said that GoGrid was “the coolest thing they saw at the expo”
• Got our CEO on vator.tv (thanks Meliza) talking about GoGrid
• Physically met some people who I know on twitter

Ended the day with a conversation with iJustine. (My 3 girls think that was pretty cool…they are all at that Hannah Montana stage so iJustine seemed pretty great to them.) I must say, she really is a nice person. Hope to talk more to her tomorrow or Friday.

Oh…if anyone wants a $99 credit against a GoGrid account, come see me at the Web 2.0 Expo. We are in the Long Tail Pavilion. Hit me up on Twitter (hightechdad) or Facebook.

HTD says: Web 2.0 Expo is rockin’! Lots of great companies and people there!