These Nerds are Hot - Facebook Developers' Conference 08 - LAist: Los Angeles News, Food, Arts & Events

Going into F8 (the Facebook Developers Conference) yesterday, there was an expectation of learning something new and exciting about the uses of Facebook as a means of building a business, evangelizing a movement or business or brand (in LA all of that means preaching to others about yourself) and how Facebook now is going to help application developers make money on its platform.

And some of that information was duly provided, however, what was most surprising to learn was that there were so many cute techies there. Seriously, insane, like a smorgasbord of smart, nerdy cuteness dished out by many who probably don't even know they're hot. Makes a young(ish) girl think about relocation. The only thing slightly more distracting was the open bar. Oh, and at the after party, Thievery Corporation played - but all of that is off the record so no reportage on what went on during the concert.

All the big players were there: Seesmic, Rockyu!, Slide, iLike, the guy who made the Zombie application (don't pretend like you don't know what that is). Facebook has launched their fbFund competition, which it is highly suggested that if anyone out there has an idea for an application, you better get working, the deadline is the end of next month.

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