Dan Hilton

It’s hard to ignore the ‘google effect’ when eating free trail mix and drinking organic apple juice in the plush offices of Google London at BarCampLondon3. It’s like a weird geek wonderland - like the kind of place thought up by nerds who got beaten up at school. The bountiful acceptance of intelligence as being best, the child-like playhouse of an office - I’ve never seen so much high end tech in one place. It’s a geek heaven and a geek haven. It’s intoxicating I can’t deny.

As far as the talks go it’s like information is being jacked straight into my head. I’ve discussed CMS frameworks with a guy  from the BBC, Web Developer recruitment with some guys from Yahoo and had a long discussion about building better forms with people from an insurance comparison site. It’s as a guy just said to me: “Surreal”.

I think I’ll need a few days to truly give some sort of insightful view of the Google BarCamp experience. Onwards to sleep (in a Google tent!)