Minimalizing by following F8, not attending

This week marks Facebook’s week to WOW the web community once again with new features, updates and parties.

I for one, will be sitting out from these activities. It seems like a bunch of hype to me as a user.

Unless you are an apps developer or a Zuckerbergian observer I do not see the point in paying up.

Yes, you will hear it first (whatever it is they are going to announce), but will you really have anything better to say? I think you can twitter it faster than me and maybe have your picture taken with a who’s who of the web 2, but barring a miracle I am sure I can just read about it and follow it online as it progresses.

I’ll be content following the updates on summize (congrats on the buyout).

Thursday Socialmedia is holding an afterparty at Pier 38 (above Om’s office and True Ventures).

See some of you there (and then off to Popscene).

However, I will admit that I am off to see Mike Lazerow (@lazerow) from BuddyMedia to see what they are up to.