Chinwag Jobs was asked to have a presence at the Future of Web Apps this week, and we had a really great time.  A big thank you to the organisers Carson Systems for putting on such a great event.

My favourite talk was Rasmus Lerdorf the creator of the PHP programming language.  Rasmus discussed  how he went about building the language, and his inspiration for it.  Most interestingly - he said he hated programming  which amused the audience a fair bit :-)  He also covered off some very interesting security flaws that thankfully we’re already aware of here at Chinwag Towers!

We met some great people at the Future of Web Apps and look forward to also talking to the delegates at the Future of Web Design which is happening 18th April.  The event has been sold out for some time, but if you’re lucky enough to have a ticket already do look out for us there so we can say hello!

On Tuesday night I went to the Xchangeteam Freelancer of the Year awards which Chinwag Jobs was a media partner for.

From their website:

Freelance marketing consultant, Fraida Silver, has been crowned Xchangeteam Freelancer of the Year. The following freelancers also won the top prize in each of their categories: Melanie Vrakas for design, Sophie Banks, comms and PR, Sarah Nix, events, Jim Callender, digital and media and Karen Kay won both the editorial and advertising categories.

Overall commendations were given to Melanie Vrakas and Sophie Banks whilst Isabelle Goldstein and Mike Parkinson were commended for their comms and pr work and Duncan Marshall was commended for his work in advertising. The winners, who beat 167 other freelance consultants nominated for the title, were announced at a ceremony in Central London.

So congratulations to all who won, and hope you had a marvellous evening!