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Come on, feel the buzz

• Tim Weber
• 24 Jan 07, 07:01 AM

Ah, those delightful tech gremlins. I was a good boy and filed a post just after midnight Davos time, only to wake up and find that it鈥檚 disappeared into thin air.

Ok, here we go again.

Davos is getting under way at last, and the buzz is building up.

Last night we had the first press briefings, and the forum organised a welcome cocktail for people who attend the WEF鈥檚 annual meeting here for the first time, and there was definitely a buzz in the air.

The reason for all that excitement? Well, the great thing about Davos is that it doesn鈥檛 really matter who you talk to, because most people here have got a story to tell 鈥� about great ideas, innovation, commitment or just plain old power.

Whatever it is, it tends to be compelling.

I also went to the 鈥渘ightcap for Davos bloggers鈥�. Nightcaps are an old Davos institution, usually held between 2200 and midnight, and bring people together to discuss a big theme, or talk to interesting people (there will be nightcap with Nobel prize winners later this week).

Starting a tad smaller on Tuesday night, Davos brought together for the first time the bloggers reporting from the forum.

I have a confession to make. I felt a bit like a fraud there, because I鈥檓 a blogging virgin. This is my first blog.

It was slightly awkward standing there between some of the biggest names in the world of blogging (I鈥檒l spare you the name dropping).

But it was fun nonetheless.

Ok, I鈥檓 now off to the conference centre. The fun starts.

And you can read about it - and in the .

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