Busy beyond belief

Which is no excuse, I know. Surely I should be able to find a few minutes in the day to write this, right?

Well, there's a few things I wanted to touch on today.

F8. Seemed a bit useless to me.
Well, useless is unfair - I wasn't there, so I don't know for sure, and maybe the networking opportunity was huge.
However, watching liveblogs and reading reports, it looks like they didn't actually announce much. Facebook Connect seems to be the big one. It still seems like Friend Connect to me, though.

Knol. It's launched.
Read more here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/knol-is-open-to-everyone.html
It offers an easy way to impart knowledge and collaborate on that knowledge. Or, to summarise from the blog post: Everyone knows something. See what people are writing about, then tell the world what you know: knol.google.com
For example, I can share with you my mad knowledge of Devil May Cry 4.
was announced back at the start of May, in response to MySpace, and they solidified that plan a little.