California here we come! Well, at least here Charlie comes...(the rest of us will be fighting for spots in his suitcase).

The big news today at FreshNetworks is that we've been selected for Webmission09 - an initiative to take 20 UK tech startups to Silicon Valley in March 2009. We've been chosen along with 19 other exciting young online companies and Charlie's hoping to chat online communities day in and day out. We're sure he'll meet some great social media folks and come home with loads to teach us.

In fact, he's so excited about this trip, that Charlie's going to keep us all updated throughout by posting on our blog before, during and after - so tune in March 28 - April 3 for up-to-the-minute news from sunny San Francisco.