Earlier this evening we hosted a small pre-Structure cocktail party for some of the attendees and speakers for our third annual web infrastructure and cloud computing conference. The event, which attracted nearly 200 members of the cloud community, gave me a chance to reconnect with many of our friends who have been supportive of our efforts. Amazon CTO Werner Vogels, Lane Patterson, CTO of Equinix, and VMware’s James Watters were amongst those who regaled us with stories this evening. I’m about to go to sleep but couldn’t resist sharing these pictures with you. You can follow the conference live here on GigaOM.com or follow us on Twitter. @structureconf or #structureconf.