Silicon Valley comes to Oxford

One of the most informative ways of finding out about exciting new websites is to ask people who create exciting new websites. This is precisely what happened during the opening plenary of the Silicon Valley comes to Oxford annual conference at Said Business School. The panel included Chris Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives at Google, Reid Hoffman, founder of Linkedin and Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter.

Of course, we want you to be responsible and not surf in company time, but here are the pick of the sites that were mentioned by the panel.

www.polyvore.com - allows you to mix and match fashion items from around the web to see how they look. Once you've made up your outfit - other users can rate or comment on your creation.If you've ever fancied yourself as a stylist - this is for you.

www.tokbox.com - free video calling from any website

www.twitter.com - instant messaging meets Facebook. It hooks up to many devices including your mobile through SMS texting

www.weebly.com - haven't a clue about HTML coding and making up a web page? No need - this site will help you put one together

www.youbeqb.com - an american football simulator. I hope someone converts this for real football played with a round ball - although it wouldn't have helped Steve McClaren

www.meraki.com - a site which helps communities set up their own affordable wi-fi networks

Tell us about any exciting new sites that you've seen recently - and no - this isn't an opportunity to mention your own website.