Entries from August 2008

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Wikipedia’s illusion

Wikipedia, like every encylclopedia is based on an illusion. What does encyclopedia promise? A place where the whole mankind knolwledge is gathered. The idea is beautiful, very modern and linked to the idea of a better access to knowledge. But how is this knowledge built? What is the intention behind?
For the french encylopedists in the [...]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

When robots try to bite Apple ! (they get poisonned)

Each month since at least a year, we can read some posts about Android (should I really introduce the google software for smartphones?). This week, every tech blog gossips about the first handset to run Android has been approved by the FCC.
In all that noise low analytical about this google new launches I read one [...]

Monday, August 25th, 2008

The creative hearing process !

Yesterday, a friend of mine I used to work with in advertising, wondered how it was possible to write as many posts as bloggers do… So I tried to explain him the process I followed with my own blog to show him that it was not that difficult. I will try explain my blogging process, [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

How to find a killer domain name for your brand ?

Reading, the Daniel Scocco article about domain names, I realized, I recently had to find two domain names, one for this blog, and another for the site I am developing. I do believe, that the domain is “vital” for the brand.
When I started, I had a lot of great advices that gives constraints but no [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Listen to the wise man

Yesterday, I have been to the “action christine“, a movie theater near Odeon’s place in Paris, to watch a rarity : the 3D version of “Dial M for murder” (the 1954 Hitchcock masterpiece). It is a great movie, I spent a great time there but my intention here is measure the added value of 3D [...]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

I would tell my son to get his blog !

Unfortunately, I do not have any child yet. Nevertheless, if I had one I would encourage him to get his blog even if the statistics show that it seems to push you to jail. There are too many benefits of getting a blog.

Make one’s ideas clear
Always listen to people for being heard
Develop social abilities
Increase global&specific [...]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

What is a blog ?

Yesterday I read a catchy post on DailyBlogTips titled  : “What is a blog?”. The idea is to invite the bloggers-readers to give their definition of a blog and to share the different interpretation made of a blog.
As to me, a blog is an Exhibition-stand.
An exhibition-stand, is an open place designed to communicate messages and [...]

Monday, August 11th, 2008

The sweet face of censorship

They are Jingjing and Chacha.
Those sweets little cops forbid the access of chinese people to banned sites.
It is even bitter when Big Brother looks sweet…

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Let’s get lost !

This is the title of a movie about Chet Baker.
I saw it in “Saint Germain des prés”, and if you like jazz, black&white movie, sensibility and creation… run to any movie theater and get your ticket.
PS : In deed, the interviews about his private life are not interesting, but his music…

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Why visiting blogs?

I had an intense debate this week with some bloggers about the reason that lead someone to blog.
Here are the two positions :

First bloggers, like Steve McGrath, aiming at rankings, visits picks, in one word competition more about writing “how to” posts, publishing “rankings” of anykind, broadcasting “rare or new video” about a celebrity (here [...]