Entries from April 2009

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Make it happen!

Have you ever tried to make a party? It is quite hard and you can feel anxious about if it will happen or not… Why is it that complicated? Just because we often have some very different groups of friends. Each group friends or each friends satisfies a part of your personnality. Some are fun, [...]

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The power of images

These last days, I looked back to the years I spent in advertising industry wondering why I liked so much. Of course, the environment was stimulating, the job was all about being sound and creative and my mates were smart trend setters… All things I appreciated a lot.
But undoubtedly, there were drawbacks. The crisis in [...]

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

I want to talk to you!

I am amazed about how many messages, news, images, recommandations I read everydays. The amazing thing is not really the amount but rather the diversity of them. Intimate signs, personal news, professional messages, those from my friends, the feedbacks of pearltrees’ community, the web industry, the world… And I have (probably like you) to deal [...]

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

I am honored!

Several weeks ago Adam Singer published a list of “22 smart, inspirational quotes from blogger in 2008“. I was really surprised and honored to see that I was part of this dream list of bloggers: Chris Brogan, Seth Godin, Eric Friedman, Tim Jahn, Brian Solis, Chris Anderson, Peter Kim, Matt Dickman, Steve Hodson, Robert Scoble, [...]

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Dinner timeout in Paris

I have to confess that I have been born and grown-up in France. So, if you are a regular visitor you may have noticed some of the classic french carateristics through my former posts. I am quite arrogant, over-convinced of european cultural legacy to the world, contemptuous and narrow-minded.
However, I have also grown up with [...]

Monday, April 6th, 2009

What makes Jon Stewart so good?

The symbolic violence of the old media reaches its peack when it comes to the TV daily news.
Why is it, even symbolicaly, “violent”? I see two sides of this symbolic violence
First, as every TV program it has been selected by someone else than you. But in the daily news on TV the deeds are real. [...]

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

When designers meet developers!

In life, there are some things that seems in complete opposition: Day & Night, policemen & robbers, water & fire and…developers & designers.
Developers are supposed to be precise, functional and boring. Designers are expected to be cool, fun and superficial. A lot of  famous saga has been built on the opposition: the “PC/mac”, or the [...]