Boinblog | Ramblings from a french entrepreneur

After barcamps, here comes Ignites… Philippe Jeudy is surely building a bridge between Paris and San Francisco, and he’s doing this both way : this Californian spirit in Paris sure is refreshing. Ignite is a pretty simple idea: you can talk about whatever you want, as long as it takes 5 minutes sharp, using 20 […]

 
I’ve been ask recently if I was a ‘native digital’, e.g. born in a digital world and using digital tool since I was a kid…
Most people my age (I’m 38 yo) are not, but thanks to my dad, I am. My first computer (Ti58, then a Ti99/4a) was a gift from dad in 1981, I […]

Is this the end of screencast… One thing’s for sure, making a Flowgram takes a few minutes and (so far) is totally free. My mother could use it, and thay got a widget…
Sounds really promising…

 
Ongoing searches, ongoing problems…
Today, monitoring a topic on the internet requires either a great amount of time or a great amount of technical skills. In both case, you will also need a strong editorial discipline.
Unless your company has acquired expensive Business Intelligence tools, you have to regularly perform searches over the internet, collect information streams from […]

Anybody looking for some insights about the current ‘war on terror’ should definitely have a look at this movie. Beside being a pretty good Hollywook blockbuster, this ‘based on a true story’ screenplay gives a detailled explanation on how and when Al Qaida was funded and created and how funds dramaticaly dropped once the CIA […]

 
A few days ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a massive strategy to massively introduce electric cars in California, smart move, but obviously, he’s just doing something totally inevitable. By doing this now instead of waiting a few more years, he is probably going to seed some very innovative startups - quite easy to do for a […]