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 […]

 
Sounds weird, but I’ve never been to Germany before, and for the very first time in my life, I’ll be heading toward Berlin within a few days.
Should be quite cool, Mekameta and myself will be meeting with some friends, Pierre and Janetti, and we (at least I) will be at the Web2expo (and probably in […]

Something’s coming in France, it’s big, it’s cool, and it’s been keeping me busy lately
Ok, it’s official now, I’m the lead author for the French edition of ReadWriteWeb, one of the most popular blogs ont the planet, who is also published in the ‘Technology’ section of the prestigious New York times. I’ll also […]

 
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 […]