Après vous avoir proposé hier une première sélection des startups qui vont nous faire vibrer à SXSW du 8 au 12 mars, voici le 2nd volet, consacré aux Web Technologies C’est un peu la partie B2B de la compétition, même si, les médias sociaux aidant, nous sommes tous de plus en plus concernés par la…
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#RockmySXSW : revue critique des startups finalistes News, Social et Mobile
Si la Silicon Valley vient naturellement à l’esprit lorsque l’on évoque les nouvelles technologies, il est légitime également d’évoquer la ville d’Austin, au Texas, et de son festival South by SouthWest, abrégé SXSW. Chaque année, au mois de mars, les compétitions de start-up de cet événement qui rassemble plus de visiteurs et d’early adopters que…
#RockmySXSW : 25 ans de festival en une Timeline !
Bienvenue à bord de RockmySXSW. Après vous avoir dévoilé hier une partie des speakersqui vont, du 8 au 12 mars, tisser par leurs discours le rêve américain version Austin, voici une Timeline pour comprendre comment le festival a évolué depuis sa création en 1987 D’abord imaginé comme un tremplin pour groupes de musique, SXSW a intégré une dimension…
Google tools for journalists: search, gather, and tell the story!
Going to NTU (Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore is quite an adventure, but reaching it after an hour and a half of transportation was worth it. Google showcased a few but efficient tricks and ideas to use their tools as journalists, as part of the Digital Journalism Festival 2013. Let’s dive into it, as this…
When San Francisco meets Singapore : a day at Failcon
 If Singapore is not (yet ?) famous for its tech scene, it’s gradually growing as such with a cosmopolite bunch of people, events and media outlets building the beginning of a comprehensive and efficient tech/digital/social community. Check out Tech in Asia, e27 or SGEntrepreneurs on the media side, Blk71, The Hub or the Kennel for…
Going social in Asia #3 : a critical review of Innovation & Creativity in Singapore
Third week of discovery of the tech, digital and social scene of Singapore, with, again, more insights gained as interviews piled in my schedule. After having talked – a bit – of the social media agency industry, of the cultural aspects to remember when doing business in South-East Asia, here are a few thoughts about…
The future can’t be designed in Excel
Last week’s Ideas Inc conference about startups (see the best projects here) was also an opportunity to make our brain discover new ideas. When I hear “design”, I think either of old-school engineering or hipsters making nice and useless drawings on InDesign. Two speeches by Teddy Zmrhal of IDEO, the design and innovation agency, and…
A day with the Singapore startup scene at Ideas.inc
“Normally you don’t wake up early on a Saturday morning. But you’re not normal, you’re entrepreneurs !“, and that’s a great kick-off and summary of the Ideas.Inc StartingUp 2012 Grand Finale, that took place on September 22nd at Sentosa.The events puts an end to a business challenge that builds startups and help develop a culture…
Going social in Asia #2 : two frontiers, one network
A few weeks ago, I offered you to share ideas about some of the agencies and the products of the digital industry in South-East Asia, namely Singapore and Malaysia. As a social media critter looking for a new country and new life, I had met with a few players. Here I go again for another…
Going social in Asia #1 : a glance at agencies, products and people of social media in Singapore and Malaysia
“They’re not good at ideas”, but are more “digitally fluent” than Westerners. It’s a “huge market” (growing hugely, say), but some of the big players of the industry don’t even have the beginning of a team to go online. Their inhabitants are among the most connected and engaged on mobile and Facebook, still, it’s no…