I’ve recently published an article in a collective book in French about online influence. I’ve long been curious, researching and working on, with, and for online as well as offline communities, and I felt, as a Frenchman, that this word was not innocent, as it conveys a history of more than 200 years and a…
Tag: communities
How CIA’s Global Trends 2030 reveal, again, a world of communities
You know I’m obsessed with the concept of communities, ecosystems, as I’m convinced it’s a long-time trend that is disrupting, bits by bits, our ancient world made out of companies, states and organizations that adapt too slowly and too badly to the empowered people grouped in communities, across genders, race, countries (end of the…
Trends from SXSW 2013: back to the real world
Getting the trends out of the interactive festival of SXSW in Austin is always quite a challenge when you know there’s more than 1000 events, conferences, demo, startup pitches, not including the famous parties. Still, this year was one of objects rather than apps, of hardware more than software, in a nutshell: the real world…
Crowdfunding a media experience for SXSW
Life is full of these moments when different things and paths seem to converge. When the convergence is reached, it then seems obvious it could not have been different, and still, there’s some magic in this. I’m launching a crowdfunding campaign in France, on KissKissBankBank, to attend the innovation festival SXSW in Austin, Texas, thus…