Every year or so, Wired publishes its “Internet is dead” rant, but we could also say it’s a healthy reminder of what are the origins of the Internet, against walled gardens, ivory towers and al the other ways vested interests keep blocking an inescapable liberation of the individual and the rise of communities (see the…
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Tech and cultural trends from Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia
Startup Asia is one of South-East Asia main tech conferences, with two days of speeches, demo, contests and networking. The opening pre-event talk this week in Singapore was an opportunity to learn more about the differences between South-East Asia countries, and how you have to adapt to a large area made of different languages, religions,…
From crowdfunding to new media at SXSW: an entrepreneurial journalism journey
We talked last time of what worked and not during a crowdfunding campaign, using both social media and IRL connections to get a project funded. I’d like to write a bit about the way we covered the SXSW Interactive conference, because as far as I know, it’s not been done before, and we’re only at…
Crowdfunding and social media: you’re probably doing it wrong!
A professional and personal life experience, that’s how I would sum up my first successful crowdfunding campaign. A few elements of context : Our objective was to fund a new media/community-based coverage of SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, looking specifically how this Texan city created and sustained its successful ecosystem. We needed the money no…
#RockmySXSW : vers un journalisme entrepreneurial ? Crowdfunding & new media
Qu’elle est jolie, cette expression, le “journalisme entrepreneurial” ! Ou comment inventer des dispositifs médiatiques qui forcent les narrateurs, conteurs, explorateurs, décrypteurs, à sortir du confort douillet de la commande pour aller chercher avec la foi et les foies les moyens et l’audience autour d’un événement. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oXBYrOGjKr8] Ci-joint un échange avec Damien du Lab Davanac, dont le slogan “First learn…
#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…
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…
Chris Anderson’s “Makers” : when customers turn into community
I’ve long refused reading the books of the top minds of the Valley, probably from fear I could be convinced and would have to change my “fixed mindset” as I recently discover my brain was working. Hopefully, I’m not yet 30 and YES, I did read one of these books and YES, it’s a game-changer…