French entrepreneur & digital innovation expert in Singapore/APAC
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…
You’ve probably seen some samples of what I’d call “social data-mining” on tech sites and blogs. Usually, you feel like you’re in front of a spaghetti bowl that would have met Captain Fluo in the kitchen. Social network analysis is indeed a relatively new field where one can explore vast or little amounts of data…
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…
“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…
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…
We hear a lot about conversation, social media, community, but scarcely you have a visualization that allows you to see and understand what it looks like. We more or less intuitively know that conversation abounds on topics such as tech gadgets or health & drugs. Maybe less on, say, social business, but how to be…
Day #1 : The heat of the night The first thing I want, before even to get the Nokia Lumia at the airport, is to have a taste of the air, and of the heat… I still have my ski jacket on me, and want to forget about Europe’s snowy winter. Even the Airbus A380…