ZIG ZAG - Portes ouvertes des ateliers d’artistes de Gentilly - 2012

ZIG ZAG - Portes ouvertes des ateliers d’artistes de Gentilly - 2012

Of course my students are invited too... but don't come on Friday! Saturday or Sunday afternoon is fine!  By the way, the 57 bus stops in front of my door... (the "rue d'Arcueil" bus stop) otherwise it's 10 minutes from the back exit of the RER Gentilly (just after the Cité U).

How was Japan?
james

TEDxSummit 2012: Opening Night

TEDxSummit 2012: Opening Night:
In just two hours...  Hans Rosling is the first speaker.
Watch TEDxSummit Opening Night live on April 16 starting at 7:30pm AST / 4:30pm GMT

8 Insights From Upstart Inventors :: Articles :: The 99 Percent

8 Insights From Upstart Inventors :: Articles :: The 99 Percent:
8 Insights From Upstart Inventors

I thought this might interest you!
How was Japan? Welcome Back!
 I hope you had a great trip!

(99 Percent won a Webby Award as the best cultural blog.)
james

HackFwd Introduction - YouTube

HackFwd Introduction - YouTube: This video explains how the pre-seed fund HackFwd works and how it can help developers all over Europe. (Voice over by Stephen Fry)

Here's where David's working!
Better now than never!




Have a great trip to Japan!

james

campingtv | Le Camping

Campingtv | Le Camping - : "WHEN, WHO AND HOW TO HIRE?" BY DAVID BIZER

David will be our guest on Thursday.  You might want to have a look at this Camping video. Did you send him your CV (with a copy to me)?
See you tomorrow, Tuesday, and Thursday for our last class with David.
James

"Everybody wants to hire great people. But there is a lot of competition and not everybody may know your startup. You have to be convincing and to know exactly what you want. For that, you should ask you some simple questions like : "In twelve months, what will this person have achieved?", "Do I like this person from a personal standpoint?" All of David Bizer's tips, Talent Geek at HackFwd, in this excellent video."

SXSW Interactive Live Streaming Events | sxsw.com

SXSW Interactive Live Streaming Events | sxsw.com:

Do you know about SXSW?  The "South by SouthWest" festival? It's music, film and interactive media! And this year you can watch it live instead of paying megabucks and flying to Austin, Texas!

"New for 2012, the full slate of SXSW Accelerator Events will be streamed live at sxsw.com/accelerator/live. SXSW Accelerator live streaming is presented by Dell. SXSW Accelerator will take March 12-14. A live audience, as well as a panel of expert judges will be discovering advancements in social media, mobile applications, web entertainment, and more and now you can watch live!"

Here's the 5 minute teaser:

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories:
The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh computer, and the people who created it. (119 stories)

Here you can read about what Andy Hertzfeld did for the Macintosh... BTW, he's the googler that designed the Google+ circles...

(Andy also wrote the Python scripts for the folklore.org website... It's an interesting read about the Macintosh team and Steve Jobs' management style back then! )

The anecdotes on this site were turned into a book: Revolution in the Valley, published by O'Reilly Media in December 2004.

Comments anyone? Looking forward to seeing group 2 tomorrow in E101.

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? And 9 secrets of success!

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? | Video on TED.com:

Everything you wanted to know but never dared ask about street maps in Japan.

We looked at this in Group1 today....


As well as the 9 secrets of success! Can you guess what they are?????

Free Range: Hash : The New Yorker

Free Range: Hash : The New Yorker

"The semiology and phenomenology of hashtaggery intrigues me."

An interesting article in The New Yorker... (do you know the magazine?)

Do you use hashtags like that?

See you all on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

james

TEDxESCP 2012 - LiveStreaming

TEDxESCP 2012 - LiveStreaming

If you're free this afternoon and not at the ESCP you can still attend thanks to live streaming!

TEDx ESCP "Make the Difference"

hope you get to see it!

james

The Home of the Mighty BOFH • The Register

The Home of the Mighty BOFH • The Register:

An example of early Internet humor (it began in 1992 on the Usenet!), still online on "the Register" site... (The Register's motto is "Biting the Hand that feeds IT!")

one of the recent posts:
"BOFH: We don't need no stinkin' upgrade"

(BTW: The PFY (Pimply-Faced Youth) is the Bastard Operator From Hell's assistant....)

Have a good week!

james

David Pogue Playlist - Video Library - The New York Times

David Pogue Playlist - Video Library - The New York Times

In grade school, when you're ten years old, "Show and Tell" is a common activity.... You bring something to class and talk about it.

Here's a "funny" David Pogue video about the iPhone 4S. Have a look in the technology videos on the NY Times site to find more. The one about the Google Wallet is good too....

What do you think? Is this funny? Please leave a comment.
Looking forward to seeing you all in March!
james

Signs You May Be Working on a Fake Apple Project (Comic)

Original article at: http://allthingsd.com/20120202/signs-you-may-be-working-on-a-fake-apple-product-comic/

Article about fake Apple projects: http://pandodaily.com/news/apple-gives-new-engineers-fake-projects/

Over the past few months, I spent a lot of time reading various articles about startups: how to identify the best ideas, how to find the right people for your project, how to avoid common mistakes, how to make it grow without ending up with a disorganized structure. I was also interested in a topic that is more specific to non-American entrepreneurs: how to build your startup in the US without being a US citizen.

Here are "a few" articles I kept in my dedicated bookmarks folder. At least 90% of them are articles from TechCrunch, sorry about that. Some articles might be irrelevant, but I hope you will find a few interesting ones in there :)

Articles:

• Should Entrepreneurs Bet It All On The Billion Dollar Exit, Or Cash Out Small?


• The Seven Principles You Need to Know to Build a Great Social Product


• Why Big Web Companies Don’t Come out of Europe, Plus More Spotify Promises (TCTV)


• Jack Dorsey On Charlie Rose: “It’s Really Complex To Make Something Simple.”


• Finally, a Startup Visa That Works


• Ten Entrepreneurship Rules for Building Massive Companies « Greylock VC


• Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silicon Valley


• Foreign Entrepreneurs Eye StartUp Visa Act - WSJ.com


• Inside Facebook… For fun and profit. | EBFE


• Delivering Happiness — A Path To Profits, Passion, and Purpose | by Tony Hsieh


• Why The New Guy Can’t Code


• Dangerous Ideas: Getting Started Is Overrated


• 5 Popular Startups and How They Got Funding


• Merger Mania: Corp Dev Execs Talk For An Hour About Who They’d Buy And Why


• One Book Every Entrepreneur and VC Should Own | TechCrunch


• Web Project Managers: Make Everyone’s Job Easy | Web Project Management tips | Web Project Manager | thesambarnes


• Start Fund And SV Angel invest $9 Million In New Y Combinator Startups | TechCrunch


• LinkedIn Takes A Deep Data Dive On Startup Founder Profiles | TechCrunch


• The Job Of A CEO At A 200 Person Company | TechCrunch


• Andrew Mason’s Silicon Valley Problem: He’s Not Here | TechCrunch


• How To Sell Your Company | TechCrunch


• The Complete Guide To Freemium Business Models | TechCrunch


• What To Look For In A Company Board | TechCrunch


• VCs Weigh In On What It Takes To Be A Successful Investor | TechCrunch


• Hell Yes, Mayor Bloomberg. I’m With You.


• Ten Principles of Eternal Team Mojo « YallaStartup!


• Skype’s Worthless Employee Stock Option Plan: Here’s Why They Did It


• Free Startup Tools: How Does Your Term Sheet Compare To The Standards? | TechCrunch


• In The Ring: Problems, Problems Everywhere | TechCrunch


• Ten Tips On How To Work With Your Board Of Directors | TechCrunch


• Keen On… Why The Third Industrial Revolution Will Take Place in Europe Rather Than America (TCTV) | TechCrunch


• There Will Be Cake: Here’s How To Motivate Your Start-Up | TechCrunch


• How DropBox Started As A Minimal Viable Product | TechCrunch


• Why Diversity Is Bad For Startups | TechCrunch


• The 9 Skills Needed to Be a Super-Connector | TechCrunch


• Trouble Hiring? Create A Cult. | TechCrunch


• Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston | TechCrunch


• How Entrepreneurs Can Create Their Own Luck | TechCrunch


• Looking To Hire Top Talent For Your Startup? Here Are Five Things You Should Know. | TechCrunch


• Now I Know: Entrepreneurs Discuss Success, Failure, And Lessons Learned In New Video Series | TechCrunch


• Jack Dorsey: “The Hardest Thing For Any Entrepreneur Is To Start” | TechCrunch


• How to Make Your Startup Go Viral The Pinterest Way | TechCrunch


• Sean Parker: “Little Startups Are Ridiculously Over-Funded” | TechCrunch


• Why Instagram Is So Popular: Quality, Audience, & Constraints | TechCrunch


• Social Proof Is The New Marketing | TechCrunch


• How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Productivity by 500% | TechCrunch


• Building For The Long Haul | TechCrunch


• Exploring The “Labs” Trend in Consumer Startups | TechCrunch


• The Web Is Rewarding Greed and Bad Behavior (Business As Usual) | TechCrunch


• Eight Ways To Go Viral


• Lies Entrepreneurs Tell | TechCrunch


• How to Survive Your First Year As An Entrepreneur | TechCrunch


• Five Myths Of The Enterprise Startup | TechCrunch


• How I Designed CodeYear.com in 1 Hour | SachaGreif.com


• Details Matter | TechCrunch


• HOW TO: Win the War for the Most Talented Employees

Good luck reading all this! Please share your own favorite links in the comments.

- François

Best pitching resource I have ever seen!

For those of us who have to pitch in the MNT/Entrepreneur Clash of the Titans,

You will find a great video from one of the best Angel in the Valley explaining how to captivate your audience and convert your pitch into a powerful fundraising tool. Just follow the link.

http://video.seedcamp.com/video/865597/seedcamp-week-2010-how-to

It is very long (45 mins) but most of it is interesting and entertaining.

Good Night,

Hadrien

Don't be childish.

Hello guys,

I don't know if you have followed the whole Google + Search integration drama but I thought that article about how Twitter & Facebook were pretty childish about this issue was interesting.

http://gigaom.com/2012/01/23/dont-be-evil-is-not-a-slogan-nor-a-browser-extension/

Has anyone tried the "Don't be evil" extension?

What are your thoughts?

The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video | Magazine

The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video | Magazine:

Humm... a meme factory! in Culver City California...

And youtubers making up to $72K a year!

IBM Sends Watson Supercomputer to Business School | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

IBM Sends Watson Supercomputer to Business School | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com:

IBM Sends Watson Supercomputer to Business School

Have you all heard about Watson? The Jeopardy champion of the world?

Looking forward to seeing you all in a week.

james

Don't write on the whiteboard :: Joseph Perla

Don't write on the whiteboard :: Joseph Perla

How to do a techie interview where you have to write code....
For example for a APM or PM post at Google....

(For the geeks among you!)

have a good week!

james
(comments are welcome!)

"I recently interviewed at a major technology company. I won't mention the name because, honestly, I can't remember whether I signed an NDA, much less how strong it was.

I did well. Mostly because of luck. I normally step over myself when I interview. I guess I've improved over the years. Here are a few tips to ace your own interview......"

Let's sing!

Hi everyone,

I didn't sing during our last English class 'cause I'm such a bad singer. Instead, I have something that you might find interesting (specially if you love Queen):

This is a YouTube video from Google to promote Google+ Hangout and it's just awesome! If you have time check the Google YouTube Channel, they made really good videos.

I can't sing but do you know you can make your Mac sing?
Open a terminal and copy-paste this: say -v "Good News" "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me"


Have a nice week everyone, see you soon
Julien


And just a little bonus because I took too much time to post this (I should have post it last Friday): here the last Google video about the new Google Search Engine features (posted on YouTube yesterday).

Looks great to me. I want to test it!