« A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. This makes me rich ».
Guy Kawasaki
PS: me too.
Internet
Le Vif L'Express sur le web
Je ne sais pas depuis combien de temps cette version est en ligne, mais je trouve ca bien foutu.
Intégration de photo, de vidéo dans les pages. Naviguation conviviale et sympathique.
Allez voir un article à plusieurs pages, puis vous allez en bas à droite, comme si vous vouliez tourner la page naturellement. Trop fort.(visiblement, ca existe depuis des lustres sur les sites de vente par correspondance avec catalogue … faut croire que je n’y vais jamais)
Bon, finalement c’est peut-être plus facile de lire un artice en full page en scrollant vers le bas, d’accord. Mais j’aime bien l’idée du vrai Webzine.
Quote of the day #12
My good friend Pierre just bought a HTC P6300. He’s replacing his Qtek S110. Good choice or not? I’ll get back to you on that subject later. He’ll probably receive it in the coming days and as we go on vacation together with our family in 2 weeks, I’ll have some nice testing oportunities like using it in the swimming pool or smashin it through the golf course. Yes Pierre, with 6 children, all of ages between 3 weeks and 4 years, we’ll find some time to play golf.
But, this post is more about tis funny notes that Pierre sent me this afternoon. After his Qtek S110 went dead, he took him approximately 3 mins to order the new phone on PDAshop.be. Then, it took 10 minutes to the backoffice to process the order and send a confirmation email.
« 10 minutes to get the confirmation email, more time than it took me to place the order »
La phrase du jour #11
« Next time you’re interviewing for a job, pretend that the power structure is reversed. The hiring manager is trying to figure out if there is any chance you are worthy of the job. Ignore that. Instead, spend your time trying to figure out if there is any chance that guy is worthy of being your manager. »
by Eric Sink (CEO of SourceGear, author of The Business of Software, and blogger)
Webapps VS. Desktop Apps, an example with JayCut
I’ve just tried out Jaycut beta, an online editing tool.
By definition, Jaycut has a lot of nice features:
- upload on the web, means some kind of backup for your local data
- easy export to YouTube and other platforms
- eays share with others
- Edit from anywhere in the worl, you just need a browser
Those are the ones that comes with web 2.0 by defintion, aren’t they?
Here are some of the things I didn’t like with Jaycut
- I didn’t find how to upload from an existing Youtube account, or your Flickr account.
- If it was really web 2.0, you should be able to get music from other web2.0 apps?
- I didn’t find how to easily play-rewind-forward the final movie. You can play, but not stop at a certain time, rewind some frames back, add something, etc…
So, Jaycut is a nice tools for really simple video editing or photo montage. That is true, but … here comes the pain.
The main problem is that you want your editing tool to be super-reactive. And Jaycut is not. It has this kind of slowness that you find on most Webapps, even Google ones. And don’t tell me about the bandwith, I know bandwidth, I live in France, the country where you have 5 providers giving your ADSL2+ with free phone and free for 30 EUR per month.
Another big problem is the upload. If it has to be really usable, you need to be able to upload real-life video. Which means HD-video, which means a huge amount of data, which means a huge amount of time for upload, which means pain. I know, bandwidth again … you know my answer.
Jaycut is another webapps that gives Desktop Apps a nice space and future.
Flash to start
via Eric de Presse-Citron, une collection de pages d’accueil en Flash rassemblé par Smashing Magazine.
C’est vraiment bourré d’idées originales parfois design, parfois agréables, parfois utiles (rarement tout à la fois ;-))
Quelques exemples
3. Présentation de logos et autres …
Inbox Zero (Merlin Mann)
Merlin Mann on action-based email.
(through Tech IT Easy)
Rank #1 on Google?
I’m impressed. Three words « fin de Potter » or in English « End/Conclusion of Potter », and I’ve got a top #1 place on Google.fr for one of my latest post on the book. I don’t even have any incoming link I know of on this post. By the way, now that I already know the conclusion, I’ve received the book by Chronopost. It was packaged in a nice Amazon-Potter box. Should have make a picture for you before throwing it.
If you don’t believe the ranking, click on the pic below. By the way, notice that JPEG compression sucks 🙂
Genoom
Deux semaines après avoir posté un article sur Geni, je reçois un email avec de la promotion pour Genoom, soit la même chose mais en français, un peu moins touffu aussi. On retrouve là le concept de Viaduc/Viadeo, qui a tout pompé sur LinkedIn (non non diront les fondateurs), en faisant simplement l’adaptation du système en Français. D’ailleurs je me demande au passage pourquoi les gens utilisent tellement viadeo qui est moins bien foutu que LinkedIn et surtout plus rapidement payant … but well … you know.
Donc Genoom est certainement pas mal foutu, c’est juste que je viens de m’inscrire sur Geni, alors je ne vais quand même pas tout changer. En plus la moitié de famille de ma chère et tendre habite aux US, donc …
Je reste surpris par l’email que j’ai reçu néanmoins …
Skype in HiDef
This afternoon, during my latest Skype call with my dear friend Didier, I was really impressed by two things. First, it wasn’t raining in Brussels. Second, the Skype video quality was really neat. Click on the pics to get a larger version and check by yourself. Nice!
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