conferences
For the first time since 2005, we don’t have a LeWeb this year: LeWeb takes a break in 2015 and look towards 2016 for the next edition. Quality has always been our driving factor. It will be strange not getting on the Eurostar to Paris this December, as I
drone
A LeWeb session on drones, curated by Mr Robert Scoble [https://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble]. Robert Scoble Robert loosely puts drones in three categories: * Toys – and other things you’ll chase your cat with * Professional drones – made to carry cameras and other payloads. * B2B drones – soil analysers for farmers, architectural
disruption
What does truly disruptive innovation look like? The opening session of LeWeb 2014’s third and final day set out to explore that in series of talks. Here’s some liveblogged notes: Brian Solis – Innovation as an ecosystem What is possible with disruption when you look beyond a product or
leweb
I’ve had the odd problem at LeWeb before – like getting stranded at the venue [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/12/theres_nearly_no_escape_from_le_web.html] , with little choice but to walk back to my hotel. Yesterday, this happened: I was perturbed, to say the least.
leweb
The inventor of the web has some serious concerns about its future — and some amazing tales about its past.
business models
Panel * Ben Huh, Cheezburger * Michael J. Wolf, Activate * Frédéric Filloux, Groupe Les Echos * Host: Cedric Ingrand, Podcaster & resident geek at LCI/TF1 The revenue challenge [https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/Frederic-Filloux.jpg] Frédéric Filloux: This will be the first year in six years
Journalism
What can publisher learn from the memes of I Can Has Cheezburger? More than you think, according to CEO Ban Huh.
evernote
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/phil-libin-leweb.jpg] Work has become pretty unpleasant for a lot of people, says Evernote founder Phil Libin. Many companies are stepping forwards to try and solve that. When iOS7 came out there was a movement away from skeuomorphic design
games
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/adam-gazzaley.jpg] What’s the state of the art of improving cognition? Take a 60 year old with attention impairment. Well, he’s unlikely to get functional brain imaging. So, he’ll be diagnosed and given a drug. Right
leweb
What happens when the smartphone explodes into a cloud of sensors and devices, that surround us in our home, our cars and our lives? These are two visions for that future, from the Wearables session at LeWeb 2014: JP Gownder: the reality of wearables Nothing is more urgent than a
leweb
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/leweb-meditation.jpg] On-stage guided meditation. That’s such a typical LeWeb moment.
ebbsfleet
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/mdQA6EmrIvsOvuaf.jpg] There aren’t many places I can say that I visit exactly twice a year – but Ebbsfleet Internetional is one of those. I’m sat in the departure lounge, waiting for my train to Paris for LeWeb.