How many of you are in software? You’re lucky. All you have to do is type. You don’t have to worry about physics. What you work on is easy to change. It’s not like you’re building a house. You can build software anywhere, in your house, in a plane, inside outside. Doesn’t matter you can build software. You’re lucky you can do all these things.

Watch Jason Fried @ Web 2.0 Expo. 20mns on why you should take care of your software product as a curator does for his museum : keep things out.

Check out report by Kris Jordan Jason Fried Web 2.0 Keynote – Be a Software Curator | Kris Jordan.

Après l’édition Vive la Politique de l’an dernier, le second forum de libération démarre aujourd’hui. Le thème : la mondialisation.

Le principe, toujours le même : des sessions d’une heure avec une thématique, deux interlocuteurs et un médiateur.

En raison d’un certain nombre de frustrations exprimées l’an dernier, Max Armanet reportait ce matin sur France Culture que les organisateurs avaient décidé pour cette édition de laisser une place aux questions des spectateurs.

Confrontations entre perpectives différentes, réflexions collectives, diffusion gratuite sur internet, contribution du public : un authentique espace démocratique où la pensée prévaut sur l’image et le spectaculaire. Un excellent antidote contre la démagogie, le populisme et le prêt à penser.

On n’en a pas trop l’habitude de le faire ici alors profitons-en : big up pour libé.

Forum de Grenoble de Libération 2008 : Programme du Forum.

Compte rendu dispo ici.

Google Chromic

September 4, 2008

Not as impressed as Vince with the new browser. Buggy (error at startup time after migrating the favorites) unable to access gmail, suspicious googleUpdate.exe process still active after I’ve closed the app etc …

However, the comic is quite a fascinating experience.

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(Version française)

Lately, I have spent some time googling around for some innovation inputs and it took me a while to gather all this material. So this comes as some sort of digest.

Scott Berkun (again and again !) has been the constant inspiration of this digest. He will lead us through this bulletin with this brilliant video of his lecture on the topic @ Carnegie Mellon (50ish minutes – recommend to view after reading the post).

Also featuring : Brad Bird (Pixar), Steve Jobs, Douglas Merrill (Google), Linda Naiman, DHH (37Signals), Kathy Sierra (Head First series), etc … 

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