It was sheer delight translating Claire Ulrich’s article Les Censeurs du Net, originally published in Le Monde 2.
In Internet history, 1994-2004 was the era of the pioneers. 2004-2007 was the era of the merchants. Now we’re entering the era of the bullies. Everywhere in the world, sites are going dark, arrests are increasing, more people are going to prison. The Web just celebrated its 20th birthday. Nobody used to take it seriously, but those days are gone. Read the rest…
Almost as much fun as translating her lyrical Plus belle, ma vie en ligne for Kiva (not available on line, but I will send you a PDF if you wish).
Filed under: language, translation, web trends
It started with Springwise, which I subscribe to to see what’s hot out of the entrepreneurial oven. It’s always a refreshing read because it’s not only – or even mostly – about Internet startups and the latest Twitter app. You’d be amazed at how many great ideas and insights you can get reading about non-Web innovation…
Springwise occasionally covers Web startups that are truly special, and YourTour.com is one of them.
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Filed under: apps , Francophilia, startuppity, tools, toys
Every startup founder dreams of changing the world and/or striking it rich. And everything Internet-related seems to happen so fast that you can be easily fooled into believing that your startup has to be an overnight sensation in order to be considered worthwhile. It does work that way for some people. But most of us have to work really hard for a long time, during which we suffer deeply from user envy. I mean, Facebook gets over half a million new users a day! Nothing like somebody else’s huge stats to make you feel horribly inadequate…
We all have days when we get demoralized and depressed and consider giving it all up for a day job.
If you’re suffering from the startup blues, here’s some good medicine for you that’ll put an end to your user envy…
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Filed under: web life , startuppity, tips
