I’ve spent the last few years immersed in and blogging about the Internet startup scene, and there is one thing everybody in that world knows: you may have an idea for a startup, but without a developer your idea is worth jack shit. And if you can’t pay your developer, you damn well better offer… [Read more…]
March 13, 2010
My latest article on WebWorkerDaily is about how quick and painless it is to use Posterous to share the treasures you find on the Web across your many online social apps. Using the Posterous bookmarklet, you can send goodies to all your social apps at once, or pick and choose where you want things to… [Read more…]
February 16, 2010
I’m not wild about list posts. Apparently I’m the only one, because I’ve never heard anybody else complain about them, and blogs great and small are overflowing with “ten ways to [whatever]” posts. They’re generally quite popular, too. Frankly, I think they’re a symptom of laziness on the part of writers and readers alike. But I… [Read more…]
July 13, 2009
This week I’m launching an e-commerce site to accompany Francophilia, the social network for francophiles I founded. It’s running on the Zlio platform. It has some limitations, but I’m pretty happy to be able to offer my francophile members one-stop shopping for French and French-themed products! Just found out my personal blog, frogblog, is ranked… [Read more…]
January 1, 2009
I went to LeWeb ’08 in Paris in December and spent most of my time talking to people about their startup projects, approaching clusters of (mostly) young (mostly) guys (tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it) who tended to be huddled in groups of three and four. I rudely interrupted their conversations by waving my… [Read more…]
June 10, 2011
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