[Intéressant] Mary Meeker's 2013 Internet Trends: Mobile Makes Up 15% Of All Internet Traffic, With 1.5B Users Worldwide

KPCB Internet Trends 2013 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers partner Mary Meeker unveiled her annual Internet Trends report for 2013 today at the D11 Conference, showing robust growth in the number of broadband and mobile users. All that said, there’s still a huge opportunity for smartphone adoption and mobile ad spend.

There were more than 2.4 billion Internet users worldwide by the end of 2012, up 8 percent from the previous year. But more astounding than that was the growth in mobile users. There are about 1.5 billion global subscribers, up from 1.1 billion a year before. That represents about 30 percent growth.

[...] Lire la suite sur TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/29/mary-meeker-2013-internet-trends/

[Utile] Designing blogs for readers

Voici un bon article de Matt Gemmell pour ceux d'entre nous (dont moi-même!) qui aimeraient bloguer plus et mieux : http://mattgemmell.com/2013/05/22/designing-blogs-for-readers/

[Intéressant] 14-Year-Old Girl Destroys Van Halen Guitar Solo

Wow !

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Here's a video of Tina, 14, covering Eddie Van Halen‘s “Eruption” guitar solo and absolutely shredding it
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Lire l'article sur Mashable http://mashable.com/2013/05/22/14-year-old-girl-van-halen/

[Intéressant] Here's Why These 6 Videos Went Viral

A video is never guaranteed to go viral, but a few factors make it significantly more likely.

In the first few months of 2013, viral videos covered all kinds of topics: a serious look at female self-esteem, a silly competition between two Star Trek actors, and more. But according to Brian Shin, CEO of video analytics service Visible Measures, these and most other viral videos share at least two things in common: "discussability" and "relatability."

For a video to be "discussable," it usually features something shocking or surprising, which compels viewers to share it with others. Likewise, if a video contains something deeply human to which we can relate — even if it's cuddling cats — we're more likely to share it out. The two factors often go together.

Read more...
Origine : Mashable http://mashable.com/2013/05/15/viral-video-factors

[Utile] How Can I Make My PowerPoint Presentations Amazing?

Lire l'article complet sur Lifehacker ! http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-make-my-powerpoint-presentations-amazing-507552122

[...] Avoid the Most Common Presentation Problems

First, before we take a look at jazzing up your slides, it's a good time to review how to avoid the reasons presentations suck so often.

Lack of preparation or passion. [...]
Slides are too complex, overloaded with bullets, lacking in focus, and/or filled with poor quality images. [...]

Seth Godin's five rules for avoiding really bad PowerPoints are a good guide:

1. No more than six words on a slide. EVER. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken. [Also recommended in another post: No bullets. Use a separate slide for each sentence or idea.]
2. No cheesy images. Use professional stock photo images.
3. No dissolves, spins or other transitions.
4. Sound effects can be used a few times per presentation, but never use the sound effects that are built into the program. [...]
5. Don’t hand out print-outs of your slides. They don’t work without you there.

Similarly, for our guide on how to create presentations that don't suck, communications expert Nancy Duarte offered this helpful mnemonic to keep in mind as you're making your slides:

Simplify
Lose the cliches
Information needs emphasis
Designate elements
Empathy for the audience [...]

Lire l'article complet sur Lifehacker ! http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-make-my-powerpoint-presentations-amazing-507552122

[Intéressant] Celebs Honor Teen With Terminal Cancer By Performing His Music

Zach Sobiech is a 17-year-old musician who was diagnosed three years ago with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. With only months to live, Sobiech used music to say goodbye — moving millions of people with his song, "Clouds."

Media company SoulPancake is helping spread Sobiech's message with a tribute video, featuring a superstar list of celebrities, including Bryan Cranston, Sarah Silverman, Andy Grammer, Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, The Lumineers and many more.

Sobiech's version is available on iTunes, and proceeds benefit the Children's Cancer Research Fund. Read more...

Lire l'article original sur : Mashable http://mashable.com/2013/05/09/zach-sobiech

[Intéressant] Student Lectures Teacher On How to Teach in Front of Classmates

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What began as an outburst in class is now making the rounds online. Video of a student reprimanding his teacher for her allegedly poor teaching methods has gone viral Read more...

Origine : Mashable http://mashable.com/2013/05/09/student-lectures-teacher

[Libre] Le Nyan Cat appartient au public : un mème n’est pas une marque !

Lire l'article complet sur S.I.Lex : http://scinfolex.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/le-nyan-cat-appartient-au-public-un-meme-nest-pas-une-marque/

Charlie Schmidt et Orlando Torres sont les créateurs respectifs de deux des plus célèbres mèmes de l’histoire d’Internet, à savoir le Keyboard Cat et le Nyan Cat, . Ils ont attaqué en justice la semaine dernière Warner Bros et 5th Cell pour avoir fait apparaître leurs créations comme des personnages dans le jeu vidéo Scribblenauts.

[...] L’idée même d’originalité, qui sous-tend la propriété induite par le droit d’auteur, n’a guère de sens dans le cas de phénomènes comme les mèmes, dont le statut n’émerge qu’au fil des réutilisations collectives. C’est pourquoi il est abusif de les assimiler à des marques, voire même à des "oeuvres de l’esprit, qui supposent une forme arrêtée par le créateur individuel. Il ne peut s’agir de marques, puisque dans les deux cas, ni Schmidt, ni Torres ne sont à l’origine des appellations Keyboard Cat et Nyan Cat, qui sont apparues ensuite.

C’est pourquoi il sera extrêmement intéressant de suivre cette affaire pour voir comment les juges traiteront les prétentions des deux plaignants. Les mèmes finissent par devenir la propriété du public qui les consacrent par l’usage et on avait déjà vu avec l’affaire du Harlem Shake qu’il est artificiel de vouloir les faire rentrer dans les cases de la propriété intellectuelle. L’épisode récent de Nabilla déposant une marque sur son fameux "Non mais allô quoi !" avait aussi montré toute l’absurdité d’un placage des concepts propriétaires sur les mèmes.



André Gunthert vient de publier un article intitulé "La culture du partage ou la revanche des foules" dans lequel il explique avec brio en quoi le statut des créations est bouleversé par les pratiques d’appropriation numérique :

Qu’il s’agisse de la création de fausses bandes annonces sur YouTube, de détournements parodiques, de l’hommage imitatif des covers (version personnelle d’un morceau de musique) ou de la circulation virale des mèmes (jeu appropriable de décontextualisation de motif), les conditions de l’appropriabilité numérique ne s’autorisent que d’expédients et de tolérances fragiles: la protection de l’anonymat ou de l’expression collective, la nature publicitaire ou politique des contenus, la volatilité ou l’invisibilité des publications, la méconnaissance de la règle, et surtout les espaces du jeu, de la satire ou du second degré, qui, comme autrefois le temps du Carnaval, sont des espaces sociaux de l’exception et de la transgression tolérée… Le remix profite généralement de la zone grise formée par les lacunes du droit, des oublis du contrôle ou de la dimension ludique. Mais ces conditions font du web l’un des rares espaces publics où l’appropriation collective est admise.

Reste à consacrer pleinement ces droits du public, pour lui restituer ce qui lui appartient.

Lire l'article complet sur S.I.Lex : http://scinfolex.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/le-nyan-cat-appartient-au-public-un-meme-nest-pas-une-marque/

[Utile] How You're Unknowingly Embarrassing Yourself Online (and How to Stop)

Lire l'article complet sur Lifehacker : http://lifehacker.com/how-youre-embarrassing-yourself-online-without-knowing-495859415

You probably know not to post things online that could bite you later, but many of us do it all the time anyway—often without even realizing it. Whether it's a friend tagging you in a photo or admitting you torrent your movies in a Facebook status, even innocuous posts or photos can damage your relationships, get you in trouble at work, or even land you in legal hot water. Here's what we mean, and how to stop. [...]

How the Things You Post Online Can Bite You Later

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What You Can Do to Speak Freely and Protect Yourself 
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• Think before you post. [...]


• Learn to use the privacy settings on your social networks. [...]

• Use pseudonyms, but don't put too much faith in them. [...] 

• Be impersonal about what you say, or avoid the issue entirely. [...] 

• Talk to an attorney, or reach out to a friendly organization. [...]

If you do find yourself in a bad position, there are things you can do to clean up your online identity, but in this case, prevention is the best medicine.

Photos by photomak (Shutterstock), Black Press Group, Lamebook, Daniel Morris.


Lire l'article complet sur Lifehacker : http://lifehacker.com/how-youre-embarrassing-yourself-online-without-knowing-495859415

[Utile] Fix blurry photos with SmartDeblur

Your smartphone has more technology per square inch than anything humans have ever created, so why do 3 out of 10 pictures you take still come out blurry and unusable?…Read The Rest!


The post Fix blurry photos with SmartDeblur appeared first on freewaregenius.com.

Origine: freewaregenius.com http://www.freewaregenius.com/fix-blurry-photos-with-smartdeblur

[Intéressant] A Better Way to Think About Your Business Model

The business model canvas — as opposed to the traditional, intricate business plan — helps organizations conduct structured, tangible, and strategic conversations around new businesses or existing ones [...]

[...] Each of these nine components contains a series of hypotheses about your business model that you need to test (click or tap for a bigger version): [...]


Read the full article at HBR.org http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/05/a_better_way_to_think_about_yo.html

[Intéressant] Want to Grow Your Business? Figure Out What You Suck At

"[...] Know what you suck at.  Entrepreneurs often feel they can be great at many things and use common sense for the rest.  But listen when I tell you this: You suck at something. Everyone does! While it’s an unnatural exercise for a confident founder, a huge part of effectively growing past your own capacity is take a realistic look at not what you do best, but what you do worst. Armed with this self-awareness, you can search for people with specific skills. Find those who can do what you suck at better than you can, empower them with your full support and ensure that they regularly update you on where they are. That way you can check that mental box and know everything is covered.

Empower and engage.  I always have the same conversation with those who report to me.  It goes something like this: “I will never micromanage you unless I believe there is a problem.  That means letting me know of problems before they become infernos, and letting me know of issues before I get clients calling me about them.  Let me help you fix issues before the wheels fall off and it’s too late.” That’s easier said than done. No matter what you tell people, they will still do everything possible to deflect blame.  It’s important to make a point of being available, and avoid biting people’s heads off when they do come to you with issues. [...]"

Lisez l'article complet sur : http://www.inc.com/scott-elser/want-to-grow-figure-out-what-you-suck-at.html

Lisez aussi celui-ci : http://www.ceo.com/media_type/blogs/ceos-start-to-suck-after-4-8-years-study/

Pendant que vous y êtes, jetez un oeil sur quelque chose un peu plus polémique:
http://www.myinvestingblog.com/5-signs-your-ceo-may-suck/

Pour la bonne bouche, voici aussi quelques livres intéressants sur le sujet:

[Intéressant] The Cult Of Positive Attitude and Always Saying Yes

"Every lie and lame idea in the corporate world is now protected by an airtight bubble of positive attitude and yes-men. And I’m sick of it.

A day doesn’t go by where some boss doesn’t shut down discussion of something he wants to do by saying, “You need to have a positive attitude. You need to work on saying yes instead of no all the time.” It’s important to note that this is not an argument on the merits of his idea or the criticism of it, it’s an attack on the attitude of his critics, and really it is no different than if he had covered his ears and screamed “la la la la la, I can’t hear you!”

And the more the boss shuts people down by stressing positive attitude, the fewer people who will speak up even when there’s a problem [...]"

Lire la suite sur: http://meetingboy.com/post/49448674854/the-cult-of-positive-attitude-and-always-saying-yes

[Intéressant] A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie [IBM Research]

The ability to move single atoms, one of the smallest particles of any element in the universe, is crucial to IBM's research in the field of atomic-scale memory. In 2012, IBM scientists announced the creation of the world's smallest magnetic memory bit, made of just 12 atoms. This breakthrough could transform computing by providing the world with devices that have access to unprecedented levels of data storage.
But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In that spirit, the scientists moved atoms by using their scanning tunneling microscope to make … a movie, which has been verified by Guinness World Records™ as The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film...


Allez jeter un oeil sur le site IBM Research pour en savoir plus sur... l'exploration des limites du stockage!

I suck, you suck, it sucks, we suck, you suck, they suck [International Workers' Day]

To suck:
"To be objectionable, of very poor quality, or offensive".

1st of May is International Workers' Day.
So, let's rant for once about how working with a big global Company sucks nowadays!

Everybody and everything sucks somewhere more or less. We can conjugate the verb "to suck" and address some of our favorites suckers:

• Me (I suck) and us, the "resources" in management speak (we suck) 
• our CEO (you suck) and the whole leadership management team (you suck)
• the units that prevent us to innovate like Marketing (it sucks) and the ever growing Centers of Excellence (they suck).

I suck:

1. I procrastinate more and more (and generally don't answer my mail in less than 24 hours!)
2. I let my innovative projects get hijacked and ruined (you know, the "don't ask for permission, just do it" types of projects!)
3. I don't argue any more when asked to "just execute" (but I still don't act on dumb requests, knowing that they will anyway be replaced by new ones before anybody notices!).

You, the CEO, suck:

1. You blame all employees for what are management's shortcomings and lack of true leadership
2. You let greedy shareholders and managers dictate and ruin your strategies
3. You let processes, reporting and KPIs slow the company down, stiffle innovation and discourage internal entrepreneurship

It, the Marketing, sucks:

1. It is arrogant, self-centered and continues to try to trick customers 
2. It still believes in Mad Men and spends boatloads of budget on crappy tactics
3. It is bogged down by processes, reporting and KPIs (even more than Sales, yes, it IS possible!)

We, the "Resources", suck:

1. We accept crazy processes, reporting and KPIs
2. We dare no more think and we execute meaningless action plans to please management
3. We follow rules and compliance at the expense of business agility and customer service/satisfaction

You, the Managers, suck:

1. You don't lead, you micro manage and kill action 
2. You treat us like "resources" and kill motivation
3. You avoid risks by any means and kill innovation

They, the Centers of Excellence, suck:

1. They embody bureaucracy and complexity at their worse
2. They act brainlessly to follow processes and rules and to be 100% compliant
3. They live by "answer in less than 24 hours" and "green ticks in spreadsheets" and immediately send us requests back instead of owning and resolving anything by themselves. 

Sure, on Christmas, Santa Claus will bring us all presents for being winners and legend...wait for it...dary!
But for now, I wish all of us, you and them, a happy International Suckers' Day!

[Utile] 5 Ways To Protect Your Public Internet Use

5 conseils très utiles pour ceux qui aiment surfer dans un café... : http://readwrite.com/2013/04/30/5-ways-to-protect-your-public-internet-use

"Ah, public Wi-Fi. That magical tool that lets you surf the Internet at your favorite coffee house, bookstore or the mall. (Because nothing says cool like surfing at the food court.)

As much of a boon as using the Internet in public places can be, there are always risks involved whenever you are connected to a public network. Here are five steps you can take to help keep your public Web activities secure.

Beware Fake Wi-Fi

[...] If you are not sure about what the store's Wi-Fi SSID is, just ask, or look for a sign. Better to be sure than surf on someone else's network.

You Don't Know Where That's Been

[...] If you find a drive or CD somewhere public, and want to be helpful, turn it in to the nearest lost and found and let that be your good deed for the day.

Cowboy Up

[...] If at all possible, find a seat where there's no way someone can be behind you. [...]

Don't Share Your Internet

[...] all it takes is a quick visit to a known malicious site on another browser tab to get your machine infected.

Don't Login

I have a pretty standard rule of thumb about surfing in public: never conduct banking transactions or visit a credit card website account. [...]

Surfing in public doesn't have to be dangerous to your online identity, but you should always take care about your personal safety in a public place, and that includes your online activities."

Image courtesy of Shutterstock.

Lire l'article complet sur :  http://readwrite.com/2013/04/30/5-ways-to-protect-your-public-internet-use