In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream, a cultural equivalent of a political opposition. In casual practice, the term came to prominence in the general press as it was used to refer to the youth rebellion that… Continue reading Next. Et maintenant.
Author: m-c
Post conference
Following my post about Mena’s speech at Les Blogs, here you can access the full text version of her speech followed by more thoughts on the topic: ‘The majority of people in the world aren’t blogging yet, and a lot of them could truly benefit from this form of communication. We want them to be… Continue reading Post conference
MySpace generation
They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing. Read the whole article here (via patrick).
go
Remix everything.
Montreal Vlog meetup
sorry i’m late on that, here is the info: Montreal Vlog meetups will be taking place once a month along the usual blogger gathering at La Cabane on st-laurent, the first wednesday of the month. this even was initiated by Michael Lenczner and Brett Gaylor.
Podcast #54 is on, featuring Beirut, Ninja High School, SLGTM and Hura Yup
Recorded in Paris on december 6th, no chapters but a plain mp3 for this one. Tracklisting coming later. Get it right here. Tracklisting: Beirut, Postcard from Italy – discovered on Myspace, i am in love with this band. The singer’s voice is absolutely fantastic, will remind you of David Byrne and Morrissey Ninja High School,… Continue reading Podcast #54 is on, featuring Beirut, Ninja High School, SLGTM and Hura Yup
untitled
too many things are slowing me down. i should get rid of them. there’s too much order in my flat, there should be a mess.
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Well
4h00 am in paris. last day of the conference, last full day in paris tomorrow. all is well, beside that once again, i felt for someone who’s living far away. There’s something wrong with my karma, could anyone fix it? What’s the thing with me and German boys, please anyone fix this karma NOW.
Les blogs notes
– blogging gives freedom (for artists) – blogging breaks hierarchy – bloggers can be or are brands – blogs are online personnas, id’s (that’s what i think since 2 years, i thought everyone knew about that) – see the web as people, readers respect bloggers they read, – shift in economy to a ‘participan economy’… Continue reading Les blogs notes
Les blogs 2.0 – podcasting and vlogging panel
notes: – woah, someone’s teaching vbloging in college – notion of speach enabling blogs – 3G = multimedia devices – vlog and podcasts creators want to create content, get attention, share content, express themselves – emotional and spontaneous content – publisher vs amateur publisher – text recognitions into podcast and vlog – capture content –… Continue reading Les blogs 2.0 – podcasting and vlogging panel
Les Blogs day 2 – thoughts
Mena’s speech finally made this place rock a bit. She is bringing on an interesting topic about the quality of the conversations that are taking place on weblogs and the quality of our speaches — bloggers are people with opinions but with the rise of blogging and blogging getting mainstream bloggers need to be more… Continue reading Les Blogs day 2 – thoughts
Bloggers, mostly
actually we are bloggers, web specialists, loads of journalists and web agency people. See where all these people are coming from here.
me!
with lack of sleep, and its waaay too early!
Les Blogs – thoughts
– Blogs build bridges between communities (and different cultures) – Understand the blogosphere, trust the transparence – blogs are driven by passion and authority – we need more people to bring blogs to ‘normal’ people – behind all products are people; consumers now want to talk with these people (commercial aspect of blogging, conversation with… Continue reading Les Blogs – thoughts
En feu dans la ville lumère, 2ème partie
Les gens sont en feu. La conférence n’est même pas commencé que flickr est remplis de photo. Pensée : quelqun me parlait hier d’un mouvement de ‘contre-culture’ ou les gens après avoir documenté leurs vies à l’extrème vont décider de cesser toute forme d’archivage d’information sur leurs vies ou événements.
Les Blogs
The conference is starting tomorrow. Tonite some of the conference participants are heading to the Lizard Lounge (infos here). It will be possible to reach me live from the conference for the time i’ll be online on IM (m_chantale@hotmail.com). All pictures from the participants are tagged ‘lesblogs’ and can be seen here. Weeee!
Paris pict
All my picts of Paris can be seen here.
Sparekey
A concept i had in mind on which we exchanged me and patrick yesterday evening is about giving a good friend your blog access to delete malicious comments in the case you wouldn’t be available to do so. For exemple, i know that Antoine has my blog pw and username, and i know he is… Continue reading Sparekey
En feu dans la ville lumière, 1ère partie
Il est 11h22 heure de Montréal. Je suis debout depuis hier matin, 9h. Fatiguée, et de la misère à mettre mes idées en ordre. Il es 17h30 à Paris. Je suis bombardé d’informations de toutes sortes, c’est beaucoup trop pour ce que je suis capable de prendre, fatigue oblige. Tout est différent, les sons surtout,… Continue reading En feu dans la ville lumière, 1ère partie
Dominic Goyet, installation photographique
Dominic Goyet, photographe pour Urbania avec qui j’ai travaillé pour ma désormais célèbre photo dans le bain, expose une pièce qui se trouvera au niveau des départs de l’aéroport Pierre-Éliott-Trudeau les mardi et mercredi 6 et 7 décembre.
meïdia T-Shirts on Le Monde.fr
Xavier sent me a mail to let me know that today’s newsletter by the newspaper Le Monde talks about meïdia T-Shirts. This is sooo unexpected, but welcome. A screenshot of the newsletter can be seen here. Link to meïdia. Link to the T-Shirt store.
How new web technologies will change your business
I am just about to leave for the Les Blogs 2.0 conference which will be taking place on december 5 and 6 in Paris and i thought it would be interesting to list here the main points about why todays conferences are different from the ones you might know. New web technologies are changing the… Continue reading How new web technologies will change your business
FLIP FLOP FLYIN
Craig Robinson’s blog and new book : Fun Fun Fun. Ah, and lilo wants me to add that his dog Billy also has a blog.
The Arcade Fire performed with U2
“Second night in Montreal and Arcade Fire are back on stage at the end of U2’s set for an amazing joint performance of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.” anyone can find a live recording of that? via Brooklyn Vegan.
Tranche de vie
Trop drôle pour ne pas blogger : ‘C’est effectivement moi, celui qui t’as contacté din petites annonces et qui, ensuite, s’est défilé. Je n’ai d’excuse que ma couardise. C’est effectivement plutôt intimidant de googler une fréquentation potentielle et de trouver 340 heures de lecture / musique / dessins / coupures de journaux sur quelqu’un. Mais… Continue reading Tranche de vie
Pitchfork likes Acid House Kings
So do I. The review is from today, read it here. Listen to AHK on pod #52, 50, 48 and 45.
Thom est en maudit
Thom Yorke est en maudit. Trouvé via le blogue de Ben. Montreal so the UN are meeting in Montreal to decide what to do after the Kyoto protocol. and already the US administration has buried its witless head in the fucking sand. refusing to take part. you can even see the strings being pulled. this… Continue reading Thom est en maudit
Il y a des gens en feu partout
et vous ne pouvez plus les ignorer. Ils sont partout.
Live audio recording
Is the iRiver still a good buy for recording interviews and live shows? I am in need of such cheap device before leaving.
Malajube en france
uh oh les français, Malajube (pod #51, 50 et 46) débarque chez vous, à suivre! Infos sur le site de Dare to Care records. Uh oh québec, leur second album sera lancé au Canada le 7 février prochain.
Seuls ou ensemble?
Nicolas amène une question très intéressante aux gens / artisants / créateurs qui tissent la toile culturelle du Québec. Travaillant pour la plupart chacun de notre côté, perdus dans nos têtes et prisonniers de nos propres murs, il y a ici de quoi réfléchir : ‘Pendant que les grands médias s’affairent à devenir plus gros… Continue reading Seuls ou ensemble?
Nites out in Paris
Need advices about where to go out in Paris – nice coffees and bars so we can see what are french people at. I’ll be staying around Le Marais.
Tape des mains et dit oui
All started Thursday nite at the oh so trendy Nightlife party with my partners in crime. Friday was Stryrofoam’s (second?) performance in Montreal. Soon to be closing their north american tour, in all a great show – was much better than i expected it to be. Pictures are here. Resfest opening party, brazilian tunes for… Continue reading Tape des mains et dit oui
life is art
We found 2 of these grafiti – if you find one and can take a picture of it, post it to the Montreal Street Art pool on flickr.