I've not been blogging a lot those last days due to my new new responsibilities here at Edelman, and I have to say "slamed" is a word which is going to stick to me for a while...
Anyway, I spent this all day in London attending the event organised by the london office around blogging or "why you can't ignore blogging" at this great place, One Aldwych. It was a nice opportunity for me to meet Stuart Smith, CEO of Edelman London, Pamela Fieldhouse and Julie Halley but also Charlie Cannell from EIS and Jackie Cooper from JCPR.
Kevin Anderson from the BBC was one of the panelist and we have had some amazing discussion about his podcasting activities and how he collects some of his interviews from countries like China per MP3 files sent piece by piece to a Gmail account... He also explained how chinese bloggers are using their Flickr account to avoid censorship by sending pictures of themselves handling big shields on which they write their messages... Unbelievable, but... only the truth.
And again, the french riots... Two articles in this morning issue of USA Today, this is really in everyone's head around the world, so let me confirm, you can come in France now without risking your life, we are a safe country and tourists won't be hurt ! Unfortunately it's not our first time, we are used to these suburbs problems, even if we'd love to see an issue for it, although I don't see any at the same time, this is such an old problem, all governments have tried to solve it and all have failed...
Anyway, now that I am on the way back, I really appreciate to be part of such an international team with so many complementary skills and at the same time, such a strong voluntee to work all together and to make it happen ! That's just great and so exciting to connect with you guys.
(I've moblogged some photos of the event on my moblog Winks)
Yes, France is safe for tourists, and Guillaume is right. Many countries have these problems, the US and the UK in first place!
I've just arrived in San Jose California, where the streets are quiet but the skies are full of planes. I'm doing some stuff on Findability at KMWorld & Intranets, and giving the keynote speech via blog and telephone for Rencontre Internationale des Responsables Intranets à Paris (16-17 novembre). There are a lot of talks and workshops here on blogging, and I'll be blogging them on my French blog "Le carnet by jmc" and my English blog "Globally local" over the next few days.
See you soon, I hope Guillaume, and I'll update you on my experiment with the CAC 40 bloggers.
Posted by: Jane McConnell | 14 November 2005 at 05:49 AM
I am seeking a blog on the shipping industry in France or a related site that deals with this subject matter. Understand that there are many unions in France and would like a related blog to them as well if they operate in the shipping industry.
Appreciate your comments and lead in information.
Regards, Lord Knight
Posted by: Lord Knight | 13 November 2005 at 08:26 PM
I am seeking a blog on the shipping industry in France or a related site that deals with this subject matter. Understand that there are many unions in France and would like a related blog to them as well if they operate in the shipping industry.
Appreciate your comments and lead in information.
Regards, Lord Knight
Posted by: Lord Knight | 13 November 2005 at 08:25 PM
You are the second Alist blogger that is saying France is safe for tourists.
It may be interesting to get information if the number of tourists decrease because of the riots.
Best,
Posted by: Octavio Isaac Rojas Orduña | 13 November 2005 at 02:05 PM