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The lean startup idea is moving forward, and Eric Ries is about to launch a book called "The Lean Startup". Eric is currently promoting this book by giving some talks. Please find below the one he gave to Google New York. If you don’t know him yet, check his blog or have a look at the previous post I made last year.

Everybody can blame their top managers for a good reason. But we can really judge them when they talk about us from outside the company. How many times do they need to say that we are smart, to make sure we believe them? What is Eric Schmidt's score?

Communities dominate is one of my favorite blogs for improving my knowledge about mobility. I already referred to it , but they have posted one more amazing article that shows the astonishing penetration of mobile phones today: 50% in Africa, more than 200% in United Arab Emirates. There are more phone subscribers than those with permanent access to electricity or water. And again the main tool is SMS with 4.2 billion users compare to the 5.2 billion phone subscribers. As discussed in the article comments , the number of sold phones is composed of new users and replacements. The replacement rate is between 18 and 32 months, according to the sources available on the Internet. We could believed that we are in front of another planned obsolescence , but this is only a permanent race for new features in the phone industry. Three years ago, when I started to work in the mobile phone industry, I was trying to have an opinion about what would be the next step and where the enterprise ...

British humour will never die. Thanks to the BBC and the Ronnie show .

A few months ago, I prepared with my CARA colleagues, a session named: How to sell agile to my customers and my executive management. During the preparation, we defined some typical profiles, not related to their position, but their personality (e.g. a person with a sales behaviour). Then, for each one, we tried to define the significant factors that make their lives easier and also those that may be seen as detrimental to them. Of those who see some interest in the results, some people, smart people, will ask for references to move forward. Most of the literature about agile, focuses on software development. We can find books about agile business, but these are generally a second step in the understanding of this culture. So we need a book that is not too technical and lightweight. I proposed Agile Excellence to my colleagues and friends and considering their feedback, I highly recommend it. I bought this book for myself because I was looking for a handbook focusing on my...

Mix-IT will occur on the 5th of April 2011 in Lyon at the Epitech Computer School located 5 minutes walking distance from the Lapardieu train station. Mixity or mixité (in French), pronounce it as you like, but there is only one spelling: Mix-IT and its domain name is mix-it.fr . By mixing agile, test, java, craftsmanship and new trends (NoSQL, HTML5, etc.), you will have a full day conference to share and improve your kwoledge in these domains. Due to the limited number of seats, make sure you book your place now . Also,  we are now accepting submissions for proposals for the event.

While watching Amber Case's presentation "We are all cyborg", I tried to link to my own life, the examples she gives. Definitely, she proposes valuable insight to step back and understand, our second life and cyborg state. Check her bio here and then watch the video with your favorite subtitles.