Le Web day 2.
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I arrived yesterday at about 6 o’clock in the evening at Le Web 3 in Paris. When I entered the main stage I noticed two things: 1. Wow, impressive… what a big room. 2. Hey, nobody pays attentions and everybody is just checking their mail, chat with their friends and call with their wives!
LeWeb 3 is a two day web conference in Paris. This year over a 1000 people attend, this is obvious a great achievement for the organizers. But what’s important is if its is an inspiring conference.
From the organization point of view it is very well organized, but I think leweb3 is failing on the inspiration point. There are to many panels, talking about crap and nothing and more of the same non inspiring stuff. The real internet vibe is missing. And as LeWeb turned into a kind of Politic stage where Ffrench candidates are telling us: “The web is great, thank you. The web is great for you, for us and for mankind! ” I almost threw up! Who is this nono, trying to get some attention, and press to win some votes by talking only in French ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE!! Go away!!
For me this is probably the last leWeb I’ll visit as I miss half of the content because I don’t speak french.
The Startup room is a lot more fun and has a good vibe. Boris pitched fleck there and he did it with flair and I think he got the attention of the judges, so in 10 minutes we’ll know if he can enter the main stage..
David Weinberger was the first keynote speaker who really told something interesting and inspiring. He’s a great speaker with a vision and he was the only one not talking about how great his company is, bla bla (he’s a writer). Thanks David! Hope to see you in Amsterdam.
