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Teasing: tomorrow some good news

Hints: it has to do with a blog and with something else….

Great jazz video blog

Discovered in the comments of my blog, showblog is aggregating the best jazz archive video from YouTube and Google Video in one blog. This guy has great taste.

For example here the unforgettable version of Naima by John Coltrane

Discover LaunchPad Israel

Launchpad israel is a web aggregator of several israeli-high tech related sources (news and blogs) which makes it very easy to discover new news.

You have a few entries

• Startup news
• Vc Tech Blogs
• Vc Blogs USA
• Hot startup Jobs
• news focus
• news blogs
• biz directory

Launchpad Israel provides information about the Israeli high-technology industry. This includes the latest press releases from venture-backed companies just funded and a plethora of additional information to support the growth of companies in this industry.

It is run by Adrian Wajsbrem from Israel.

You can subscribe to RSS feeds for each one of those categories

Good initiative Adrian

JAZZCAST: tribute to Keith Jarrett Carnegie Hall concert

I already said that the new Keith Jarrett solo album is a must. I have listening to it at least 50 times over the past 2 weeks. So much i even tried to replicate one of the song. Time on my hands

I of course did not manage to do so. It is a beautiful melody and ballad, with great harmonies. I could find some of those fantastic chords only Jarrett has the secret. Of course many bugs during the recording (but Jarrett makes one too on that song at 2”40)

Anyway here is the tune. To download here or play in streaming below

 

 

technorati tags: keithjarrett album jazz piano podcast

The unfair digg effect

One of my posts on YouTube got heavily dugg this week. It dramatically increased the traffic of myblog (about x10 in one day!). But here s the thing. This is not good traffic, meaning organic, recurring and addictive audience

They come, take their shoot up and go.

This is exactly as if Tyra Banks was hitting on you! First you don’t get it, this is exciting the first hours, then you wonder how long this is going to last and there you are left alone.

If you come across this situation, be realistic: Digg audience does not come for you, but for a post you wrote. They are rarely curious about you, (average visit time coming from digg on my blog is about 10 sec max) and zap just as they zapped coming to you.

update: i can see i am not alone observing the same behaviour

 

Useful blog plugin to publish selected RSS

I have been searching the perfect tool for a while and i found it. Review Poster enables you to publish a selection of RSS (or a single RSS) within your blog in a couple of clicks.

Just add the URL or link of the RSS and choose the format (size, title only, ..), take the code and paste it wherever you want. It will then display in your website the latest feeds of your favourite blog(s). And the menu in ajax is extendable to see more feeds

Below an exemple with TechCrunch france feed. Simple and perfect. It is permanently integrated on the right column of this blog

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"LeWEB3" early alpha programm

I told you the programm for LeWeb3 would be a killer (i am not saying that because i speak there). You can check it out here and can even contribute to improve it.

New YouTube menu

Those guys at YOUTUBE are THE BEST at improving constantly the product with useful features. They just changed the menu below the video including stats that can helping understanding trafic around the videos. Brilliant!

Soon a new VC blog

Lgilab, will soon have a blog. We are finalizing it these days. Now i will manage 3 blogs in addition to mine and TechCrunch france. But this new blog will be authored by other contributors: The pic represents some of the element of this blog.

But it will be a bit nicer than that :)

Don't Miss "LEWEB3" conference in Paris 11/12 dec

TechCrunch is co-hosting a web conference in Paris organized by SixApart.

The name of this conference is LE WEB3 and will be all dedicated to the new web and its eco system

1000 bloggers/startupers/vcs/…are expected from all over the world.

My friend Loic is working like crazy to put together what is promised to be the best web event in europe this year.

It will take place 11/12 december in Paris. Programm is not out there yet.

Buti have seen a preview of panels and speakers and it’s a killer. Already 63 confirmed participants

To register get here.