Tag Archives | 2009: LeWeb

SMCH7: Thank you eBay!

By on December 14, 2011 in 2011: Le Web

I would like to give a round of thanks to our friends at eBay and x.com for sponsoring the Social Media Club dinner party last Thursday and supporting our Clubhouse activities while in Paris, France to Le Web. eBay launched their X.commerce platform, which is an e-commerce technology platform designed for all the ways consumers choose to [...]

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SMCH7: Marco Tempest is a magical genius

By on December 13, 2011 in 2011: Le Web

Marco Tempest is a Cyber Illusionist. An Adventurer. A Scientist. A Dreamer. He is also a Virtual Magician. The first time I saw Marco was when he spoke wat TED about the ‘Magic of Truth and Lies‘. Simply brilliant. If you have not seen this presentation, stop what you are doing now, click that link [...]

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SMCH7: The Power of #RamonWOW. How Great Customer Service Can Drive Sales.

By on December 12, 2011 in 2011: Le Web

I’ve known Ramon De Leon for some time now. He is a positive force within our Social Media Club Chicago community, and has inspired (and mentored) several people to launch Chapters in other cities as well (hello Social Media Club Guanajuato!). Ramon owns six Domino’s pizza parlors in the local Chicago area and has been [...]

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SMCH7: Live sketching at Le Web

By on December 8, 2011 in 2011: Le Web

There are two groups doing some amazing visual work and capturing the conversations taking place at Le Web over the three days here in Paris. One of my favorites, Jess3, has produced a series of infographics based on the keywords in the conference tweets pulled via Radian6. And the fellas from livesketching have been capturing [...]

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SMCH7: The thing about traditions, they are meant to be kept.

By on December 7, 2011 in 2011: Le Web

Four years ago, there was a food shortage during lunch at Le Web, so Claude Malaison and Chris Heuer decided to take matters in their own hand and walked down the street to a local market to collect various yummy treats to build a little picnic for themselves, wine included. In 2009, while there was [...]

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SMCH7: Karl Lagerfeld is an Apple fanboy…and a fashion guru.

By on December 7, 2011 in 2011: Le Web

Bet you knew one of those two things. The Le Web conference opened this morning with a discussion between Loic Le Meur and fashion icon, Karl Lagerfeld. I won’t pretend to be a girl who thinks a lot about fashion. While I like to look good, I have never been one to follow what all [...]

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A Little Chair Leads to Big Conversation: Our Monday and the Live Stream Schedule from La Social Media Club House

By on December 8, 2009 in 2009: LeWeb

With all that’s going on, we wanted to share a recap of our Monday and give everyone the lowdown for this week’s schedule of live broadcasts from La Social Media Club House… It was a big Monday for the SMCH gang! After a morning of croissants and coffee, we hit the road (sans Scoble who [...]

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Social Media Hour #35: LeWeb 2009 and La Social Media Club House

By on December 7, 2009 in 2009: LeWeb

From City by the Bay to the City of Lights! This week Cathy broadcasts live from Paris where she, along with some social media pals, set up camp at La Social Media Club House for LeWeb! Joined by Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells of Social Media Club as well as Dana Oshiro of ReadWriteWeb, and [...]

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From City by the Bay to the City of Lights: Social Media Hour in Paris!

By on December 7, 2009 in 2009: LeWeb

This week I’m broadcasting live from Paris where, along with some social media pals, have set up camp at La Social Media Club House for LeWeb! Joined by Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells of Social Media Club, Dana Oshiro of Read Write Web, along with top bloggers Robert Scoble and Stephanie Booth, this Club House [...]

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Amusement of Expectations: Preparing for LeWeb 2009

By on December 7, 2009 in 2009: LeWeb

We all do it. As each technological innovation enters our sphere, we become ever so quickly accustomed to whatever feature, functionality or convenience it proffers. This isn’t exactly revolutionary comment, and as detailed by Louis CK on the Conan O’Brien show, when considered through a lens not muddied by bits and bytes, it’s pretty humorous. [...]

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