The double beating heart of the spontaneous generation

3 May 2011

The double beating heart of the spontaneous generation

Originating from the US, the concept of connective intelligence is now making its way to France. To the suspicions of cyber-skeptics who see in social networks the ultimate step in Big Brother’s mind-numbing totalitarianism, some, like Vincent Cespedes, retort that today’s youth is endowed with a connective intelligence that makes it, as a network, more [...]

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Emotions and things I used to love but that I now don’t wanna feel or live anymore, ever

27 April 2011

Emotions and things I used to love but that I now don’t wanna feel or live anymore, ever

Please leave my mind and body and soul, you emotions and things I used to love :
- the joy of getting e-mails from real people
- ”edgy” UK magazine editing
- meeting spectacular, larger-than-life people (because most of them always end up being selfish and empty-minded)
- meeting people who like the same things as you (because you realize you don’t actually [...]

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Logobi

21 April 2011

Logobi

Logobi may be one of the only, if not the only musical subculture born on French soil, even though it originated in the Ivory Coast. The guys who dance it call each other “baï”, or baïl, or bay, which apparently means “guy”.
To dance the logobi, you must:
- have a 3G cell phone with the volume [...]

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Sounds of images

18 April 2011

Sounds of images

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