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Apple Apps: In-App Purchases.

Sunday was a relaxing day. Not a vacation day but a nice rainy summer day.
Since I bought my iPad, I have not taken much time to play games on it. So yesterday, I browsed the section of the iTunes store that feature game apps designed specifically for iPad. I started to look at the free apps thinking that if I liked one I would purchase the full version after trying the free one.

Californication.

My California trip ended up in Los Angeles.

I was happy to reconnect with two friends who live too far from me. The joy of seeing Rhea and Andrew again made my trip beautiful. The time I spent with them was rich, fun and full of happiness.

Rhea gave me the energy to do my first video podcast about Tony Hsieh's book : Delivering Happiness. I had fun doing it (even if I did not get a lot of viewers).

Andrew welcomed me in his beautiful home and took me to a party when I first arrived.

Road Runners

In May 2010, I drove from Point Arena, Ca. to San Francisco.

The drive on route 1 was beautiful. We were driving a rental car (Ford Mustang 2010 Convertible). Point Arena is north of San Francisco. Nothing much to see there, except the Lighthouse (the highest one in the US).

While Ralph was driving back to SF I did this short film. I hope you enjoy it.

Antennagate.

Mediocre people think that because they do a mediocre job, that everyone else does too.
On Friday, Steve Jobs was forced to take the stage and speak about what he rightly called “the Antennagate”.

During the iPhone 4 press conference Steve explained that Apple rigorously tests new products before putting them on the market.

To defend the product further, a tour was organized to show journalist the facility that Apple built to test the iPhone 4.

Digg v4: A Step into the Future?

Kevin Rose returns to Digg.
Digg’s founder, now the new CEO, announced a month ago a new version of Digg.

Last week, I was luckily invited by Kevin to try out the new site.
 Digg’s redesign makes it more like a social network like Facebook or Twitter. Digg now makes it easier to follow people, to friend, while sharing is the new core feature.

 

Apple Store Paris Opera: Curtain Pulled Back.

It is Open.
Apple open the doors of its parisian mother ship store in Paris. While Apple fans started to line up around 2:00 AM, the morning rain prevented the crowd to really enjoy the opening.
The magnificent french architecture of the building was preserve by Apple. The new store features a 110 foot wide storefront. The huge metal and glass doors, arched windows and ornate wrought-iron balcony railings have been carefully restored.

Apple Store, Opera: Opening Soon.

Apple’s future Parisian store, still under construction, shows this morning a new look.

While on my way to work, I passed by the construction site. Workers were covering the front of the building with the Apple Logo and the inscription:

Apple Store, Opéra
Prochainement

Book: Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

Delivering Happiness A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose written by Tony Hsieh.

If you are an entrepreneur or thinking of becoming an entrepreneur this book is for you.
It is a narrative about Tony Hsieh’s experience in fine-tuning a workforce to insure a company’s success.
He explains how his process in turning problems around in order to built a billion dollar company.

Check out my first Video Podcast

How to Block Facebook Apps From Posting on your Wall.

On Sunday, a friend complained about all the annoying Facebook apps posting on his wall.

Farmville, Mobwars, Pillow Fight, I’m sure you can name other ones that you find aggressive, annoying since these notifications take over your wall and your news feed, which might be more important to you.
Some might find these apps amusing but most friends including myself think that these applications get quite annoying and take-up to much space.

They have become an equivalent annoyance as spam is in your email inbox.

There is a solution so you can block these apps from your profile and also from the news feed....

The Secret of Happiness.

Writing a blog to share some of my experiences and knowledge is not always easy. I challenge myself by choosing to writing in English (my mother language is French). Since two and half years, I have learned a lot and have progressed a lot in my writing (I hope). Thanks to Ralph.

Writing for me in general is a challenge and then added my self imposed rule of doing it in English makes it harder for me than finding an actual subject to write about.
My curiosity and my constant desire for learning gives me many reasons to share. The number of friends who pose daily questions also aides me in finding subjects to write about on this blog.