…was as usual a great time and breathing for Manu (old mate and Boomerang Owner & CEO) and myself. The Phil Collins concert was not soooo great. The band was cool (specially the bass player), Phil Collins very … uhm … not cool (was he sick?). I’m not a Motown specialist, but some choices for the covers were quite “odd/bizarre”, to be honest. Kind of The Love Boat series…
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Yesterday evening…
ro:mu:s event at the lake Zug
Some colleagues from Innoveo and I were invited yesterday by our colleagues, friends and partners from the ro:mu:s company, which is bringing very high-valued and professional consulting in the fields of organization, project management and business advisory.
Their yearly event took place at the lake Zug, a absolutely fantastic place, specially with the cuper weather we had yesterday! We were on a boat during about 3 hours, making a slow trip all around the lake, with all these beautiful landscapes. And with some good food and wines. So an excellent evening!
Warm thanks guys for the invitation and friendly organization! (and thanks to Cédric for the pictures ;-)
As you see, I’m always well-positioned when it’s a matter of food ;-)
Cross-posted on the Innoveo blog
French Provence – Hyères (01)
I will publish a portfolio about our last trip to Hyères, south-east of France in the Provence region, trip we have done mid of April 2010.
Saint-Tropez
Let’s start the visit with Saint-Tropez. We were actually positively surprised by this city. Quite nice, a kind of link with Saint Barth. Important to mention that it was not high-season yet ;-)
Apple selling more iPads than Macs
via vowe and John Paczkowski
Apple is selling more than 200,000 iPads per week. Which means, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, that sales of the company’s new device have outpaced those of the Mac in the United States and are closing in on those of the iPhone 3GS. […]
“We believe Apple is now selling >200k iPads/week, greater than US Macs (est. 110k Macs/week) and just below US iPhone 3GS first quart (246k/week).” […]
Earlier this year, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi predicted sales will hit five million units in the first year, while Morgan Stanley (MS) analyst Katy Huberty said they’d likelyexceed six million.
By the way, I have ordered an iPad (WiFi, 64GB) in Switzerland, I should get it on June 7.
Whit Monday…
…is absolulety great! Cool temperature, cool weather.
I’m just sitting in front of my laptop in the garden near the swimming-pool (picture below), listening to an "Electronica Genius Mix" generated by iTunes. Working a bit, as my wife is on duty today and is already visiting some patients ;-)
27°C planed for today :-)
Moby – Wait for me / Ambient and Remixes
Just bought (for all in all 11 EUR, and 28 tracks!) and downloaded two new albums released by Moby and based on Wait for me, i.e. the Ambient and Remixes versions.
On May 17th, Moby will release ‘Wait For Me. Remixes!’, an album consisting of reworked versions of tracks from the critically acclaimed ‘Wait For Me’, released through Moby’s label ‘Little Idiot’ last year. Moby has enlisted some of dance music’s biggest names for the project including Tiesto, Laidback Luke, Gui Boratto, and Carl Cox
Really great, very simple buying-process on moby store. And the first time I see (finally!) some high-quality MP3 (320 Kbits)…
Coming concerts!
I will be able to go to two concerts in the coming months.
Phil Collins plays ‘60s Motown and Soul in Montreux, Switzerland
Exceptional concert of Phil Collins, the only one in Europe, at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The Festival will actually open on July 1, 2010 specially for this concert and will last 17 days this year, instead of 16.
Phil Collins will play some covers from The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes and Smokey Robinson!
The band will be also exceptional, with 18 musicians:
- a brass section with 5 musicians
- six backing vocalists
- the Funk Brothers of Motown (bassist: Bob Babbitt, guitarist: Eddie Willis, guitarist: Ray Monette)
Leonard Cohen in Basel, Switzerland
I had the chance to see Leonard Cohen for one of his concert in August 2009. That was really one of the best concert I have ever seen. That’s the reason why I am so happy I could buy some tickets for his coming concert in Basel, Switzerland on September 8, 2010.
Lessons Learned from Dropbox
I am a “happy user” of Dropbox as early adopter since 2008. We are also using Dropbox intensively at Innoveo since 2009. A really cool service and tool when you have to deal with different computers (notebook, netbook, iPhone for me). If you don’t know Dropbox, you should have a try!
Dropbox is a very young company and tool. Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, has published a “worth-a-read” presentation about some Lessons Learnt they have done. No rocket science, a lot of common sense, but as usual, “everything is in the implementation” ;-)
Some data about Dropbox /
- founded in 2007, launched in 2008
- 1 million users 7 months after launch
- Sept 2008: 100’000 registered users, Jan 2010 (15 months): 4 million users
- Monthly growth: 15-20%
Some slides
Cross-posted on the Innoveo Blog