http://www.laurentk.com about everything, and especially the rest Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:14:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrote a post titled "I want to be CEO of such a service". It was about some Twitter's users (@jeremywright) bashing about the lack of Twitter SMS service in Canada. Jeremy was screaming out loud he wanted to pay for the service in exchange for more features. Well, that's a perfect execution ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/10/let-me-freaking-pay-for-your-service/ Long time no write. 4 months actually. So to make it brief for my followers, here is a quick update: - Left New York early June, after 6 amazing years, - Spent a cool summer between Strasbourg, Paris and Corsica. Lot of time with family! - Found a cool little apartment with my ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/09/hello-world-bis/ Boom, it's done. http://www.laurentk.com/2009/05/one-way-ticket-for-paris/ As I was walking back home from lower east side tonight, it hit me. Passing by Max Fish, Piano, Orchard, Stanton, Avenue A, Rivington, the homeless on 7th and A, the punks on St Marks and A, I realized: I'm leaving new york. Boom, in 10 days I'm gone. Wow, with all ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/05/5-years-in-5-blocks/ Business ideas are a dime a dozen Pamela Slim in this interview with Guy Kawasaki. I said it in the past, and any accomplished entrepreneur (like Charlie O'Donnell here about YouDeparted) will say the same. It's all about execution - and risk. Yesterday, I took a first step in that direction. Many of ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/05/business-ideas-are-a-dime-a-dozen/ Like everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit, I've had many business ideas. The one I pushed the further until CabEasy was SubMate. Saddly, SubMate didn't fly. It didn't fly for many reasons, but the main one is that I didn't commit full time on it, keeping my day job and trying to ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/05/the-first-day-of-the-rest-of-my-life/ I was writing recently about OLX and am happy to congratulate Fabrice on his new funding round. However, half of the comments are bashing OLX and/or the founders, Fabrice Grinda and Alec Oxenfofd. And part of the substance of the negative comments was "You're not big in the US". Big ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/05/the-world-is-not-enough/ A great initiative from Jean Carl Cohen, founder of Capital Booster and managing director of Shagya Capital: Frog Ventures, an early stage fund that Jean Carl is trying to launch in Europe. The aim is to gather up to 100 business angels in this first fund and then invest up to ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/05/frogventures-needs-you/ I created my first set of Tilt-shift pictures last week. Tilt-shifting makes your pictures look like miniatures, as if you were looking at a model from very close. You can take a look at my miniatures set on Flickr. Here are some amazing examples. Here is a short movie by Keith Loutit, with ... http://www.laurentk.com/2009/04/tilt-shift-video/ Just stumbled upon this amazing video from Sprint, advertising the "Now Network". You might have seen it, but if not, take a look at the figures, amazing! http://www.laurentk.com/2009/04/sprint-the-now-network/