Le Best Of: French Tech Blogs

I’ve had quite a few non-French people contact me regarding the best tech blogs and news outlets in the French technosphere. As my Twitter lists are far from being up-to-date (they will be soon!) I thought I’d put a few names to know here.

French Blogs 101.

First off, one very simple way to find out what’s out there and what’s being read is à la Technorati, via Wikio’s rankings (done according to number of links to the blog and apparently retweets as of June 2010).

But let me highlight a few of my favorites/names to know that are perhaps less-known outside of France (in absolutely no order whatsoever)…

TechCrunch, TechBaguette, what now?

So as many of you may now know, we recently announced the relaunch of TechCrunch France – which has been dormant since summer 2009. It hasn’t even 3-months since I started writing my little TechBaguette blog. TechBaguette will continue to be my own personal thoughts and experiences in the French start-up space. Anyhow, I will […]

The Aardvark Hall of Fame

This is just a quick post in honor of Aardvark (@vark) and my experience with the service that was apparently worth 50 million Google dollars. Think before you Aardvark. In the beginning, I was utterly annoyed to get rather irrelevant questions from Aardvark flooding my inbox. “What time is it in France?” would get my blood boiling. Are these people just […]

Facebook: Still Not the Leading Social Network in France?

01Net published an article on Friday based on a recent study by Ifop (The French Institut of Public Opinon) on the progression of various social media platforms in France. Facebook is still not #1. According to this study. Of the 1,002 people to participate in the study, 49% had an account on French social network site […]

A Letter to Silicon Valley

Dear Silicon Valley, I’m writing you this letter because I too believe that you are a magical land of business opportunity that is different from the rest. But that doesn’t mean you’re perfect. I’m sure that you think the French are always striking, that they only work 12 hours a week and that they’re on […]

I Can Has a Blog: Yes, I’m geekier than you thought.

I Can Has A Blog: Yes, I’m geekier than you thought. I’ve decided to launch a blog on the local tech and start-up scene in Paris, France.