Christophe Maximin

Here is a list of some new (and not-so-new) feeds I have in my blogroll:

• Be Excellent (rss) - “Helping Small Businesses Pursue Enduring Excellence” by Skip Reardon
• Just For Small Business (rss) - “Starting and growing a small business requires the mastery of multiple disciplines. Make sure you’re not missing out on trends and advice on finances, operations, and marketing, among other things.” by Denise O’Berry
• eMarketer (rss) - “Market Research on E-Business and Online Marketing + Objective Analysis of Internet Market Trends” by eMarketer Inc.
• Signal vs. Noise (rss) - “a weblog by 37signals about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture, and more. Established 1999 in Chicago.” by 37signals LLC

To finish, I must a include a blog you have to read, even if it’s dead since April 2007 :

• Creating Passionate Users (rss)
  This is a must seen. Really. Don’t forget to take a look to the archives.

What other interesting weblogs (focused on these subjects) are you following at the moment ? What am I missing ?

1. Communication - people lack clarity and direction, limiting innovation
2. Accountability - measurements of and responsibility for results are insufficient
3. Engagement - people don't seem to care as much or aren't sure of their role
4. Alignment - activities aren't connected with mission and strategy
5. Direction - disconnect between planning, strategy and execution
6. Transition - a desire to "pass the torch" successfully
7. Control - things "feel" out of synch
8. Frustration - excessive friction in daily work
9. Risk Management - profit variability versus growth rate
10. Consistency - not sticking with an ongoing method, persistence

I already struggled with the third problem, at the early stage of the company (actually, before it was incorporated).
I concluded that, collaborators being sure of their position, even if that position is not what you really wanted, is better than contrary, simply because they are more productive and enthusiasts where they wanted to be.

Read the article : Skip Reardon : Excellence is an enduring pursuit

Hello world !

I was born in 1987 in French Guyana but raised in Guadeloupe, until the age of 19.

At the (sweet) age of 8, I touched a computer for the first time of my life. It was a powermac 6200 (75mhz, 8MB of ram, 500MB of HD, without modem). Actually, I hadn’t even touched it yet, I already knew there was something about it.

When I was 10, I started editing little programs, discovered the HTML and the power, the beautifulness of hyperlinks.

Four years later, new computer, with modem and Internet Subscription : the wheels are in motion. I discover and start using, in disorder: php / mysql / flash / javascript / xhtml / css / realbasic / cryptography / irc(!) / linux / ruby on rails / … I created dozen of bigger or smaller programs and websites… and i started blogging in 2003 and never stopped since.

Things were not going as fast as expected so i gathered as much money as i could, mainly through internet related projects, and left in July 2007.

Once in london, I started working for a fantastic Search Engine Optimization company named Distilled, that I would part from only 5 months later, to launch my own company.

So, as you guessed, this will be my first english weblog, I hope you won’t mind the mistakes to come…

Thank you very much.