Intouchables

My family and friends really loved "Intouchables", film with François Cluzet and Omar Sy. The film focuses on the relationship between Philip who is tetraplegic and Driss, a young man who just came out of prison. It's based on a real story.We found the film funny and touching, one that talks about disabilities - it's Philip's physical disability caused by an accident, but also Driss and his family and their difficulties as they face poor life conditions, a hard working mother who has no idea what her sons are up to - youths hanging out with the wrong persons, ending up in prison. Driss will attempt to "rescue" his little brother and try and put him in the right tracks. The film depicts what it can be like living in a poor French suburb when you're not white and you don't have parents strong enough to guide you through life.
Intouchables is also about music and love. Driss and Philip will find out that they have a lot in common as social barriers come down and the two protagonists become friends.
I highly recommend this film!

I'm back...

I'm back online with my new computer, a Sony Vaio, which I hope will be a good work companion. In December my Acer broke down and the screen went all black... yes even French computers go on strike when they work too much!!!

Best wishes to all for 2012!

Here comes 2012, and I would like to extend my sincere wishes to all, may this year be positive all and bring us all joy!
I think I will concentrate more on simple pleasures of life, be more caring about the family, enjoy being together and doing simple everyday activities. We hope to do some traveling and discover beautiful places and extraordinary people. But at the same time, this year should be about less about consumption and maybe think more about how to impact positively our community and our environment. As we can see in our everyday life the effects of mismanaging our planet - global warming, pollution and the list is long... We also see increasing poverty and injustice around us. We can do much better and we need to start in our home, doing small things. We’ll think about all that and try and figure out what tiny actions, as a family, we can do each day to contribute to a better world.

....Bonne Année 2012 !

Chewing Gum Art by Ben Wilson

Trash to Art... Ben Wilson is an amazing environmental artist who paints on discarded chewing gum in London. His aim is to make us conscious of our impact on the environment and his art calls upon us to care more about this environment! I love it!

A lot more can be seen here

SOLOMO? Yes that's at LeWeb'11, Paris

LeWeb'11 conference is closing today in Paris. So.Lo.Mo... Social.Local.Mobile is this year's them and how they envision today's web. Gathering more than 3500 entrepreneurs, startups, bloggers etc. from around 60 countries... we can have a peak through the videos they post on Youtube.

Why am I talking about LeWeb? Well my daughter is on the Amiando staff, their ticketing provider. She's finishing her internship there in Munich and came home just on time to be part of this great adventure! I'm expecting a few photos to post soon...

If you want a look at JESS3's live interpretation of LeWeb'11, click here

Eric Schmidt and Loic Le Meur - 56' video, explanation for SoLoMo



Here's Dennis Crowley, Foursquare



Funny song on SOLOMO by Jérôme Choain