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For the moment it seems that Messi is ahead : Poll who will win the Ballon d'Or 2010 ? goo.gl
It's a tradition : in order to wish you the best for next year, I send you my best shots of last year.

The Photo Album is here:
Best Shots 2010



See the slideshow here:



Best Regards,

Thomas, Mireille and Jean-François.

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Message to all of you today : bit.ly (a picture that says Merry Christmas)
(In French over here : Android, une fois. L'ebook du débutant)

Working in eReading and eBooks requires to know how it works. Let's walk the talk : I published with Dominique Gany an eBook on Amazon about using Android for the first time.

Android is the preferred system for smartphones and tablets. Many people will get to know this system which can at times be a bit technical due to its geeky side. We explain the basics in the eBook. The eBook is in French and costs $6.9 on Amazon.com.

We will look after new publishers and editors in Belgium and France in the coming months.

We would like also to look for solutions to ease the installation of the eBook on new phones.

Why this eBook ?

When I offered an Android Phone to my dad it took me two hours to explain the basics : what is Android, the market, how to kill apps, how to synch with Google...

That's what we documented in the eBook. We want to translate the eBook in English, let us know if you'd be interested...

The goal is that you download the eBook on your Android device. For the moment there is only a Kindle version. You'll need to install the Kindle Android app on your smartphone before learning to use it ;-)



Each year I send the wishes for the next year by publishing a selection of my photos of the year before...

You can find here the history: 

Nous venons d'éditer un ebook en Français pour les utilisateurs
débutants sur Android sur Amazon. 

Lien vers Amazon
- http://amzn.to/hye2o3

Lien vers notre site :
- http://android.appe.biz/

Quand j'ai offert un HTC android a mon Papa, j'ai pris 2 heures à lui
expliquer la base : les apps, le market, les boutons... Ce sont ces
explications de la premièere heure que nous avons voulu figer avec cet
ebook... 

Nous avons aussi une sélection d'applications, avec certaines Belges.
 
Car nous sommes fiers d'être Belges et c'est pour cela qu'on a appellé le eBook  "Android, une fois!"
Si vous offrez un téléphone Android à Noel, pensez à notre eBook

Pour Dominique et J-F, 

J-F
 
@aboussaidi merci !!
"Android, une fois!" mon premier eBook, co-écrit avec Dominique Gany est publié sur Amazon.com !!!!! amzn.to
New Yahoo! Pipe for Value Creator bit.ly
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My first ebook written together with @dominiquegany on Amazon is "in review"...
Flipboard is a great eReading application on the iPad. It allows to read Internet feeds (like RSS) and transform it in a nice kind of eBook. You can flip the pages of your RSS feeds as if they were an eBook or a magazine.

Last week I suddenly received the following message from feedbooks (see screenshot) : "Starting today, eight renowned publishers will be testing an innovative new way to bring the timeless beauty of print media to the Web..."



This means that you can now use Flipboard to read magazines.

This is yet another way to read a magazine on a tablet (the iPad in this case). There are several ways to read magazines on a tablet : Woodwing, eLinea, Kobo, Zinio...

What is the best system ? It is too soon to tell, they all improve everyday. I believe the main success criterias will be the following :
  • Speed of download: some magazines consume way too much MB and take ages to download
  • Speed and ease of navigation, sometimes you get lost in magazines
  • Good content with opportune multi-media integration
  • Readability and Layout - sometimes there is too much text
  • A good mix between paid and free content
  • Content optimized to the profile of the reader
  • Well designed non intrusive feedback possibilities (comments, Social Networking...)
RT @Belgiancowboys: Update: #Telenet stelt tv op iPad en iPhone voor! Alle Telenet tv en internetklanten kunnen gratis kijken, alleen sp ...
Les dernières actualités: "Le guide de visite de la tour Eiffel sur Ipad
Pour tout savoir sur le monument et Paris lors de votre visite, vous pouvez louer le guide officiel de la Tour Eiffel sur Ipad.
Multimédia, tactile, multilingue, la tablette vous propose
- une visite de Paris à travers un panorama à 360° présentant plus de 80 points d'intérêt,
- une visite de la tour Eiffel à travers son histoire et ses faits les plus remarquables La boutique se trouve au 2ème étage de la tour Eiffel.
Location pour une heure : 7€

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Tell Us about Your Favorite Transmedia Projects: "Transmedia has been a buzz word in publishing since at least 2003, but it’s one that’s still ill-defined. The creators of Inanimate Alice, as discussed in today’s editorial, describe it as “multimodality using images, sounds, text, interaction . . . to see storytelling in a new, multi-sensory light.” It is something bigger and more interactive than an enhanced e-book, but different than a Web site."

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La lecture numérique vue d’ailleurs : 813 000 XO au Pérou: "Il y a quelques jours, le gouvernement péruvien a annoncé avoir distribué plus de 813 000 XO aux enfants du pays (pour une classe d’âge comprise entre 8 et 12 ans) au sein de plus de 8350 établissements. Ainsi, le Pérou devient le pays avec le parc de XO le plus important au monde (dépassant de peu l’Uruguay). ... Chaque XO distribué est préchargé avec plusieurs dizaines d’ebooks..."

Source : eBouquin.fr
Les 4 éléments d’une bonne stratégie d’édition numérique | Bienvenue à PWALE: "Une bonne stratégie d’édition numérique se compose de 4 éléments:

1. l’eCommerce : quels sont les canaux à privilégier pour la vente de livre numériques.
2. le Contenu : il faut continuer à proposer du contenu de qualité
3. la Communication : il faut à présent faire le networking et la promotion des eBooks sur l’Intenet
4. l’Organisation : il faut que l’éditeur acquière les compétences liées au numérique

Comment faire pour atteindre ces objectifs ? contactez-nous ! Jean-François Declercq ou Dominique Gany."
si vis pacem para bellum
Sometimes you can learn a lot from a meeting where you have learned nothing new. ..
Creation du groupe 'Android Belgium' sur Google Groups ... bit.ly
si vis pacem para bellum
Information Architects – News on iPad, the Obvious Way: "Developing an HTML based news app is not just cheaper and faster, it also gives you more editorial and technical control over your contents. More importantly, HTML-apps are in many ways more convenient for the user: They’re easy to use, they’re more medium appropriate and in that sense: more appealing and—they’re free. No long downloads, no “how do I get to…”, no weird crashes, no trouble to share, copy, paste, comment, tweet, link to. They just work."
It's not about the idea. It's about doing it and doing it right...
(Photo) En Sven Nijs heeft nog eens gewonnen #cyclocross #overijse 0 bit.ly
eBookIt.com Announced Today Their Grand Opening: "eBookit.com was create by entrepreneur, programmer, and author, Bo Bennett, who realized a major need for this kind of full-service business after struggling with converting his own print book to eBook format in the summer of 2010."
Des tablettes pour réduire la Fracture Numérique ? | Bienvenue à PWALE: "La réduction de la fracture numérique ne se jouera donc plus au niveau du matériel informatique et de la connectivité mais au niveau de la capacité de proposer un portefeuille de contenu et services accessibles à tous."
The "Battle for the Net Economy" map




makes me think about the "Software War" map (See here under)...

Why are big publishers ignoring interactive picture books?: "“Children’s eBooks continue to lead the Top Paid Apps in the Books category in the App Store today. The No. 1 app in the store is Mickey’s Spooky Night Puzzle Book from Disney, followed by iVerse Media’s Pocket God Comics at No. 2 and Oceanhouse Media’s Dr. Seuss title What Was I Scared Of? at No. 3. Disney’s Winnie the Pooh app [...] is ranked at No. 4 and rounding out the Top 10 at No. 10 is Loud Crow Interactive’s new title PopOut! The Tale of Peter Rabbit, an interactive version of the classic children’s tale.”

I agree, the first eBook I bought was "Toy Story 3 Read Along", for the good school results of my son Thomas...
Would the the Web1.5 projects be the best ?
Seth's Blog: You will be misunderstood: "Plan on being misunderstood. Repeat yourself. When in doubt, repeat yourself."

That's one of my ManagementPatterns : "Repeat, Repeat, Repeat"
The Battle of the Internet Economy : Have a look at the map (Web2Summit) bit.ly
RT @mulkers: Great track - Heart of Glass from Deep Voices youtu.be
RT @twandroid: Andy Rubin parle de 300 000 activations d’androphones chaque jour bit.ly
RT @roulive: Après les films (bit.ly un petit top singles 2010: bit.ly
RT @ChrisLefevre: Interview de Jean-Yves Huwart sur le coworking t.co
RT @bruno1970: Gelezen op een toets Godsdienst van mijn zoon: Wat is een monnik? Monnik is de assistente van de priester.
RT @timoreilly: Meanwhile, #ebook sales continue meteoric rise bit.ly
RT @digibieb: kom op voor je bibliotheek #b2d10 twitpic.com
This morning I had a quick look at Google eBooks.

When you arrive there you see you have 3 ebooks in "My eBook". Select one of those than click the 'Read Now' button. You will be able to start reading the eBook.

I find the Interface exactly what it needs to be : very simple. With a tablet in your hands I think it's close enough to reading  a real book... Future will tell.



Todo in 2011 : I need creative artistic people around me.
iPad upgrade gives problems with some apps, fo example ToyStory 3 Read Along bit.ly
One more way to follow : Appepaper Networked Blog on Facebook bit.ly On arrête pas le progrès....
I remember my statistics professor at University : the more a question is stupid, the more urgent it is to ask it...
Adium's Twitter integration is really great.
Note for ever. Always go to a meeting with a proposal which others can only amend. ..
I just unlocked the First Lens! trophy on Squidoo! Check it out:First Lens! tinyurl.com
@ThisIsSethsBlog Do people sometimes feel described on your blog ? Arrogance is a bug in signal processing bit.ly
2010 Tech Trends: Facebook, eBooks, and the Groupon | BlogHer: "2010 was a fascinating and fast-paced year for tech. Some trends that have been around for a while reached the tipping point this year, and some new trends are emerging that will dominate 2011.
eBooks and eBook readers

The price for an eBook reader dropped significantly this year. The number of device choices expanded. And the number of books available in that format grew and grew and grew.

Many who have the capability to buy an eBook instead of a printed copy are choosing that as the preferred option. There are several reasons for this, among them lower price, instant delivery, and lightweight portability for a reader's entire library.

I see the eBook market continuing to expand as more and more users turn to digital delivery for all kinds of reading material. Unique ideas for eBooks appear every day, such as this idea, described by FrugalBabe that sells eBooks for charity fund-raising. "


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2013 Will See eBook Reader Markets Catch Fire, Says ABI Research | Business Wire: "NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The market for eBook readers has until now been largely restricted to the United States, and has been led by Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and Sony’s Reader. But according to ABI Research, starting in 2013 eBook reader markets will start to expand globally. The firm forecasts that more than 30 million readers will ship during that year, almost double the 2012 total."
Do you know Mark Zuckerberg (The CEO of Facebook, Bitch) ? See some facts about him here... bit.ly
3 Barca players have been selected to win the 2010 Ballon d'Or : Messi, Iniesta and Xavi.

Tell me who you think will win here :

Who will win the 2010 Ballon d'Or ?
RT @appepapee: Michel De Coster creates Airborne. Is it called airborne because it is borne in the air ? bit.ly
Vlerick maintains its top 15 position in the FT European Business School ranking bit.ly
Le nouveau site du vélo club Blancs-Gilets - bit.ly
Having a look at the new myspace... It looks much better now.
"Last week I have been doing some tests on a new concept : Business eBooks - http://epub.appe.biz/
The idea came from two different thoughts."

Read the rest over here : Business eBooks - Idea and Tests - AppePaper - App(s) and ePaper.
This week I have been working on a "Business eBooks" idea... bit.ly
Last week I have been doing some tests on a new concept : Business eBooks - http://epub.appe.biz/

The idea came from two different thoughts:
  1. Apps for small businesses

    I thought one day, all small businesses would like to have an Mobile app (iPhone, iPad, Android...) but building such an app is quiet expensive. I was thinking to make a little app template that could be reused very quickly in order to propose cheap apps. But anyway, the problem with apps is that it's only valid for a given system (AppStore, Android Market). Finally I thought that the best for small businesses would be to publish ebooks or optimized websites (see this small test - http://www.lowas.be/iSite/).

  2. Hao Wang Frustration

    I wanted to order some Chinese Takeaway (Hao Wang in Overijse). After 10 minutes, I couldn't find their menu to order on the web. It would be only one page of text with 200 lines. So I decided to upload it on my blog. Than I thought it would be better to even have it on my mobile phone. So I started makin ebooks for some restaurants:
I started with ebook in ePub than I realized that it was better to make 3 formats :
  • HTML in the same page, so you can access the page with your tablet and immediately read it
  • PDF for download on all kind of devices and for people who don't have an ePub viewer yet on their PC
  • ePub for the mobile phones.
HTML and ePub are the best for mobile phones. HTML is when you have data, ePub would be for off-line or temporary connections (Bluetooth, WiFi).

I have the feeling that this idea can become a real (potentially big) business as eBooks could be generated on the fly : brochures, personalized catalogues, coupons, price offers...

To be continued...

RT @vinch01: Lucida Grande est pour moi la police la plus "lisible" du Web. Pas étonnant qu'Apple et Facebook l'aient adoptée. http://bi ...
Overijse : De S-Bocht frituur kaart in eBook formaat bit.ly #overijse #epub
Home - Welkom op de website van S-Bocht te Overijse, uw eethuis en frituur! bit.ly
RT @ereadersnl: Bijna helft ebooklezers wil geen papieren boeken meer bit.ly
Can't sleep, so let's work. !
I want you to take over control youtu.be
Téléchargez la carte du Quick en ePub pour la mettre sur votre SmartPhone... bit.ly
The fisrt iPad user... bit.ly
RT @bruno1970: More info about my previous tweet @googlejobs lowagie.com

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