I felt a bit stupid back at LeWeb09 for being there as an official blogger but not being able to blog because I had forgotten to pack the power cable for my laptop. Isn’t it annoying how every laptop maker does an effort to design completely different power plugs for every single model? I spent hours looking at other attendees’ laptops to see if anyone had an HP mini too but guess what: 2300 web enthousiasts in one room, and NONE had a laptop like mine. I was lucky I had my Nokia N97 mini with me so I could at least Tweet, update Facebook and check my e-mail.This year’s LeWeb was a very good one if you look at how it’s been organized: the wifi, the food, and even the room temperature were okay. We were totally spoilt in the morning with @jack ‘s demo of square but after that I got bored a bit. There’s a serious downside to having male only speaker panels: they go on and on about how big their * is. And * can stand for anything: user base, funding, amount of apps in the store, or traffic.
On top of this post is a typical panel picture, with from left to right: the Facebook guy, the Ning guy, the LinkedIn guy, the Ustream guy, the SixApart guy, the MySpace guy, and the Twitter guy. Sitting on the right hand side is Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington, who is by the way even scarier when he’s being nice to the speakers and to Loic.
Also very typical is the “Who in this room is using *? Raise your hand.” If your name is not Facebook or Twitter, this is a very risky technique. I saw even Gary Vaynerchuck struggle with it during his "Fireside Chat with Loic Lemeur".
Still, without any doubt, for me this was the best LeWeb so far. I really learnt a lot and many things the speakers said got me thinking over the last few days.
So I’m not going to review every single speaker but focus on a number of web trends, and what I learnt about them at LeWeb09.
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