English

The webcom-Montreal conference arrives soon. I had to pick winners to the contest. To make it fair, I used a proven technology that you can inspect in the photos below. And the winners are.

• Geneviève Lefebvre
• Nathalie Rivard

Congratulations! See you at webcom! I will email the winners get their contact information so that the organizers can prepare their passes. Unless I can’t contact one of them, these are the final winners!

Français

La conférence webcom-Montréal arrive à grand pas. Il fallait choisir les 2 gagnants au concours. Pour choisir les gagnants j’ai opté une technologie éprouvée. Voir les photos qui suivent. Et les gagnants sont.

• Geneviève Lefebvre
• Nathalie Rivard

Félicitations! Je vais envoyer un courriel aux gagnants pour leur demander leurs informations de contact pour les organisateurs préparent leurs passes. À moins que je ne puisse contacter un des gagnants, ce sont les gagnants finaux!

I would like to remind my readers that I will be giving a conference in French at webcom-Montreal about Facebook application development. webcom-Montreal will take place on November 12, 2008. Here’s the teaser for my speech:

You want to benefit from Facebook’s social graph?  You wonder if a Facebook application could give you an edge?

An engaging Facebook application could become a pillar of your marketing strategy.  This session, given in French, covers everything you need to know before developing a Facebook application.  Learn about the challenges, the design, the marketing and the development of a Facebook application.

Come discover how to meet your business goals by taking advantage of Facebook’s model and platform while avoiding costly mistakes.

In the spirit of Web 2.0, I thought of asking you what you would like to see in a speech on Facebook application development.

Have you ever dreamt of a killer Facebook application? What kind of questions comes to mind? Is there anything you would like to hear about? Do you wonder if Facebook is appropriate for some kind of applications? Would you like me to have an editorial approach or segment? (ex.: my thoughts on the future of Facebook, some app reviews, etc.) Want a lot of stats? Anything goes.

Here’s your chance to help generate content you would like to see for my conference! But be warned, if your suggestion rings some bells I haven’t wondered about, you might even be quoted.

P.S.: Don’t forget also to participate to have the chance to win a webcom-Montreal pass.

English

The webcom-Montreal conference is the largest Web 2.0 French conference in America. The fifth edition will take place on Wednesday, November 12. It is a day long event that is shaping up nicely with speeches from over 22 international renowned speakers such as:

• Rishi Chandra (Google Cloud Strategist) (USA)
  Ross Mayfield (The Wiki Social Entrepreneur) (USA)
  Marc Prensky (The father of the Digital Natives) (USA)
  Thomas Vander Wal (The Guru of Tagging & Folksonomy) (USA)
  Laura Fitton (The Queen of Microblogging) (USA)
  Joël Muzard (The Manager of Knowledge) (QUEBEC)
  Isabelle Juppé (The Digital Woman) (FRANCE)
  René Barsalo (The « Watcher » of the Digital Culture) (QUEBEC)

Many of the above speakers will be giving their presentations in English. I will be giving a session in French about developing Facebook applications: “Creating a Facebook application? Why and how!”.

The conference is $395.00 for early birds and will be $495.00 after October 17. Claude Malaison which is one of the webcom-Montreal organizers, was kind enough to offer me 2 free passes for my readers. All you need to do is to comment this post by answering this question:

Tell me in a few paragraphs what would be, for you, the perfect webcom conference?

We will select 2 comments to determine the winners. To have a chance to win, you must leave your email. If you win, I need to be able to contact you to get your full contact information so the organizers can register you for your free pass.

Français

La cinquième édition de la conférence webcom-Montréal, la plus grande conférence d’Amérique sur le Web 2.0 en langue française aura lieu le mercredi 12 novembre 2008. L’événement qui durera toute la journée accueille plus de 22 conférenciers internationaux de renom, incluant:

• Rishi Chandra (Le stratège du Google Cloud) (USA)
  Ross Mayfield (Le Wiki-entrepreneur social) (USA)
  Marc Prensky (Le père des Digital Natives) (USA)
  Thomas Vander Wal (Le gourou du Tagging et de la Folksonomie) (USA)
  Laura Fitton (La reine du micro-blogging) (USA)
  Joël Muzard (Le gestionnaire de la connaissance) (QUÉBEC)
  Isabelle Juppé (La femme digitale) (FRANCE)
  René Barsalo (Le Veilleur de la culture numérique) (QUÉBEC)

Notez que quelques-un des conférenciers s’exprimeront en anglais. J’aurai également l’honneur d’y faire une présentation: “Créer une application Facebook? Comment et pourquoi?”

La journée coûte $395.00 jusqu’au 17 octobre et $495.00 par la suite. Un des organisateurs du webcom-Montréal est Claude Malaison a eu la gentillesse d’offrir gratuitement deux passes à mes lecteurs. Pour avoir la chance de gagner l’une des passes, il vous suffit de répondre à la question suivante via les commentaires de ce billet:

Dites-moi en quelques paragraphes quel serait, pour vous, la parfaite conférence webcom?

Nous choisirons deux des commentaires pour déterminer les gagnants. Pour avoir une chance de gagner, vous devez fournir votre courriel. Si vous gagnez, j’aurai besoin de vous contacter pour acheminer vos coordonnées aux organisateurs pour enregistrer votre passe gratuite.