[Loic, the geek, shortly before Les Blogs 2. Photo by Shel]
Loic has posted a reflective and revealing piece about his role in the recent Sarkozy French presidential campaign. He just tried to show the power of social media in a place where I think it will ultimately become more important than even in business. He did not fully succeed, but ca va, so it goes,as the French say.
What I found the most interesting is his recounting of the events that led up to his controversial decision to insert two French presidential candidates into the roster for Les Web 3 and his admitting calmly that he should have asked and listen to attendees more closely.
As many of you will recall, he was heavily criticized at the time and discussion over it topped all the conversational charts for a while. I was among those who criticized Loic at the time and that was hard for me.
Loic has been very kind to me. He spent hours educating me on Europe for Naked Conversations. He suffered my aggressive campaign to share the Les Blogs 2 stage with Scoble and the session is hardly recalled among the great moments in conference presentations. I also took him on at Les Blogs 2, for allowing projecting background chat behind speakers on stage.
But Loic is sounding older and wiser now as he turns attention to the next startup in his sequence. And he vows to produce a fourth conference next year.
I wish him well in both.
