A short chat with Loic Le Meur about blogging

Written on October 6, 2008 – 9:06 am
Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief

As you might know, I’m co-organizing BLOG08 - the international blogging conference in Amsterdam on October 24 (see button in the sidebar). Edial Dekker and I have invited famous blogging heroes like Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, Gapingvoid’s Hugh MacLeod, and CEO of Lookery, Scott Rafer to inspire (corporate) bloggers all around the world. So far, people from Poland, the US, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands have purchased tickets.

Nobody from France yet, but this might change as we recently ran into French hero Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur. Business Week just called him one of the 25 most influential web people. We couldn’t resist the temptation of interviewing him. He talks about why he started blogging, how his blog developed, the Les Blogs conference, and that we should focus on micro- and videoblogging.

(camera by Sacha Post)

By the way, if you want to come to BLOG08, buy your ticket before October 10th with the “thenextweb” code. Not only will you get a 45 euros discount (price: 150 euros) but you also have the chance of winning an invite for the speakers dinner at Boris’ place.

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About the author: Ernst-Jan is blogger and co-organizer of BLOG08, who previously worked in New York to cover news at the United Nations. Next to writing, he's also a singer in the band Christina Five. Follow him on Twitter or read his personal blog Dutchproblogger.com .

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By Joop on Oct 6, 2008

I like his statement about his community. The example from the bar search in Amsterdam hits the spot. Direct questions give direct feedback, instead of looking at brochures. Nice interview!

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By Zee from WeDoCreative on Oct 7, 2008

Great interview - Loic is a star and a real credit to the web industry & Europe startups as a whole.

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