I've been involved in knowledge sharing technologies on the web since about '99. Been through Open Directory, Wikipedia, then Topic Maps, now Semantic Web, Linked Data, and lately fascinated by the social networking tools, wondering where all this is heading us to. Miscellaneous thoughts about it can be found here.

Still hoping those technologies would eventually help synergies, build efficient global network alliances, lead to a new Earth citizenship with effective power ... Wiser Earth seems to me today as close as can be to the optimal tool for this.

Was not sure at the beginning what I wanted to do in this community. So many opportunities, so much to do, so many great people around, and so little bandwidth. After a few months I find myself involved in the WE editors group, starting a local group in Paris, trying to figure how to port WE data to the Semantic Web, discovering along the way I may have a few things to bring after all, and meeting so wonderful people.

I've now changed my avatar so you can have a glimpse of what I may Iook like when enjoying my beloved mountains. For those who liked the old avatar, here it is.

May be you wonder what this image represents? It's the convoluted wood of an old Juniperus thurifera, growing on a dry mountainside not very far from where I live. I love old trees. They are the image of a long-life struggle to keep the earth and the sky connected. This struggle is wonderfully described by Pierre Jakez Hélias in "Le cheval d'orgueil" (my translation below - the grandfather of the author is speaking).

Look at them working ... they tie the earth to the sky. It's very difficult, my son. The sky is so light it's always up to fly away. If there were no trees it would bid us adieu. And we would die ...

Ma langue maternelle est le français, donc vous pouvez aussi me contacter dans cette langue. La langue de mes ancêtres est le breton, malheureusement je ne la parle pas.