My roadmap for the next 6 month

I haven't been blogging for a while now, partially because my life is filling up quickly. Well, I have been micro-blogging more effectively, I just reached 1000 tweets and my mini blog I should write a blog post about that has proven to be an enjoyable experience, in addition to my more utilitarian delicious account.

•First, I'm attending a research degree in information and communication science (SIC in french) at the grad school CELSA-Sorbonne in Paris.

So until June, a large amount of my time will be dedicated to study and research.

My dissertation is due at the beginning of the summer, and it should be close to 100 pages.

My academic research field is identity re-production of oneself on social network sites profiles.

I study how people write themselves into beings online through the interface of such networks.

I'm using a semiotic cross-analysis profile elements, mainly profile pictures, and rigid form-like profile description fields. I'm trying to understand using semiotics how people display an identity on social networks, and how this identity is co-produced by the audience.

Hopefully, I should deal with networked publics, extimate (extime as opposed to intime in french), and technology appropriation by the users.

So far, I'm still losing myself in my litterary review, but it is getting closer. I will try to blog about the research, but I may not be as funny as PHD comics !

This research degree is helping me become a better digital strategic planner; in case I come back to invent that job, that is.

•Second, I'm filling up the forms to use the legal billing system of the auto-entrepreneurship that has recently been opened in France, so I'm trying to maintain a professionnal activity of social media consultant, in fields of conversationnal marketing, viral content, community marketing, social network services, corporate blogging, experience design...

•Third, and on a funnier note, I will be trying to ski as much as possible given my agenda, my new Armada JJ's are actually trying to get me into trouble. They are "double reverse camber twintip freestyle backcountry fat skis", and they rock.

Okay, so far so good, lots of good things to come in the next few months, it is going to be quite interesting, and I hope you readers/folllowers/friends will continue to follow me.

I'm leaving you with my interview shot by Charbax, with my friend Laurent François, at the leWeb08. We say a lot of silly things with words thrown in it like "digital" ,"global", "conversation", but hell, we actually mean it I guess. And I'm the one with glasses for sure, if anyone didn't know how I look ;-) (mmm, delights of personal branding)