About the author

My name is François Nonnenmacher. I am currently shifting gears and working on my next internet adventure.

I am available as a freelance consultant. I am also a regular speaker at conferences. For more information about my services, please email me at .

In January 2006, my book on business blogging went out and received excellent reviews (Blogueur d'entreprise, in French, Editions d'Organisation - Eyrolles).

Previously, I worked for Capgemini, a global IT company, where I led the group internet presence and served various functions such as webmonkey, chaos manager and corporate emergency hologram (but they prefered to call me their corporate webmaster). I also worked for Apple, Netscape and as an independent consultant.

My background is mostly technical, though I got my best grades in french rather than in mathematics. I touched my first computer in 1980, discovered the "online" world in 1984 (The Minitel introduced e-commerce in France at that time, we're not always late comers!), turned into a Mac addict in 1986, graduated as an engineer in 1989 and worked in high-tech areas ever since. I got my first glance at the Internet in 1993 and my first personal ISP account in 1995.

French engineers learn basic but very important things: how to learn new things and how to manage alcohol (a key social skill in France). I guess I did not chose the technical way by accident, I have a taste for technology, skills to decipher it and appreciate aesthetics where there is some. But what I look into technology is what one can do with it, never technology by itself.

I have the chance to work and live in Paris, a city I truly love and where I was born.

You can read the long story in my curriculum vitae.