Monthly Archives: February 2006

History of Online Life

Posted on 18.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]J’ai beau dire dans mes conférences que ce que l’on met sur le web est hors de notre contrôle, et risque de devenir permanent, je suis de plus en plus confrontée à  la disparition de l’histoire numérique. Quelques réflexions sur … Continue reading →

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, My work | Tagged archive, blogger, Blogosphere Interest, deception, hoax, internetarchive, kaycee, kayceenicole, kayceenicoleswenson, teeenager, webhistory | Leave a comment

Power Laws, Popularity, Authority, A-Lists and the Rest…

Posted on 16.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Longue réflexion sur les dynamiques de la popularité en ligne. En très résumé: être populaire aide à  rester populaire (cercle vertueux); c’est un phénomène normal dû au fait que nous avons tendance à  préférer ce que nous savons que les … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media and the Web, Thinking | Tagged alist, authority, Blogger musings, bloggers, Blogosphere Interest, Citations, essay, Essay-Like, feedbackloop, flickr, interestingness, internet, linkedness, popularity, powerlaw, ranking, recognition, technorati, Theories | 14 Comments

Video Complaints

Posted on 14.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Souvent pas facile de voir les jolies choses vidéo qu’on nous met à  disposition sur le web. Je me plains un peu.[en]Stupid user or balkanisation? I’m listening to a video from LIFT’06. First of all I got a pop-up window … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged channel9, compatibility, feedback, freestudios, internet, lift06, microsoft, osx, quicktime, realplayer, Software and Tools, usability, Venting, video, Videos, vlc | 2 Comments

Moment fort

Posted on 14.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]In Geneva Saturday night, I came upon an actress who played in Rester Partir, the play my brother and I had a small part in twenty years ago, just after our mother died. We talked a few minutes — a … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Anecdotes, caroline, childhood, emotion, enfance, geneva, genève, lanuitdujournalintime, life, meeting, memories, Pieces of Me, rencontre, resterpartir, souvenirs, vie | Leave a comment

Nuit du Journal Intime: réflexions

Posted on 14.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I was part of a panel in Geneva last Saturday. It was about intimacy in the age of blogs and the internet. Interesting experience, very different from the geek/tech events I’m used to. Some thoughts about the evening.[fr] Je reviens … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Connected Life | Tagged accueil, Artistic / Cultural, comédie, débat, droitsdauteur, geneva, genève, interview, intime, intimité, invité, lacomédiedegenève, nuitdujournalintime, Pieces of Me, Psychological, réflexions, switzerland | 4 Comments

Etre malade quand on enseigne

Posted on 14.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Calling in sick when you are a teacher is a pain. School doesn’t stop because you’re ill, and having a substitute give your classes usually means more work preparing them, and less efficient teaching. That’s why we usually wait until … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged arrêtmaladie, boulot, bureau, comparaison, Education, enseignant, Enseignement, enseigner, ill, maladie, office, prof, remplaçant, remplacement, remplacer, sick, sickleave, substitute, teacher, teaching, travail, vacances, Venting, vie | 3 Comments

Ce soir à Genève: Nuit du Journal Intime

Posted on 11.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’ll be in Geneva tonight to talk about intimacy in the era of blogs and the internet. I’ll be sharing a panel with a bunch of pretty famous people, so I’m a little intimidated.[fr]Je serai à  Genève ce soir pour … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Tagged Announcements, Blogosphere Interest, blogsdor2003, comédiedegenève, concours, Cyberspace, débat, genève, journalintime, nuitdujournalintime, saturne, swissblogawards, switzerland, tableronde, Travels | 17 Comments

Tags and Categories are not the Same!

Posted on 11.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Les tags et les catégories, ce n’est pas la même chose. En bref, les catégories forment une structure hiérarchique, prédéfinie, qui régit l’architecture de notre contenu et aide autrui à s’y retrouver. Les tags sont spontanés, ad hoc, de granularité … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Wordpress | Tagged Blogger musings, blogging, categories, Citations, classification, definition, del.icio.us, Essay-Like, flickr, folksonomy, keywords, ontology, tagging, tags, tagsonomy, ui, usability, user, Weblog Technology, Wordpress, wordpress.com | 47 Comments

DailyMotion Problems

Posted on 09.02.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un problème avec DailyMotion, heureusement réglé. Si vous n’avez pas pu voir la vidéo où je fais la bobette derrière Robert Scoble, c’est le moment d’y aller![en]You probably know I like DailyMotion. I posted some feedback about DailyMotion yesterday, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged blogging, dailymotion, embedding, feedback, lift06, problem, Site News, Software and Tools, video, videoblogging, Videos, vlog | 9 Comments