Monthly Archives: February 2007

The Shadow IT Department (and Shadow HR)

[fr]Un article qui montre du doigt un nécessaire changement de mentalité dans les départements IT: nombre des outils que les employés utilisent pour améliorer leur productivité ont en fait été introduits de façon “sauvage”. Vouloir tout contrôler à tout prix … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged applications, cio, Citations, company, corporate, employees, hierarchy, hr, informal, installation, Internet / Computers, it, networks, Offsite, policy, productivity, programs, Social Software, software | 2 Comments

Travel Adrenalin Rush

[fr]Projets de voyage: 28 mai – 5 juin, Copenhague pour la conférence reboot. Puis un ou deux mois à San Francisco (encore à déterminer) dès le 18 juin. Décision pas facile, parce que je dois me décider vite (sinon je … Continue reading

Posted in Travels | Tagged bagha, cat, copenhagen, Events, flights, geneva, reboot9, sanfrancisco, Travels | 8 Comments

Premier jet d’un vague plan

[fr]Here’s the really rough first draft of the outline for the book, as I got it down in a bit under an hour many months ago. It will certainly need reworking.[en]D’abord, merci, vraiment merci, pour vos encouragements, surtout entre samedi … Continue reading

Posted in Livre | Tagged blookblog, book, draft, Livre, outline, plan, premierjet, Writing | 8 Comments

LIFT’07 Swiss TV Coverage

[fr]LIFT à la TSR.[en]Here’s a short piece on LIFT’07 that was on the Swiss News last Thursday, and another one with an interview of Laurent. Beware. Window resizing and RealStuff to be expected. (More videos here, click on “Vidéo”.). Similar … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged coverage, Events, lift07, tsr | 4 Comments

Livre: je me jette à l’eau

[fr]Prompted this evening by a conversation with Peter Hogenkamp about what I might talk about at BlogCampSwitzerland, I’ve decided that after many months of not acting upon my decision to write a book, it was time to take a deep … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Livre | Tagged adolescents, bloguer, book, bookblog, creativecommons, écrire, écriture, Education, éducationauxmédias, internet, Livre, Online Culture, Pieces of Me, prevention, processus, rédaction, Writing | 14 Comments

Geeky Frustrations

[fr]Quelques râlages (comme quoi je ne fais pas ça qu’en français) au sujet de certains outils que j’utilise quotidiennement.[en]Right, so, just so I can get it off my chest, here is a list of little things that bug me with … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged adium, apple, del.icio.us, facebook, feedback, flickr, geek, Geek / Technical, google, googlenotifier, googlereader, greader, ideas, ipod, itunes, nokia, nokia6280, problems, Social Software, suggestions, twitter, Venting | 8 Comments

LIFT’07 Social Networking Map Experiment

[fr]Si vous étiez à LIFT’07, remplissez le questionnaire pour l’expérience de Social Networking Mapping![en]I can only encourage you to participate in the LIFT’07 Social Networking Map Experiment if you attended the conference. It takes a little while to complete, depending … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Connected Life | Tagged Events, experiment, interaction, lift07, map, mapping, networking, Online Culture, people, relationships, social, socialnetwork, socialnetworking, survey, Wanted | 3 Comments

Que d’anglais

[fr]Just an explanation to my French readers about the amount of English here recently. Has to do with a post-LIFT’07 effect and the hard time I have coming back to “where we are with blogs and stuff in Switzerland”. (Answer: … Continue reading

Posted in My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web | Tagged anglais, décalage, Events, français, grinche, journaux, lift07, Media, médias, romandie, Social Software, suisseromande, Swiss blogging, switzerland, Venting | 2 Comments

Je passe à Orange Maxima

[fr]I’ve switched to a flat fee mobile phone subscription. A good investment for the money saved by cancelling my land line.[en]Voilà, c’est fait. Hier, j’ai appelé Orange (et on m’a répondu sans que je doive attendre) pour passer au nouveau … Continue reading

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged Practical, switzerland | 4 Comments

Please Make Holes in My Buckets!

[fr]Tour d’horizon de mes différents “profils” à droite et a gauche dans le paysage des outils sociaux (social tools). Il manque de la communication entre ces différents services, et mon identité en ligne s’en trouve fragmentée et lourde à gérer. … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Social Media and the Web | Tagged Animals, Announcements, atom, Blogger musings, blogging, Cinema / Films, contacts, dailymotion, del.icio.us, Events, exchange, facebook, feeds, flickr, friends, Geek / Technical, gmail, internet, Internet / Computers, Kit du blogueur, lastfm, linkedin, microformats, myspace, network, Online Culture, openbc, openid, orkut, profile, publishing, rss, sharing, Social Software, socialapplications, socialnetworking, socialtools, Software and Tools, suprglu, Temporary, Thinking, twitter, wordpress.com, xing, youtube | 22 Comments