Monthly Archives: March 2007

Couverture presse: contente!

[en]Two press appearances I’m really happy about. One is a radio interview about the usefulness of blogs in a corporate environment. The other is a half-page article covering the talk I gave about the internet to parents of teenagers in … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Corporate, My corner of the world | Tagged adolescents, blogs, Blogs et entreprises, conference, Cyberspace, Education, entreprises, information, internet, jeanolivierpain, lequotidienjurassien, lqj, Media, médias, Offsite, Online Culture, parents, Press, presse, prevention, Psychology / Sociology, rsr1, sébastienfasnacht, security, stephaniebooth, suisse romande | Leave a comment

Musique: bénéfices d’une bonne stratégie internet

[en]This is a description of the benefits a musician or singer can find in implementing a sound internet (“web2.0-ish”) strategy (blogs, social software, online presence…). It’s lifted from a project proposal I sent a client recently, but it’s in my … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Corporate, Music, Social Media and the Web | Tagged apprendre, artist, artiste, autonomie, blogging, Blogs et entreprises, chansons, copyright, Culture, Essay-Like, formation, internet, moteursderecherche, mp3, Music, musique, networking, online, Online Culture, référencement, seo, Social Software, socialmedia, socialsoftware, songs, visibility, web, web2.0 | 11 Comments

Concert de Broll!

[en]Review of a local artist and friend of mine, Broll. You can listen to some of his music here.[fr]Il y a quelques semaines, je suis allée voir Broll en concert. Broll? Jan d’Anvers dans une vie musicale antérieure, Jan Huygens … Continue reading

Posted in Music | Tagged brassens, brel, broll, bulle, chanson, concert, jandanvers, janhuygens, Music, musique, senteursdecharme, spectacle | Leave a comment

Multilingual Proposals (Reboot, BlogCamp)

The famous conference reboot will take place in Copenhagen on 31.05-01.06. I’ll be attending. I’m also going to make a proposal for a talk (as the (un)conference format encourages this). I’m being a bit shy about putting it up on … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Language Geekiness, Travels | Tagged Announcements, blogcampswitzerland, Blogger musings, blogging, conference, english, Essay-Like, Events, internet, languages, Languages / Linguistics, localisation, multilingual, online, Online Culture, proposal, reboot9, switzerland, talk, Travels, unconference, web | 21 Comments

Twitter, c’est quoi? Explications…

[en]This post is an explanation (“for dummies”) of what Twitter is and what the point of such a service is. I explain that one important and often overlooked aspect of building relationships is all these little mundane snippets of life … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Tools | Tagged amitié, and Linkage, chat, comments, communication, contact, Essay-Like, internet, intimité, Kit du blogueur, mobile, msn, Online Culture, portable, Psychology / Sociology, quotidien, relations, Reviews, sms, Social Software, Software and Tools, Technology, téléphone, twitter, vie, Website Reviews | 48 Comments

Demain, Capsule de Pain

[en]On the radio early tomorrow morning. And the day after. Not live, thank goodness.[fr]Un mot rapide pour vous dire que je serai dans la Capsule de Pain (RSR1) demain et après-demain matin (c’est tôt, vers 7h25 il paraît — nul … Continue reading

Posted in Corporate | Tagged Announcements, blogging, blogs, Blogs et entreprises, businessblogging, capsule, capsuledepain, entreprises, multimédia, pain, Press, presse, radio, rsr, rsr1, switzerland | 11 Comments

Getting Things Done: It’s Just About Stress

[fr]Getting Things Done: non pas un moyen d’accomplir plus de choses, mais un moyen de passer moins de temps sur ce qu’on a décidé qu’on devait accomplir. Moins de stress. Plus de liberté. Plus de temps à soi.[en]Anne seems to … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged Books, Citations, gettingthingsdone, gtd, leisure, life, lifehacks, lifeimprovement, Pieces of Me, priorities, procrastination, productivity, Psychology / Sociology, stress, system, Thinking, web2.0 | 6 Comments

Kitty Pic Caption Contest

[fr]Photos de chats cherchent légendes.[en]It’s no secret for anybody that I have a thing for cats, and from what one can see on the internet, I’m not alone. Twitter loves cats, for example. My friend Sarah and I nearly laughed … Continue reading

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged animal, Animals, bagha, caption, cat, contest, Fun for me, funny, humour, pet, photo, Photography | 10 Comments

Technological Overload or Internet Addiction?

[fr]Les vidéos du fameux débat sur la surcharge technologique à LIFT’07 est en ligne. Du coup, l’occasion de rappeler mes deux billets sur le sujet, et de rajouter quelques pensées suite à ma participation à la table ronde sur les … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Health, Technology | Tagged addiction, automation, behaviour, cyberaddiction, dépendance, geneva, Health, informationoverload, internet, Internet / Computers, lift07, notes, Online Culture, panel, physical, Psychological, technologicaloverload, Technology, Theories on Life and the World, video | 5 Comments

CASH Cards and Cellphone Train Tickets

[fr]En Suisse, on a la carte CASH (avec laquelle je paie parcomètres, billets de bus, et parkings souterrains), le numéro court 222/999 pour recevoir les horaires de train par SMS, et maintenant les billets de train par MMS (pour certains … Continue reading

Posted in Technology | Tagged barcode, card, cash, cashcard, cellphone, cff, debit, horaire, maestro, mms, mobile, Practical, sbb, sms, suisse, switzerland, Technology, téléphone, ticket, timetable, train | 15 Comments