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Formation SAWI: Spécialiste en médias sociaux et communautés en ligne.
Rédactrice en chef et auteur
Quote Me- "Time flies and the photos I’ve taken get left behind."
- "People always think getting dressed is about putting clothes on. It’s not. It’s a spell..."
- "I was outside, and the rain and the fog smelled nice. They smelled of hope, I think. They smelled..."
- "On apprend toujours mieux de ses propres erreurs que de celles des autres."
- "It’s like watching a train wreck and hanging around to see if there are going to be any..."
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Reboot9 — Ted Rheingold: Learning from Dogs and Cats
Here are my notes, unedited and possibly misleading, blah blah blah, of the Reboot9 conference. Dogster-Catster case study. Home page of Dogster: web designers like Ted hate it (it’s a mess) but the dog people love it — they just … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged catster, community, dogster, Events, notes, reboot, reboot9, talk, tedrheingold
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Reboot9 — Alexander Kjerulf: Happiness
Here are my notes, unedited and possibly misleading, blah blah blah, of the Reboot9 conference. Happiness (reboot talk page) To be human is to be happier. No species has such a capacity to be happy (and unhappy!) as humans. Has … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged AlexanderKjerulf, Events, happiness, notes, reboot, reboot9, talk
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Reboot9 — Jeremy Keith: Soul
Here are my notes, unedited and possibly misleading, blah blah blah, of the Reboot9 conference. Book: “Dragons of Eden” speculations about human intelligence. Knocking down theories one by one. We aren’t actually that unique. Soul: huge topic, since days of … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged Events, notes, reboot, reboot9, socialtools, talk
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Reboot9 — Opening Talk
[fr]Mes notes de la conférence Reboot9 à Copenhague.[en]Here are my notes, unedited and possibly misleading, blah blah blah, of the Reboot9 conference. Compare the heat coming out of your laptop and the inside of your head. Laptop is hotter, even … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged conference, copenhagen, denmark, Events, human, notes, reboot, reboot9, talk
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Multilingual Interviews
[fr]Deux interviews que j’ai donnés récemment au sujet de la conférence que je donne à Copenhague sur le multilinguisme sur internet la semaine prochaine.[en]I was interviewed twice during the last week about the multilingual stuff I’m going to be talking … Continue reading
Posted in Language Geekiness
Tagged Audio, Culture, Events, internet, interview, languages, Languages / Linguistics, linguistics, multilingual, nicolesimon, reboot, reboot9, stephaniebooth, supernova, suwcharman, Technology, video, web
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Concert Café-Café 6 juin à Pully
[en]Café-Café, the group I sing in, will be on stage in Pully (just next to Lausanne) on June 6th. Unfortunately without me, as I’m coming back from Denmark too late to make it to the last crucial rehearsal.[fr]Café-Café, groupe vocal … Continue reading
Posted in My corner of the world
Tagged annonce, Announcements, Artistic / Cultural, cafécafé, chanson, chansonfrançaise, concert, Events, festivalentre2, lausanne, léoferré, michelbühler, Music, musique, octogone, pully, spectacle
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Video: BBC Interview (Teenagers, Facebook)
[fr]Une interview que je viens de donner à la BBC sur les parents qui jouent aux détectives privés pour “surveiller” leurs adolescents sur internet. Dialogue, dialogue![en]I was contacted this morning (thanks, Suw!) to appear in a short interview on the … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, My projects
Tagged bbc, bbcnews24, Digital Youth, Education, facebook, freshlimesoda, internet, interview, Online Culture, parents, stephaniebooth, teenagers, video
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Borders: Intentionally Misleading Marketing Ploy
[fr]Les étiquettes sur les livres que je viens d’acheter chez Borders, un grand libraire anglo-saxon, sont conçues de façon à induire en erreur l’acheteur. On comprend “achetez-en un, recevez-en un: moitié prix” alors qu’en fait c’est “achetez-en un, recevez-en un … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Travels
Tagged Books, borders, evilmarketing, fineprint, london, marketing, misleading, ploy, sale, sticker, Travels, Venting
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Twitter: We Love Our Partial Conversations
[fr]Twitter cache maintenant les conversations partielles, ce que je trouve très dommage. C’était une porte ouverte pour découvrer des amis d’amis — et en plus, l’implémentation actuelle nous prive d’une partie du vécu de nos amis, simplement parce qu’ils ne … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Life, Social Media and the Web
Tagged conversations, feedback, friends, implementation, Online Culture, pleasefixthis, problem, Social Software, twitter
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Digital Crumble
Twitter, encore des explications
Il y a quelque temps, je répertoriais les arguments les plus communément utilisés par les personnes qui ne comprennent pas l’intérêt de Twitter. Aujourd’hui, je découvre que c’est Pierre Chappaz (Wikio, Netvibes) qui ne capte pas. j’ai laissé pas mal … Continue reading →