Monthly Archives: October 2007

Une journée pour bosser sur nos sites “pro”: Website Pro Day

Posted on 31.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]In the vein of Chris Messina’s Finish your %#&*@ drafts day, Ollie and I will be spending November 28th in Lausanne updating our long-suffering professional sites, which are very much in need of an update. Seems we web consultants spend … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world | Tagged Announcements, Consulting, événement, Events, facebook, journée, lausanne, mise à jour, site pro, site web, travail, website pro day, workshop, wpd, wpd1 | 17 Comments

Opérations médiatiques: marre

Posted on 30.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Sick and tired of being asked to do stuff for free particularly when it’s a media stunt. I rant about two recent situations where I’ve been contacted for “unpaid work” which is obviously going to benefit “the client” more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world | Tagged apems, argent, Blogger musings, bloguer, blogueur, Consulting, coup de gueule, événement, Events, freelance, indépendant, le temps, le temps des femmes, marketing, Media, médias, plates-bandes, professionnel, pub, publicité, suisse romande, tapis rouge, Venting | 17 Comments

Physical, Digital, Categories, Tags, Experts…

Posted on 18.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Le numérique révolutionne la façon dont nous organisons l’information. “Une place pour chaque chose, et chaque chose à sa place” vaut pour les objects physiques. Cette excellente petite vidéo démontre ces changements. C’est en anglais, mais il n’y a rien … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged categories, Cyberspace, demonstration, digital, information, internet, miscellaneous, physical, tags, video, Videos, youtube | 2 Comments

Seesmic Doubts

Posted on 17.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Le texte et la vidéo sont fondamentalement différents. Je ne pense pas qu’il soit possible de “recréer” un dynamique comme celle de Twitter avec du contenu vidéo.[en]So, now that I’ve discovered what Loïc‘s startup, Seesmic, is about (thanks to Ben … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media and the Web, Technology | Tagged Citations, flowapps, Media, medium, presence, presenceapps, quote, seesmic, Social Software, techcrunch, Technology, text, Thinking, twitter, video | 9 Comments

Recherche de Fonds

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Basically, some version of A Day at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.[fr]Je reviens de Francfort avec les idées un peu plus claires. Même si cette dans l’ensemble peu encourageant, j’ai trouvé à la foire du livre des informations qui me permettent d’avancer. … Continue reading →

Posted in Livre, My corner of the world, Personal | Tagged argent, bourse, écriture, édition, financement, fonds, Life Updates, Livre, loterieromande, publication, recherche, subentionnement, suisse romande, suisseromande | 19 Comments

Reading The Black Swan

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Notes de lecture de “The Black Swan”, sur l’impact des événements hautement improbables.[en]One of the things I did yesterday during my time offline was read a sizeable chunk of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged blackswan, book, Books, essay, fear, impact, improbable, life, notes, philosophy, probability, Psychology / Sociology, reading, society, statistics, taleb | 6 Comments

Advice for a Translating Tool

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques conseils pour mettre en place un outil de traduction d’interfaces en ligne.[en]I was asked for some advice for a soon-to-be-released online interface translation tool. (Hint: maybe my advice would be more useful earlier on in the project…) Here’s what … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged advice, building, language, Languages / Linguistics, software, Software and Tools, tool, translation | 4 Comments

A Day at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

Posted on 13.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Etat des lieux sur mes recherches de fonds et exploration du monde de l’édition pour mon livre sur les ados et internet. Envies de publier (via internet) des livres avec mes photos, aussi.[en]A month or two ago, I was chatting … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Digital Youth, Livre, My corner of the world | Tagged adolescents, book fair, Books, buchmesse, Digital Youth, édition, financement, frankfurt, frankfurter buchmesse, french, funding, Livre, My Photos, Photography, project, projet, publication, publishing, suisse romande, switzerland | 7 Comments

First Draft of Book Presentation

Posted on 09.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un premier jet de ce que pourrait être une présentation de mon projet de livre, en anglais.[en]// Here’s a first draft of what a short presentation of my book project would be. Comments and nitpicking welcome. Is this convincing? Does … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Youth, Livre | Tagged book, Digital Youth, internet, Livre, prevention, project, projet, proposal, teenagers, teens, Writing | 21 Comments

Public cible ou blabla promotionnel

Posted on 08.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Who my book will be for: parents, educators, and people interested in how the internet is affecting our lives.[fr]// Je stocke sur mon blog les bouts que j’écris par-ci par-là — ça me permet de les retrouver, et je profite … Continue reading →

Posted in Livre | Tagged adolescents, enseignants, intro, Livre, prevention | Leave a comment