Monthly Archives: July 2008

Réflexions freelance

[fr]Musings on my work as a freelancer. I’m thinking about concentrating my communication/promotion efforts on a limited number of things (my problem with being a “generalist internet expert” is that I do lots of different things, could do even more, … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged conférences, consultant, Consulting, freelancing, job, life, musings, My work, réflexions, sites web, travail, web2.0 | 2 Comments

Redirections in WordPress

When I moved the Going Solo site away from WordPress.com (which did its job well, btw) so that I could jiggle it around and make the Lausanne and Leeds events into separate sites, I ended up with a whole bunch … Continue reading

Posted in Wordpress | Tagged 301, 302, 404, moved, plugin, redirection, template, useful, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 10 Comments

Going Solo is Hiring!

[fr]Going Solo cherche un vendeur (sponsoring). Ça se passe en anglais, donc voyez directement les détails de l’annonce ci-dessous.[en]Wanted: sponsorship salesperson for Going Solo conference Going Solo is looking for an enthusiastic salesperson to negotiate and finalise sponsorship deals. After … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged commission, conference, entrepreneuring, event, going far, going solo, hire, job, opportunity, sales, selling, sponsorships, Wanted | 4 Comments

Going Solo Leeds Registration Open

[fr]Il est désormais possible de réserver sa place pour Going Solo Leeds, qui aura lieu le 12 septembre.[en]As announced a few days ago on the Going Solo blog, registration for the Leeds conference on September 12th is now open: Hop … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged announcement, citation, entrepreneuring, event, Events, goingsolo, gsleeds08, leeds, open, registration | 1 Comment

Just because something is easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s important (Seth Godin)

[fr]Citation du jour de Seth Godin, dont je suis en train de devenir fan: “Ce n’est pas parce qu’une chose est facile à mesurer qu’elle est importante.” (Contexte: nombre de visiteurs d’un blog/site.)[en]After having abandoned Google Reader during the crunch … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged blogging, citation, measuring, quote, relevant, seth godin, Social Software, stats, Theories on Life and the World, understanding, worldview | 6 Comments

Angst: My Categories are Still a Mess

[fr]Mes catégories, c’est toujours le chenit. J’ai les outils qu’il faut maintenant pour faire le ménage, mais il me manque l’essentiel: quelles catégories un monstre comme CTTS devrait-il avoir?[en]My categories are a long-standing source of worry. They were created in … Continue reading

Posted in Wordpress | Tagged Blogger musings, blogging, categories, ctts, musings, plugins, tags, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Tumblr to Capture Comments?

[fr]J’aimerais un système permettant de publier directement sur mon Tumblr les commentaires que je laisse sur d’autres blogs, sans passer par coComment.[en]The other evening, I was explaining that I still used coComment to capture the comments I made on other … Continue reading

Posted in coComment, Social Media and the Web | Tagged Blogger musings, coComment, commenting, comments, disqus, get satisfaction, idea, publishing, satisfaction, Social Software, suggestion, tumblr | Leave a comment

Books That Changed My Life

[fr]Une série de livres qui m’ont marquée.[en]Picked up on Lifehacker (via Feedly, which I really like!), What Books Have Changed Your Life? — so, off the top of my head, and way too late in the night to do any … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged Books, influence, life, people, reading, Thinking, world | 1 Comment