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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..."
Category Archives: Health
Amit Gupta Needs You, and Other South Asians Too (Join the Marrow Registry!)
[fr]Amit Gupta, celui qui a démarré Jelly et Photojojo (entre autres), court le risque de mourir de leucémie aiguë s’il ne trouve pas un donneur de cellules souches du sang. La chance de trouver un donneur pour quelqu’un d’Asie du … Continue reading
Posted in Health, India, News and Politics, Social Media and the Web
Tagged amitguptaneedsyou, bone marrow, donate, india, registry, south asia, swabforamit
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Exercise: Anything Better Than Nothing
[fr]Côté sport et exercice, n’importe quoi est mieux que rien du tout. Du coup, pour reprendre ma bonne habitude de vélo, je m’y remets avec des tranches de 15 minutes (30 ça me paraît décourageant juste là). Ce n’est pas … Continue reading
Faut-il ou non se faire vacciner contre la grippe?
[en]A very well-written article on deciding whether to get the flu shot or not. First of all, the reason we have two vaccines this year is that H1N1 arrived too late to be included in the seasonal mix. It will … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged choix, explication, grippe, grippe a, grippe saisonnière, h1n1, h5n1, information, risque, statistiques, vaccin, vaccination
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Cessons de paranoïer au sujet de la grippe A (H1N1)
[en]Our local newspaper has a full-page interview about the rampant panic around H1N1. To keep a sense of proportion, for 1500 deaths due to that particular flu, the common flu kills 250 to 500 thousand people each year. The doctor … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Media, My corner of the world, News and Politics
Tagged angoisse, article, autorités, fear, grippe a, grippe porcine, h1n1, interview, journal, lausanne cités, martin winkler, médias, paranoia, prevention, swine flu
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Huit tuyaux ergonomiques pour le travail à l’ordinateur
[en]Some workplace recommendations to spare you RSI and related injuries: keyboard should be lower than your elbows screen should be low and tilted back, like when you read a magazine change positions regularly take breaks often use keyboard shortcuts hands … Continue reading
Healthcare in San Francisco Experiences
[fr]Expériences nettement plus positive avec le système de soins ici à San Francisco.[en]After my trip to Walgreens in Austin, TX, I honestly hoped I wouldn’t have to deal with anything healthcare-related in the US, ever again. Oh well, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Travels
Tagged california, clinic, drzee, experience, Health, healthcare, prescription, recommendation, san francisco, travelling, Travels, usa
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Vilain cafard ou jolie blatte forestière ambrée ?
[en]I thought we had cockroaches in the house, but it turns out to be a harmless, outdoor variety which sometimes gets lost inside (ectobius vittiventris). Here is the explanation leaflet we got from the company we contacted — in hope … Continue reading
Posted in Health, My corner of the world
Tagged Animals, blatte, blatteforestièreambrée, blattegermanique, cafard, Citations, cockroach, ectobiusvittiventris, habitat, Health, immeuble, insecte, Interests, lausanne, peste, Practical, suisse, suisseromande, switzerland
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Retour au Dragon
[fr]Each time I go through a bad bout of RSI, I can be certain that my speech recognition setup breaks down. This time, my microphone died, and I had to buy a new headset, which seems to be working correctly, … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Livre, Speech Recognition, Travels
Tagged argent, dns, dragon, dragonnaturallyspeaking, écriture, financement, finances, indépendant, Livre, Pieces of Me, reconnaissancevocale, rsi, Speech Recognition, stress, tms, Travels
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Another RSI Break
[fr]Vilain accès de TMS. Utilisez le téléphone ou skype si je dois vous répondre. Le Dragon est en panne, je serai de retour une fois qu’il sera réparé.[en]This post will be brief, obviously: I’m suffering from another very bad bout … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Personal
Tagged Announcements, break, Health, hiatus, Life Updates, offline, rsi, tms, TMS / RSI, update
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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
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