Category Archives: My corner of the world

What’s going on in Switzerland, Lausanne, and basically the area I live in.

Venez m’écouter chanter…

Posted on 10.06.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’m singing on Saturday with Café-Café, come and listen to us![fr]…en compagnie d’une centaine d’autres chanteurs Je ne fais pas normalement de la pub comme ça, mais le concert de ce samedi 12 juin (20h) à Châtel-Saint-Denis est en faveur … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, My corner of the world, Personal | Tagged café-café, chanson française, châtel-saint-denis, concert, pierre huwiler, suisse romande, terre des hommes | 1 Comment

Formation au SAWI sur les communautés et médias sociaux: c’est officiel!

Posted on 08.06.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[en]It’s official! Here’s the announcement for the 1-year course (20 days broken up in 5 modules of 4 days each) I’m co-directing here in Lausanne. It’s a course on online communities and social media, covering strategic (designing your own online … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world, My work, Social Media and the Web | Tagged bernard barut, communautés, community management, cours, formation, geneviève morand, lausanne, médias sociaux, réseaux, réseaux sociaux, sawi, stephanie booth, suisse | 7 Comments

Tulalu avec Paule Mangeat

Posted on 06.04.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[en]A literary meetup with a local author, and some considerations on what language I write in as a bilingual person (answer: way more English than French).[fr]Mon “petit homonyme” Stéphanie, comme je l’appelais affectueusement il y a une quinzaine d’années déjà, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, My corner of the world, On Writing | Tagged anglais, bilingue, côté rue, écrire, écriture, écrivain, français, genève, littérature, littérature romande, nouvelles, paule mangeat, premier jet, tulalu, zinema | 2 Comments

Je chronique, chronique

Posted on 29.12.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’m really enjoying writing my weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, and discovering that the constraints of the genre are giving me all sorts of ideas to write about.[fr]Il y a un peu plus d’un mois, je démarrais mes chroniques du … Continue reading →

Posted in Chroniques du monde connecté, My corner of the world, On Writing, Social Media and the Web | Tagged blog, chronique, créativité, creativity, écrire, écriture, les quotidiennes, stephanie booth | 1 Comment

Get Your Lift10 Ticket Half-Price Before Christmas

Posted on 20.12.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Vous savez certainement que Lift, à Genève (5-7 mai 2010) est un des événements incontournables du milieu de la technologie en Europe. Une conférence non-commerciale, qui vous donnera matière à penser pour l’année à venir et ouvrira des portes dans … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web, Technology | Tagged conference, event, geneva, inspiration, lift10, society, Technology | 2 Comments

Sortons nos agendas

Posted on 26.08.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]If you’re in the Lausanne or Geneva area, here are a whole bunch of dates to jot down so that you don’t miss any of the fun![fr]Ceux qui me suivent sur Twitter (ou activement ailleurs, comme Facebook) auront remarqué que … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggy Friday, Conferences, Coworking, My corner of the world | Tagged agenda, apéro, begnins, café-café, concert, dates, eclau, festival, first, genève, jval, jval festival, lausanne, p'tit déj, rézonance | 2 Comments

Cessons de paranoïer au sujet de la grippe A (H1N1)

Posted on 20.08.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[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 | 2 Comments

Eliminatoires suisses du WIF: sponsoring et Suisse allemande

Posted on 07.08.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’m part of a team of four people here in Lausanne who are organizing the Swiss selections for the WIF (a huge webdesign festival which takes place every other year in Limoges, France). We’re still looking for: a Swiss-German partner … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world, My projects | Tagged annonce, Announcements, concours, éliminatoires, Events, festival, limoges, recherche, sélections, swif, switzerland, Wanted, webdesign, wif | 2 Comments

Mon barbecue se rapproche!

Posted on 28.06.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Saturday 11th July: my traditional birthday barbecue will take place by the lake.[en]Comme chaque année, je complote mon traditionnel barbecue d’anniversaire au bord du lac. Il est annoncé sur Facebook, mais pour ceux et celles d’entre vous parmi mes amis … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world, Personal | Tagged anniversaire, barbecue, birthday, Events, lausanne, Life Updates, Personal, vidy | Leave a comment

Qu’est-ce qui est ouvert le dimanche à Lausanne?

Posted on 07.06.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Looking for an open shop or restaurant in Lausanne? Marco’s site Lausanne Dimanche will help you.[fr]Bonne question, n’est-ce pas? Lausanne, c’est bien connu, c’est complètement mort, le dimanche. Personnellement, cela ne me dérange pas: j’ai toujours vécu comme ça, et … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world | Tagged commerces, dimanche, lausanne, magasins, My corner of the world, ouvert | 4 Comments