Category Archives: Stuff that doesn’t fit

Stuff that doesn’t fit in any category, or leftover posts from the big category revolution of 2009.

Downtown Project Las Vegas

Posted on 31.03.2013 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques infos sur Downtown Project Las Vegas, un projet très inspirant.[en]Yesterday, before diving back into #joiito, I was rummaging around a little to see what Zappos and Tony Hsieh had been upto since the Amazon acquisition, where Tony’s book Delivering … Continue reading →

Posted in Connected Life, Does This Need a New Category? | Tagged cathy brooks, downtown project, las vegas, thomas knoll, tony hsieh | Leave a comment

My Interest in Organisations and how Social Media Fits in

Posted on 30.03.2013 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Ce qui m’intéresse dans ces histoires d’organisations, et le lien avec les médias sociaux (du coup, aussi des infos sur mon intérêt pour ceux-ci).[en]I found these thoughts about organisations at the beginning of Here Comes Everybody fascinating: organisations and how … Continue reading →

Posted in Connected Life, Does This Need a New Category?, My work, Personal | Tagged auchalet, cluetrain, communities, company culture, corporate culture, groups, happiness, human, My work, orange, organisations, people, Social Media and the Web | Leave a comment

Economiser vite des sous avec Orange CH

Posted on 23.12.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Two ways to save a little money with Orange Switzerland (or maybe, not spend it uselessly).[fr]Bon, des fois on apprend à ses dépens comment ne pas donner de l’argent inutilement à son opérateur télécom. Même quand on a de la … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world, Stuff that doesn't fit, Technology | Tagged facturation, orange, orange.ch, Practical, pratique, suisse, switzerland, télécom | Leave a comment

A Bunch of Links

Posted on 16.12.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Pelote de liens.[en]Linkball time. 10 Rules to Reverse the Email Spiral Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present (Tow Report) (read about it here and here for example) 8 Deadly Myths About Stress Thinking the Unthinkable – touching testimony by the mother of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Does This Need a New Category?, Music, News and Politics | Tagged linkball | Leave a comment

Back to Blogging Challenge Wrap-Up

Posted on 19.11.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Retour sur le challenge “back to blogging”.[fr]So, a good ten days after the end of the Back to Blogging challenge, how are things going? Well, first of all, I’ve been putting off writing this article because I’m setting myself constraints … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged back to blogging, back to blogging challenge, back2blog, bloggers, challenge, community | 5 Comments

La fausse sécurité du digicode

Posted on 03.11.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Codes on building doors? Less safe than keys, imho.[fr]Il y a quelques années, la gérance a fait installer un digicode à la porte d’entrée de mon immeuble. Auparavant, l’immeuble était ouvert la journée, fermé la nuit, et il fallait pour … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged coup de gueule, digicode, interphone, rant, securité | Leave a comment

More About Hearing Aids (And Geeking Out a Bit)

Posted on 16.05.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Des nouvelles de mes aventures au pays des appareils auditifs: réflexions pour geeks et moins geeks, tant l’expérience humaine que la technologique sont passionnantes![en]I got my hearing aids a month and a half ago, and I thought I’d write a … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Stuff that doesn't fit, Technology | Tagged amplification, bluetooth, chirping, clipping, hearing aid, iPhone, m-dex, mini-btw, phone, remote, review, ric, widex, widex clear, widex clear200 | 6 Comments

Begonia Flowers

Posted on 21.08.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Saviez-vous que les bégonias faisaient des fleurs femelles et mâles sur la même plante? Je viens de le découvrir.[en]I realized this morning that my begonia (who has identity problems, more on that later) first produces male flowers, then female ones. … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged begonia, female, flower, male, plants | 2 Comments

Plant News

Posted on 14.08.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Mes plantes vont bien![en]The plant-life in my appartment is doing pretty well, so I thought I’d give you some news. Happy news, to make up for the poor yucca, who is, it’s decided, going to be chopped up. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in Does This Need a New Category?, Personal | Tagged begonia, monstera, plante vaudoise, plants, spider plant | Leave a comment

The Unhappy Yucca

Posted on 10.08.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Le yucca de l’eclau n’est pas heureux.[en]There is a very unhappy Yucca at eclau. Here he is: As you can see, his lower leaves are drying out in huge quantities. By the time I remembered to take a photo, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Does This Need a New Category?, Personal | Tagged Coworking, coworking space, eclau, plant, yucca | 4 Comments