Tag Archives: explication

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 | 2 Comments

Je tweete, tu tweetes… merci de laisser les twits au vestiaire

[en]About the correct way to say “to tweet” and “a tweet” in French. No twits, please. Or even twitts. It just sounds plain stupid.[fr]J’ai beau être une horrible bilingue qui parsème allègrement mon français d’anglicismes et mon anglais de gallicismes, … Continue reading

Posted in Language Geekiness, Social Media and the Web | Tagged anglais, bon usage, explication, français, langue, terminologie, traduction, tweet, tweeter, twit, twitt, twitter | 17 Comments

BarCamp à Lausanne le 29 septembre

[fr]BarCamp in Lausanne, September 29th. Come and join us![en]Réservez la date du 29 septembre : BarCamp débarque à Lausanne ! Barcamp ? C’est un rassemblement informel, généralement d’un week-end, de personnes qui vont échanger leurs expériences, réflexions, et savoirs. Disons … Continue reading

Posted in My corner of the world, Technology | Tagged barcamp, epfl, événement, Events, explication, internet, invitation, lausanne, non-conférence, présentation, suisse romande, Technology | 3 Comments

Vidéo: nécessité d’une formation blogs

[en]I explain that it’s normal that most people don’t “get” blogging naturally. Active bloggers today “in the wild” are the result of a natural selection. You can’t turn a bunch of politicians or employees into bloggers (all the more good … Continue reading

Posted in Corporate, My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web, Wordpress | Tagged apprendre, argumentation, Blogger musings, blogging, blogospherahelvetica, Blogosphere Interest, Blogs et entreprises, bloguer, class, Comment bloguer?, cours, dailymotion, explication, formation, formationblogs, learning, monelectionch, Photos/Videos/Audio Online, Podcast, romandie, Social Software, stephaniebooth, suisse romande, suisseromande, training, video, videocast, Videos, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 44 Comments

Microformats et Bloggy Friday d’octobre

[en]Announcement for the next Bloggy Friday formatted with hCalendar microformat, and my hCard. Can you do anything interesting with them?[fr]Octobre approche! Allez, j’annonce déjà notre prochaine rencontre: Bloggy Friday d’octobre au Café de l’Evêché, Lausanne 6 octobre 20h00 jusqu’à tard … Continue reading

Posted in Bloggy Friday, My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web, Web Standards | Tagged annonce, announcement, bloggyfriday, bloggyfriday200610, blogospherahelvetica, explication, hcalendar, hcard, itunes, Kit du blogueur, lausanne, microformats, Podcast, stephaniebooth, suisse romande, Swiss blogging, tails, vcard, Vie de la blogosphère, Web Standards | 32 Comments

Second Life: c’est quoi?

[en]A brief explanation of what Second Life is. It’s a graphical world you access to by signing up on the website and downloading a programme to your computer. In that world, you are represented by an “avatar” (you can see … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life | Tagged 3d, Cyberspace, explication, initiation, internet, introduction, monde, Online Culture, présentation, Second Life, secondlife, virtuel, vulgarisation | 54 Comments