Tag Archives: Geek / Technical

Disqus Plugin Aftermath: Removing Duplicate Comments

[fr]Comment se débarrasser de 5000 commentaires à double dans sa base de données WordPress![en]Now that Disqus integrates Friendfeed comments, I could be tempted to give it another try, if I hadn’t spent an hour yesterday cleaning up my database because … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web, Wordpress | Tagged comments, database, disqus, duplicate, friendfeed, Geek / Technical, instructions, Kit du blogueur, phpmyadmin, Practical, user/07467067922840649993/state/com.google/read, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 1 Comment

Becoming a Professional Networker: Tags in Address Book OSX Needed!

[fr]Besoin, de toute urgence: plugin Address Book.app permettant de taguer ses contacts.[en]For some time now, I’ve been aware that I’m becoming a professional networker. Almost all I do to promote Going Solo, for example, relies on my reputation and the … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged address book, address book.app, code, contacts, details, entrepreneuring, field, Geek / Technical, mac, network, networking, notes, osx, people, plugin, software, Software and Tools, tagging, tags, tool, utility, Wanted | 18 Comments

Netvibes Widget of my Shared Items

If you read this blog “on the blog”, and look at my very cluttered sidebar, you probably noticed there is a feed of my “shared items” from Google Reader hidden in there (grab the feed!). “Sharing” is the reason I … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged feed, Geek / Technical, googlereader, Kit du blogueur, netvibes, shareditems, stephaniebooth, subscription, uwa, web, Weblog Technology, widget | 1 Comment

Diving Into Something New

[fr]Pour se familiariser avec un sujet nouveau, il faut lire, et même si on ne comprend pas tout, continuer à lire. Au bout d’un moment, les choses commencent à tomber en place, et on peut reprendre avec plus de succès … Continue reading

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged agile, Education, experience, Geek / Technical, learning, method, Practical, read, reading, Theories, Thinking, understanding | Leave a comment

Le placement dans les moteurs de recherche

[en]A document on how search engins function and how to improve indexing for your site, which I wrote for a client over June/July. If this interests you, you should definitely check out my notes on Matt Cutts’ Whitehad SEO tips … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged conseils, Essay-Like, Geek / Technical, google, informations, instructions, Kit du blogueur, moteur, moteurderecherche, optimisation, recherche, search, searchengine, seo, siteweb, web, webmaster, whitepaper | 11 Comments

Google Questions

[fr]Comment Google détermine-t-il (1) le pays d’où provient un site et (2) la langue d’une page? Pourquoi les résultats d’une recherche en français sont-ils différents, selon qu’on utilise google.ch ou google.fr?[en]So, I’m writing up a document for a client about … Continue reading

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged detection, Geek / Technical, google, internationalisation, internet, language, Languages / Linguistics, localisation, location, question, search, searchengine, Wanted | 14 Comments

Mystery WordPress/Markdown Problem: Troubleshooting

[fr]Description d’un vilain problème WordPress avec PHP Markdown Extra. Certains billets refusaient de s’afficher et faisaient tout simplement planter la suite du chargement de la page (donc, pages archives incomplètes, billets disparus). J’ai résolu (plus ou moins) le problème en … Continue reading

Posted in Wordpress | Tagged content, display, Geek / Technical, markdown, phpmarkdownextra, plugin, posts, problem, troubleshooting, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 2 Comments

Success: Dragon NaturallySpeaking in Parallels

[fr]Voici le récit de mon installation sans histoire du Dragon dans Parallels, ce qui me permet maintenant de dicter sur mon Mac.[en]One of the things I wanted to do during my two weeks in England (besides go down to London … Continue reading

Posted in Speech Recognition | Tagged coherence, dictation, dragon, Geek / Technical, installation, naturallyspeaking, osx, parallels, Speech Recognition, speechrecognition, virtualmachine, VNC, windows | 11 Comments

Geeky Frustrations

[fr]Quelques râlages (comme quoi je ne fais pas ça qu’en français) au sujet de certains outils que j’utilise quotidiennement.[en]Right, so, just so I can get it off my chest, here is a list of little things that bug me with … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged adium, apple, del.icio.us, facebook, feedback, flickr, geek, Geek / Technical, google, googlenotifier, googlereader, greader, ideas, ipod, itunes, nokia, nokia6280, problems, Social Software, suggestions, twitter, Venting | 8 Comments

Please Make Holes in My Buckets!

[fr]Tour d’horizon de mes différents “profils” à droite et a gauche dans le paysage des outils sociaux (social tools). Il manque de la communication entre ces différents services, et mon identité en ligne s’en trouve fragmentée et lourde à gérer. … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Social Media and the Web | Tagged Animals, Announcements, atom, Blogger musings, blogging, Cinema / Films, contacts, dailymotion, del.icio.us, Events, exchange, facebook, feeds, flickr, friends, Geek / Technical, gmail, internet, Internet / Computers, Kit du blogueur, lastfm, linkedin, microformats, myspace, network, Online Culture, openbc, openid, orkut, profile, publishing, rss, sharing, Social Software, socialapplications, socialnetworking, socialtools, Software and Tools, suprglu, Temporary, Thinking, twitter, wordpress.com, xing, youtube | 22 Comments