Tag Archives: histoire

Non, ce n’est pas un podcast, ça

[en]You already know (I hope) that a blog is not a post, so you don’t say “I’ll write a blog about this” but “I’ll write a post about this” (or “I’ll write a blog post about this”). I realized the … Continue reading

Posted in Tools | Tagged article, billet, blog, definition, episode, histoire, Podcast, post, terminologie | 2 Comments

Voyager plus, voyager moins, voyager mieux

[en]As the editor for ebooker.ch’s travel blog, I contribute there regularly. I have cross-posted some of my more personal articles here for safe-keeping.[fr]Cet article a été initialement publié sur le blog de voyage ebookers.ch (voir l’original). Après avoir vécu une … Continue reading

Posted in Blog de voyage ebookers.ch, Travels | Tagged histoire, indépendant, organisation, témoignage, vacances, vie, voyage | Leave a comment

Raconter une histoire

[en]I write a weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, which I republish here on CTTS for safekeeping.[fr]Chroniques du monde connecté: cet article a été initialement publié dans Les Quotidiennes (voir l’original). J’ai eu une révélation ce week-end. Elle concerne l’écriture, et … Continue reading

Posted in Chroniques du monde connecté, On Writing | Tagged bloguer, écriture, histoire, personnages, scénario | 1 Comment

Quels sont vos souvenirs de l’informatique d’hier?

[en]The latest project I’m working on for Blogwerk is a site for the 25th anniversary of computer classes given by the école-club Migros, where visitors can leave personal stories about their memories of yesterday’s computing. If you have stories to … Continue reading

Posted in My work, Technology | Tagged blogwerk, école-club migros, histoire, histoires, informatique, ordinateurs, souvenirs, témoignages | 3 Comments

Anecdotes et statistiques

[en]NNT explains very well (in The Black Swan) that anecdotes trump statistics. Giving numbers does not convince people deep down, sadly. Stories do. (Just think how scared many are of flying, or of sexual predators online, and you’ll see the … Continue reading

Posted in Understanding life and the world | Tagged ald09, Anecdotes, exemple, femmes, histoire, modèle, narrative fallacy, narrativité, nnt, Psychology / Sociology, statistics, taleb, the black swan, women | 2 Comments

Lift09 — Sarah Marquis

Laurent: extraordinary stand-in speaker Sarah Marquis, an adventurer who goes off for months on end, walking across Australia for example. Est-il possible aujourd’hui d’imaginer se retrouver dans la nature sans aide technologique? On est des mammifères après tout. Pas d’électricité, … Continue reading

Posted in Live Blogging | Tagged australie, aventure, conference, histoire, lift09, lives, notes, sarah marquis, Stuff that doesn't fit, survie, vie | 4 Comments

Communauté Coworking Léman

[en]In the process of gathering a community of people interested in coworking, in the Lake Geneva area. I have a concrete possibility of setting up a coworking space in Lausanne, but need comitted people to make it happen. Join the … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, My corner of the world | Tagged Announcements, bureaux, co-travail, colocation, Coworking, histoire, lac léman, lausanne, léman, My corner of the world, Online Culture, partage, région lémanique, suisse, suisse romande, switzerland | 2 Comments

Comment j’en suis arrivée à m’intéresser aux blogs d’adolescents

[en]The story of how I took an interest in teenage blogging, and from there, teenagers and the internet. It involves a difficult first year of teaching and a naked bottom on one of my students’ skyblogs.[fr]// Entrée en matière possible … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Livre | Tagged adolescents, anecdote, Anecdotes, blogs, Digital Youth, digitalyouth, école, Education, Enseignement, General, histoire, introduction, Livre, Online Culture, skyblog, story, teenagers | 5 Comments

Vive les jours de lessive!

[en]Venting a bit because of the really lousy way laundry stuff is organised in my block. I was told yesterday evening that I had to share my laundry day (today!) with a neighbour. That leaves us enough time to get … Continue reading

Posted in My corner of the world | Tagged Anecdotes, buanderie, colère, concierge, histoire, humeur, lausanne, lessive, machineàlaver, mauvaisehumeur, organisation, panne, Pieces of Me, suisse, suisse romande, switzerland, Venting | 2 Comments