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Climb to the Stars is Stephanie Booth's personal site, going strong for 12 years now. Follow her on Twitter (@stephtara), Tumblr (Digital Crumble), Facebook and Google.Learn more about Stephanie and find other nice things to read by checking out the big fat footer at the bottom of each page. Jump down there now!
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Formation SAWI: Spécialiste en médias sociaux et communautés en ligne.
Rédactrice en chef et auteurActive Elsewhere
Bookmarked a link: Gap Tooth Stickers - My name is Ashwin. I am 6 and I'm an entrepreneur!
wash-off stickers, isn't the idea great? http://t.co/OltDztfN by @GapToothKid et al.
for me, a blog going multi-author has jumped the shark and is on its way to a sure death some years down the line. anybody else?
Bookmarked a link: Path — Stephanie Booth
CTTS Weekly is out! http://t.co/XUsPjdNb
Smile (at Steph's Jungle) [pic] — http://t.co/12rv9KJc
Bookmarked a link: IKEA Hackers: A long one for cat lovers
argh cat-lover ikea hacks via @cvedovini, sorry http://t.co/a2zWwNjX
IKEA Hackers: A long one for cat lovers http://t.co/a2zWwNjX /v @vedovini
Bookmarked a link: Path — Stephanie Booth
Blogroll
- Adam Tinworth
- Andy Baio
- Anil Dash
- Brian Kellett
- Corinne Stoppelli
- danah boyd
- Dave Winer
- David Weinberger
- Derek Powazek
- Doc Searls
- Elisabeth Stoudmann
- Fortuitous (Matt Haughey)
- Heather Powazek Champ
- Jason Kottke
- Jeffrey Zeldman
- Jeremy Keith
- Joi Ito
- JP Rangaswami
- Karl Dubost
- Kevin Marks
- Laurent Gloaguen
- Laurent Haug
- Leisa Reichelt
- Matt Haughey
- Meg Hourihan
- Plantgasm (Derek Powazek)
- Stéphane Deschamps
- Suw Charman
- Tara Hunt
- Wil Wheaton
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Headlines (Recent Posts)
- Bye Safran: FIP is a Bitch
- More About the M-DEX, and a Cool Blog: Hack and Hear
- More About Hearing Aids (And Geeking Out a Bit)
- Post haineux de 3h du mat’ sponsorisé par Balelec
- Tounsi perdu et puis retrouvé
- Ailleurs
- Books Read in 2011
- A Plugin to Compensate for Flickr Broken Embed Suckage?
- A Week With My Superpower
- My Pallet Garden
- Having Cats
- Getting Your iCloud Photostream to Play Nice With Lightroom
- Trucs en vrac
- Three Weeks With My New Cats, Tounsi and Safran
- Drive, Practical Wisdom, Money and Congress, Alone Together
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- George Kedourie on Browser Language Detection and Redirection
- Stephanie Booth on Bye Safran: FIP is a Bitch
- Marie-Aude on Bye Safran: FIP is a Bitch
- Martin on Bye Safran: FIP is a Bitch
- mlle-cassis on Bye Safran: FIP is a Bitch
- Stephanie Booth on Browser Language Detection and Redirection
- George Kedourie on Browser Language Detection and Redirection
- Stephanie Booth on More About the M-DEX, and a Cool Blog: Hack and Hear
- Dring, venez vous faire fouiller ! « aeemtech on Outraged and Furious: First Encounter With a Full-Body Scanner (in the UK)
- When people refer to blog posts as “blogs”, I want to hurt them. | Geik on A Blog is Not a Post, Dammit!
Quote Me- "Time flies and the photos I’ve taken get left behind."
- "People always think getting dressed is about putting clothes on. It’s not. It’s a spell..."
- "I was outside, and the rain and the fog smelled nice. They smelled of hope, I think. They smelled..."
- "On apprend toujours mieux de ses propres erreurs que de celles des autres."
- "It’s like watching a train wreck and hanging around to see if there are going to be any..."
Tag Archives: indépendant
Prendre des vacances quand on est indépendant
[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). Comme beaucoup de gens gravitant autour de ce monde connecté … Continue reading
Les trois équilibres de l’indépendant
[en]I’ve identified three areas where the creative freelancer needs to find a balance: lifestyle, week by week (having non-work time and respecting it, a life outside work, food/sleep/exercise, etc.) proper breaks, to completely tune out from your work life, recharge … Continue reading
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
Le facteur limitant, c’est le budget du client
[en]I’ve found that the limiting factor in a negotiation is often the client’s budget. Either they have 10K to spend on the project, or they don’t. What is it worth to them? It’s no use trying to sell them a … Continue reading
Huit conseils de survie pour indépendants
[en]Eight survival tips for freelancers: firewall your personal time your client’s calendar is not more important than yours be more expensive, even if it means you lose some clients charge an advance keep your eye open for “difficult” clients and … Continue reading
Prochain Website Pro Day: fixons la date!
[en]I’ve created a poll to help determine the next Website Pro Day — a day where we meet up, and set aside time to work on our professional sites. Even if you’re not in Lausanne, you can take part: work … Continue reading
Website Pro Day, deuxième!
[en]Website Pro Day, first edition, was such a success that we’ve set the second one for December 28th. If you’re not in Lausanne, no problem: grab a friend or two and lock yourselves up to work on your professional online … Continue reading
Announcing Going Solo
[fr]J’ai annoncé il y a quelques semaines que j’avais des projets de création d’entreprise: c’est en route, et nous préparons pour début mai une conférence-événement (une journée de conférences) à l’attention des indépendants du web. En dehors de savoir faire … Continue reading
Opérations médiatiques: marre
[en]Sick and tired of being asked to do stuff for free particularly when it’s a media stunt. I rant about two recent situations where I’ve been contacted for “unpaid work” which is obviously going to benefit “the client” more than … Continue reading
Comment se faire connaître comme indépendant
[en]I’m often asked how I made myself known as a freelancer. I was lucky enough to have quite a bit of coverage, but when you look closely, the way I got people to find me was through my blog. Start … Continue reading



