Tag Archives: people

My Interest in Organisations and how Social Media Fits in

[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

A Conference Where I Hardly Knew Anybody!

I had a really lovely time at Coworking Europe — it was actually very relaxing to be at a conference where I hardly knew anybody to start with. I got to know the two people I’d already met a bit … Continue reading

Posted in Event Musings | Tagged conference, Coworking, coworking europe, people | 3 Comments

Drifting People

[fr]On ne peut pas être ami avec tout le monde, ne serait-ce que pour des questions d’agenda. Je crois que j’ai accepté cette limite, et aussi que l’amitié va et vient la plupart du temps, et que les gens invités … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, Understanding life and the world | Tagged dunbar, friendship, people, relationships | 3 Comments

Less Extrovert Than I Thought

[fr]J’ai réalisé qu’en fait je n’étais pas aussi extravertie que je l’imaginais. Cette “méconnaissance de moi”, si je puis dire, m’amène à me surcharger un peu côté vie sociale (et vie professionnelle “avec gens”). En fait, j’ai aussi pas mal … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, Psychology | Tagged alone time, entj, extravert, extrovert, mbti, myers-briggs, people | 1 Comment

Face Blindness

[fr]Un épisode de Radiolab qui parle de “face blindness”, littéralement “être aveugle aux visages”. J’ai un peu de ça (je ne reconnais pas les gens, mais je me souviens d’eux immédiatement quand ils me donnent leur nom). Episode intéressant à … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, Psychology | Tagged chuck close, face blindness, faces, memory, oliver sacks, people, radiolab, recognition, recognizing | 4 Comments

Bad With Faces, Good With Names

[fr]Je suis très peu physionomiste mais dès qu’on me donne un nom, je sais exactement qui vous êtes. Pensez-y la prochaine fois qu’on se croise en vitesse quelque part, à une conférence par exemple![en]I have a problem. I am really … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Connected Life, Psychology | Tagged conférences, faces, names, networking, people, physionomy, recognizing | 7 Comments

A Networking Secret

[fr]Pour “réseauter”, la meilleure méthode reste encore d’oublier le réseautage, et de s’intéresser aux personnes.[en]Without really trying to, I’ve ended up with a rather large and powerful network. Often, I’m asked how I did it. “How do you network?” A … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged networking, people | 4 Comments

Sometimes, I’m Awkward Around People

[fr]Parfois, je suis un peu à côté de mes pompes avec les gens :-) [en]Sometimes, I’m awkward around people. Sometimes it’s people I know, and sometimes it’s people I don’t know. It might be people I know too well online, and … Continue reading

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged awkward, feelings, people, Pieces of Me, shy, uneasy, user/07467067922840649993/state/com.google/read | 1 Comment

Books That Changed My Life

[fr]Une série de livres qui m’ont marquée.[en]Picked up on Lifehacker (via Feedly, which I really like!), What Books Have Changed Your Life? — so, off the top of my head, and way too late in the night to do any … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged Books, influence, life, people, reading, Thinking, world | 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