Tag Archives: politics

Drive, Practical Wisdom, Money and Congress, Alone Together

Posted on 23.03.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques lectures, vidéos, podcasts.[en]A few random thoughts about stuff I’ve been reading. Or maybe, random pointers to stuff I’ve been reading. Or watching. I had a chat the other day with a friend about needing to make time for “serious … Continue reading →

Posted in Connected Life | Tagged alone together, always-on, barry schwartz, boundaries, dan pink, drive, e-mail, escape, motivation, politics, relationships, robots, sherry turkle, usa, warehouse | Leave a comment

Political Nightmare

Posted on 20.02.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Récit de cauchemar.[en]A dream. In a few hours from now, they are going to come and make our heads roll. The new government of New York City, with which we have worked for many months to ease the transition, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative | Tagged decapitation, dream, government, new york, nightmare, politics, Writing | Leave a comment

Steph Booth: Not Running for Parliament!

Posted on 07.05.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]A la lumière des récents événements, il ne m’est plus possible de rester dans la course pour le Parlement britannique… Article en Anglais pour toucher l’électorat un maximum.[en]It seems that my attempts to subvert British democracy by running in the … Continue reading →

Tagged Calder Valley, controversy, elections, Fun for me, Hebden Bridge, labour, MP, My corner of the world, parliament, politics, Politics / World News, scandal, steph booth, uk | 12 Comments

BarCamp Lausanne: Privacy (Julien Freudiger)

Posted on 29.09.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Privacy… a tricky issue, as ever.[fr]“Nothing to hide.” Est-ce que ça justifie de ne pas se préoccuper de privacy? Julien fait une thèse sur le sujet. steph-note: j’espère qu’il ouvre un blog pour documenter sa recherche! Surveillance: CCTV (on peut … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged Events, internet, politics, privacy, safety, security, usa, vieprivée | Leave a comment

Supernova 2007 — John Kneuer

Posted on 21.06.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]A la conférence Supernova en train d’essayer (et d’échouer) de prendre des notes. Blabla politico-gouvernemental.[en]Random, scattered notes. Not necessarily understandable. Might contain outright mistakes — I don’t always understand everything. No who-said-what either, sorry. Announcing the next speaker, John Kneuer. … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged Events, gobbledygook, government, johnkneuer, notes, politics, supernova2007, video, Videos | 14 Comments

BlogCamp: Bruno Giussani — Bondy Blog Story

Posted on 24.03.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Bruno Giussani nous raconte l’histoire du Bondy Blog. Naissance d’un média qui est devenu national, mais de la perspective des banlieues.[en]notes from blogcamp.ch presentation. may be inaccurate. Bruno Giussani: special projects for l’Hebdo => involved in Bondy Blog thing. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged banlieues, blogcampswitzerland, blogging, bondyblog, brunogiussani, Events, france, journalism, lhebdo, Media, notes, politics, Politics / World News, présentation, talk | 6 Comments

Le Web 3 et Sarko

Posted on 12.12.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Not impressed by what Sarkozy said. I tried translating in the IRC backchannel. Seemed mainly like electoral blah-blah to me. Note to conference organisers: don’t do this. Don’t mess up the program for last-minute political celebrities who won’t take questions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged blogging, Blogosphere Interest, elections, Events, france, leweb3, nicolassarkozy, politics, Politics / World News, politique, sarko, sarkoweb3, sarkozy, Venting | 24 Comments

Blogs et politique: ça bouge…

Posted on 12.11.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Local politicians are slowly getting into blogging. I have gripes with the “blogging platform” which was set-up, and I wonder if any training or coaching was provided to those who wanted it to help them get started.[fr]Brève visite sur monElection.ch. … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world, Wordpress | Tagged blogging, blogospherahelvetica, Blogosphere Interest, blogs, coaching, elections, formation, martinebrunschwiggraf, monelectionch, outil, plate-forme, platform, politicians, politics, Politics / World News, politique, réalisation, rsr, suisse, suisse romande, Swiss blogging, switzerland, tool, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 27 Comments

About the Swiss Blog Awards (SBAW)

Posted on 30.04.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un compte-rendu des problématiques que je vois liées à cette histoire de Swiss Blog Awards (pour mémoire: pas de nominations romande, tessinoise, ou romanche). Je suis fâchée que les organisateurs rejettent la faute sur les blogueurs romands et n’admettent pas … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggy Friday, Language Geekiness, My corner of the world | Tagged awards, barriers, blogospherahelvetica, blogosphère, Blogosphere Interest, Essay-Like, frontiers, languages, Languages / Linguistics, linguisticminority, organisation, politics, roestigraben, romandie, sbaw, suisseromande, Swiss blogging, swissblogawards, swissblogging, switzerland, Venting, Vie de la blogosphère | 24 Comments

Radio sans moi et deux blogs à  visiter

Posted on 30.01.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]A radio show on blogs without me (I was busy teaching) and two Swiss politically oriented blogs worth visiting.[fr]Très rapidement (mais alors très, parce que là , j’ai assez de boulot pour me garder occupée ces deux prochaines semaines même si … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world | Tagged asile, Blogosphere Interest, blogs, boillat, Code and Markup, design, émission, grève, politics, politique, radio, romandie, romands, rsr1, site, standards, suisse, swiss, switzerland, web | 2 Comments