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Formation SAWI: Spécialiste en médias sociaux et communautés en ligne.
Rédactrice en chef et auteur
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: search
Real-Time is Burying History on the Web
[fr]Notre obsession pour le temps présent en ligne et la vitesse handicape grandement nos outils de recherche quand il s’agit d’explorer notre passé numérique. A lire, l’article de Suw Sacrificing Web History on the Alter of Instant, un compte-rendu consternant … Continue reading
Idea: Working as a Freelance Researcher
[fr]Inspiration du jour: je songe à diversifier mes activités professionnelles dans le domaine de la recherche freelance (enfin, je ne suis pas sûre que c’est comme ça qu’on appelle ça en français). Imaginons qu’une entreprise ait besoin que quelqu’un recueille … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss, Social Media and the Web
Tagged career, freelance, gig, idea, Research, researcher, search, Social Media and the Web
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Google: quelques trucs pratiques
[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). La grande majorité des gens ne savent pas utiliser un … Continue reading
Content Curation: Why I’m Not Your Target Audience
[fr]Je suis trop efficace avec un moteur de recherche pour être très emballée par les divers outils qui visent à organiser la masse de contenu à disposition sur le web, en temps réel ou non.[en]In Paris, I had a sudden … Continue reading
Posted in Thinking
Tagged blogging, browser, content, curation, editing, find, google, google web history, organize, pearltrees, search, searching, smallrivers, sort
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Feedly: More Than a Newsreader, Maybe Your Search Engine of Tomorrow?
A bit over a year ago, I switched from Google Reader to Feedly. I have a troubled history with newsreaders: I tend to not use them, partly because I don’t really read blogs. But I used Google Reader for some … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media and the Web
Tagged feedly, feeds, google reader, lijit, rss, search, Social Software, subscription, syndication, tumblr, twitter
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FOWA: The Future of Search (Tony Conrad)
[fr]Notes prises à l’occasion de la conférence Future of Web Apps (FOWA) à Londres.[en]Here are my live notes of this Future of Web Apps (FOWA) session with Tony Conrad, hosted by Brian Oberkirch. They are probably incomplete and may contain … Continue reading
Lijit Feedback
[fr]Un peu de feedback sur Lijit, un moteur de recherche sympa qui s’organise autour du contenu en ligne d’une personne et de son réseau.[en]I lost the first version of this post in a Firefox crash while I was writing my … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media and the Web
Tagged e-mail, facebook, feedback, ideas, import, lijit, network, Reviews, screenshots, search, sns, Social Software, socialnetwork, SPSN, stats, tools, wijit
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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
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WordCamp 2007: Matt Cutts, Whitehat SEO Tips for Bloggers
Here are my notes of Matt’s session. Might be inaccurate, blah blah blah. Oh, and RSI, so might be a bit short. Check out the post on Matt’s blog too. Update, August 2007: Matt wrote another blog post in which … Continue reading
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
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