Tag Archives: suisse

Communauté Coworking Léman

Posted on 18.06.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[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

Arghl! Du spam par SMS! On fait quoi?

Posted on 14.12.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Here’s the way to react if you’re getting “unsollicited” SMS from short numbers in Switzerland: call up your operator to ask who the contact is for the short number you got a message from call up the contact number and … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged message, Practical, pub, publicité, sms, spam, suisse, switzerland, texto | Leave a comment

Vilain cafard ou jolie blatte forestière ambrée ?

Posted on 22.09.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I thought we had cockroaches in the house, but it turns out to be a harmless, outdoor variety which sometimes gets lost inside (ectobius vittiventris). Here is the explanation leaflet we got from the company we contacted — in hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, My corner of the world | Tagged Animals, blatte, blatteforestièreambrée, blattegermanique, cafard, Citations, cockroach, ectobiusvittiventris, habitat, Health, immeuble, insecte, Interests, lausanne, peste, Practical, suisse, suisseromande, switzerland | 1 Comment

Bloggy Friday de septembre vendredi!

Posted on 04.09.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Friday, meeting of local bloggers in Lausanne, Café de l’Evêché.[fr]Pour une fois, je suis en Suisse, et libre, le premier vendredi du mois — date du traditionnel Bloggy Friday quelque peu négligé ces derniers mois. Et en plus, Sylvie a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggy Friday, My corner of the world | Tagged bloggyfriday, blogueurs, cafédelévêché, Events, lausanne, meetup, rencontre, suisse, suisse romande, suisseromande, Swiss blogging, switzerland | Leave a comment

Bloggy Friday, ce sera jeudi!

Posted on 03.04.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]This month (Easter’s fault), the traditional Bloggy Friday will take place on Thursday, in Lausanne.[en]Primo, il y a Pâques, et comme vendredi-saint c’est méchamment férié, notre petite rencontre de blogueurs helvètes aura donc lieu (exceptionellement) un jeudi. Jeudi comme… après-demain, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggy Friday, My corner of the world | Tagged Announcements, bloggyfriday, bloggyfriday200704, blogueurs, cafédelévêché, évêché, Events, lausanne, rencontre, romandie, suisse, suisse romande, suisseromande, Swiss blogging, switzerland, Vie de la blogosphère | 2 Comments

CASH Cards and Cellphone Train Tickets

Posted on 06.03.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]En Suisse, on a la carte CASH (avec laquelle je paie parcomètres, billets de bus, et parkings souterrains), le numéro court 222/999 pour recevoir les horaires de train par SMS, et maintenant les billets de train par MMS (pour certains … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged barcode, card, cash, cashcard, cellphone, cff, debit, horaire, maestro, mms, mobile, Practical, sbb, sms, suisse, switzerland, Technology, téléphone, ticket, timetable, train | 15 Comments

Not All Switzerland Speaks German, Dammit!

Posted on 04.03.2007 by Stephanie Booth

Here we go, yet another misguided attempt at localisation: my MySpace page is now in German. MySpace now joins PayPal, eBay, Amazon, Google in defaulting to German for Swiss people. Switzerland is a multilingual country. The linguistic majority speaks Swiss-German … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged allemand, amazon, ebay, english, french, german, google, italian, italien, l10n, language, Languages / Linguistics, langue, linguisticminority, localisation, localization, minoritélinguistique, myspace, paypal, romanche, romansh, Software and Tools, suisse, suisse-allemand, suisseromande, swissgerman, switzerland, Venting, Website Reviews, Comments, and Linkage | 45 Comments

Double imposition!

Posted on 04.12.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]So, it seems that my income from the consulting gig with the-company-which-will-not-yet-be-named will be taxed twice: in the US (30%) and in Switzerland. Does this sound normal to you? Any (legal) ideas for not losing half my income in taxes … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged Consulting, double, doubleimposition, états-unis, imposition, impôt, income, Pieces of Me, suisse, switzerland, tax, usa, Venting | 20 Comments

Lettre signature: pas d’accusé de réception

Posted on 16.11.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I just learned that the signature lettre I sent to France (a client who isn’t paying me) will not allow me to know if it’s been received or not: tracking stops at the border. I should have sent a letter … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged accuséderéception, courrier, envoyer, france, lettre, lettresignature, poste, recommandé, signature, suisse, switzerland, Venting | Leave a comment

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