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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: Theories
What if Generalist vs. Expert was a Mistake?
[fr]L’expertise peut être alimentée par une connaissance exhaustive d’un seul domaine, ou par une connaissance approfondie de multiples domaines. Le généraliste a également une connaissance de multiples domaines, mais elle est superficielle. On a tendance à considérer que n’importe qui … Continue reading
Too Many People
[fr]J’ai atteint un point où je n’ai plus envie de faire de nouvelles connaissances. Je n’arrive déjà pas à voir les gens qui me sont chers autant que je voudrais. En ligne, les relations “délicates” (asymétriques, par exemple) sont plus … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Connected Life, Personal
Tagged awkward, blogging, conférences, Events, fame, fan, microfame, networking, offline, online, Online Culture, overload, people, Pieces of Me, Psychological, Psychology / Sociology, relationships, Theories, Theories on Life and the World, Thinking
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Diving Into Something New
[fr]Pour se familiariser avec un sujet nouveau, il faut lire, et même si on ne comprend pas tout, continuer à lire. Au bout d’un moment, les choses commencent à tomber en place, et on peut reprendre avec plus de succès … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged agile, Education, experience, Geek / Technical, learning, method, Practical, read, reading, Theories, Thinking, understanding
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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
Posted in Corporate, Wordpress
Tagged blog, Blogger musings, blogging, Blogs et entreprises, bloguer, communication, entreprise, expertise, flickr, freelance, indépendant, internet, marketing, Pieces of Me, presse, promotion, réseau, réseautage, siteinternet, siteweb, Theories, vente, web, Wordpress, wordpress.com
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My Twitter Usage Answers
[fr]Voici les réponses que j’ai données à danah boyd (chercheuse dans le domaine des espaces numériques) suite au questionnaire sur Twitter qu’elle a envoyé à ses “Twitter-friends”. Le questionnaire est ouvert à tous si vous désirez lui envoyer vos réponses … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Life
Tagged Cyberspace, danahboyd, Online Culture, presence, privacy, Psychology / Sociology, questionnaire, questions, Research, Software and Tools, Theories, twitter, usage
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Steph+Suw Podcast: First!
[fr]Suw et moi avons enfin enregistré le fameux podcast-conversation dont nous parlons depuis notre première rencontre, en mai 2004. C’est en anglais et c’est assez long, mais on s’en est pas trop mal sorties pour une première![en]Each time Suw and … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Life, Travels
Tagged airports, airportsecurity, Anecdotes, Audio, blogging, Blogosphere Interest, boundaries, cats, children, city, conversation, death, geek, geotagging, influence, internet, IRC, london, marketing, medicine, naming, nicknames, Online Culture, perception, Photos/Videos/Audio Online, Podcast, privacy, religion, risk, sanfrancisco, screennames, security, stephaniebooth, suw, suwcharman, Theories, Travels, wii
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Inde spirituelle ou matérialiste?
[en]India’s materialism is not anything new. If you dig into vedic religion, it’s centred on sacrifices and actions more than interior spirituality. That side of Indian religious expression came about later. As for Gandhi, I think it’s important to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged babies, birth, dot, dowry, femmes, gandhi, girls, inde, india, infanticide, marriage, materialism, matérialisme, misconceptions, modern, moderne, occident, religion, selection, sociététhéosophique, spiritualité, spirituality, Theories, theosophicalsociety, théosophie, veda, vedic, védique, women
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Constat d’ordre
[en]The weak link in the “keep kitchen clean” workflow is the bin. A full bin means I have to take it out to the container. That tends to not happen, and therefore various types of clutter tend to accumulate.[fr]Le goulot … Continue reading
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Stamm Genilem sous les projos
[en]Spoke briefly at a networking event this evening. Almost froze up on stage (try cramming a general talk about blogs in business in 4 minutes, and then speaking with huge spotlights in your face which don’t let you see the … Continue reading →