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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: travail
In Brussels With Solar Impulse
[fr]A Bruxelles avec Solar Impulse, gardez un oeil sur leur blog pour me suivre durant cette semaine! Je m’occupe de leur programme blogueurs.[en]The week ahead is going to be busy: I’m in Brussels with the Solar Impulse team, taking care … Continue reading
Posted in My work, Solar Impulse
Tagged bruxelles, greentech, My work, solar impulse, travail
1 Comment
Les trois équilibres de l’indépendant
[en]I’ve identified three areas where the creative freelancer needs to find a balance: lifestyle, week by week (having non-work time and respecting it, a life outside work, food/sleep/exercise, etc.) proper breaks, to completely tune out from your work life, recharge … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged balance, breaks, créativité, équilibre, freelance, freelancing, holidays, hygiène de vie, indépendant, inspiration, My work, pause, travail, vacances, vacation
5 Comments
Donner 80%, ou la loi de Paréto appliquée aux métiers des idées
[en]A year ago at SoloCamp, we were asking Dennis Howlett how much to do for free (knowing that stuff done freely is actually our marketing budget). His answer was to give 80% IP away for free, and charge (lots 
… Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss, Connected Life, Music
Tagged freelancing, loi de pareto, marketing, Music, propriété intellectuelle, solocamp, travail
4 Comments
Je ne facture pas à l’heure
[en]My decision is now clear: I don’t bill by the hour. Some of the stuff I do has time limits (e.g. if you want to see me to kick off a consulting relationship, or explore possibilities of work together, well, … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged client, Consulting, emploi, facturation, horaire, indépendante, invoicing, prices, pricing, rates, relation de travail, salaire, salaire horaire, travail
20 Comments
Prochain Website Pro Day: fixons la date!
[en]I’ve created a poll to help determine the next Website Pro Day — a day where we meet up, and set aside time to work on our professional sites. Even if you’re not in Lausanne, you can take part: work … Continue reading
Posted in Coworking
Tagged communauté, eclau, Events, indépendant, site, solidarité, travail, website pro day, workshop, wpd, wpd4
4 Comments
Huit tuyaux ergonomiques pour le travail à l’ordinateur
[en]Some workplace recommendations to spare you RSI and related injuries: keyboard should be lower than your elbows screen should be low and tilted back, like when you read a magazine change positions regularly take breaks often use keyboard shortcuts hands … Continue reading
Retour de vacances
[en]I’ve written a lot about my holidays in English. Time for my French readers to get a share![fr]Voilà, j’ai promis quelque chose en français, me voici donc. J’ai filé à la montagne pour une petite semaine au vert, sans internet, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged chalet, chat, e-mail, hygiène de vie, Life Updates, marche, montagne, réflexions, réveil, stress, travail, vacances, vie
9 Comments
Réflexions freelance
[fr]Musings on my work as a freelancer. I’m thinking about concentrating my communication/promotion efforts on a limited number of things (my problem with being a “generalist internet expert” is that I do lots of different things, could do even more, … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged conférences, consultant, Consulting, freelancing, job, life, musings, My work, réflexions, sites web, travail, web2.0
2 Comments
Une journée pour bosser sur nos sites “pro”: Website Pro Day
[en]In the vein of Chris Messina’s Finish your %#&*@ drafts day, Ollie and I will be spending November 28th in Lausanne updating our long-suffering professional sites, which are very much in need of an update. Seems we web consultants spend … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world
Tagged Announcements, Consulting, événement, Events, facebook, journée, lausanne, mise à jour, site pro, site web, travail, website pro day, workshop, wpd, wpd1
17 Comments
Digital Crumble
Pas Superwoman!
[en]I’m postponing the blogging seminar (similar to the surprisingly successful one I gave at LIFT08) I was planning to do at the end of this month. I can’t both promote Going Solo and this seminar correctly at the same time … Continue reading →