Tag Archives: usa

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

Lift09: Turning Lake Leman into Silicon Valley?

Posted on 26.02.2009 by Stephanie Booth

I participated in a Birds of a Feather session earlier, titled How can we make Lac Léman into an entrepreneurial hub? — I found it a little frustrating to start with, but it ended up really lively and interesting. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world | Tagged business, Culture, entrepreneuring, entrepreneurs, geneva, heritage, history, lac léman, lausanne, léman lake leman, silicon valley, Stuff that doesn't fit, suisse romande, switzerland, usa, web 2.0 | Leave a comment

Healthcare in San Francisco Experiences

Posted on 19.03.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Expériences nettement plus positive avec le système de soins ici à San Francisco.[en]After my trip to Walgreens in Austin, TX, I honestly hoped I wouldn’t have to deal with anything healthcare-related in the US, ever again. Oh well, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Travels | Tagged california, clinic, drzee, experience, Health, healthcare, prescription, recommendation, san francisco, travelling, Travels, usa | 6 Comments

A Trip to Walgreens

Posted on 10.03.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une petite visite à la pharmacie aux Etats-Unis.[en]This is just too good a story to not write about it while I wait for somebody around here in Austin to come up with dinner plans. Around noon, I noticed my left … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged anecdote, Anecdotes, Culture, culture shock, pharmacy, Travels, usa, visine, walgreens | 4 Comments

Cory Doctorow: Europe’s Copyright Wars – Do We Have to Repeat the American Mistake? (Web 2.0 Expo, Berlin)

Posted on 08.11.2007 by Stephanie Booth

My live notes of Cory’s talk. Might be a bit messy because I have trouble wrapping my head around some of these issues, and Cory does indeed talk rather fast. Plus, as you probably know by now, I’m in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Live Blogging, Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged berlin, conference, copyright, copyrightreform, corydoctorow, dmca, drm, eff, europe, Events, liveblogging, notes, openrightsgroup, org, usa, web2expoberlin | 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

Time to Leave San Francisco

Posted on 20.07.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Il est bientôt temps pour moi de quitter San Francisco! Départ dimanche en fin d’après-midi, et arrivée lundi dans la journée en Suisse.[en]There we are. Five weeks have flown by, and it’s time to start packing my possessions to leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged Events, goodbye, leaving, sanfrancisco, stephaniebooth, Travels, usa | 4 Comments

Notes From San Francisco

Posted on 06.07.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques nouvelles de San Francisco, où je passe un bon moment. On me demande si je compte y déménager, mais franchement, pour le moment, vraiment pas. Trop de choses ici me font froid dans le dos. Côté boulot, je regarde … Continue reading →

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Language Geekiness, Livre, Social Media and the Web, Travels, Understanding life and the world, Wordpress | Tagged book, Consulting, consumerism, Coworking, digital youth, google, immigration, internet, Languages / Linguistics, Livre, maintenance, My work, Online Culture, photography, Pieces of Me, sanfrancisco, Social Software, supernova2007, switzerland, Thinking, Thoughts, tourism, Travels, usa, Wanted, Wordpress | 8 Comments

Je suis à San Francisco

Posted on 20.06.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I\’m in San Francisco until July 22nd. Just now, I\’ve been \”recruited\” to film some of Supernova2007 (which means I\’ll be there, behind a camera), so I haven\’t really had time to settle down (I was at Supernova Open Space … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged Events, sanfrancisco, supernova, supernova2007, Travels, usa, voyage | 4 Comments

I’m really liking San Francisco

Posted on 12.01.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]J’aime bien San Francisco :-) [en]The streets of San Francisco have this weird feeling of infinite possibility floating around them. The weather is sunny, spring-like for me. I spent two days walking up and down town, and it’s just teeming with … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged bayarea, beautiful, Pieces of Me, sanfrancisco, skyscrapers, Travels, usa, web2.0 | 20 Comments