Tag Archives: Venting

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

Nokia 6280 Shortcomings

Posted on 24.02.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Au début, j’étais réjouie du fait que mon Nokia 6280 était compatible mac. Maintenant, j’ai un peu la gueule de bois, même si j’aime toujours autant le toucher du clavier. Appareil photo de vraiment mauvaise qualité, synchronisation capricieuse, dictionnaire t9 … Continue reading →

Tagged 6280, cellphone, complaint, nokia, phone, problems, review, Reviews, shortcomings, téléphone, Venting | Leave a comment

Geeky Frustrations

Posted on 17.02.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques râlages (comme quoi je ne fais pas ça qu’en français) au sujet de certains outils que j’utilise quotidiennement.[en]Right, so, just so I can get it off my chest, here is a list of little things that bug me with … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged adium, apple, del.icio.us, facebook, feedback, flickr, geek, Geek / Technical, google, googlenotifier, googlereader, greader, ideas, ipod, itunes, nokia, nokia6280, problems, Social Software, suggestions, twitter, Venting | 8 Comments

Que d’anglais

Posted on 15.02.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Just an explanation to my French readers about the amount of English here recently. Has to do with a post-LIFT’07 effect and the hard time I have coming back to “where we are with blogs and stuff in Switzerland”. (Answer: … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web | Tagged anglais, décalage, Events, français, grinche, journaux, lift07, Media, médias, romandie, Social Software, suisseromande, Swiss blogging, switzerland, Venting | 2 Comments

PointBlog: ça traîne en longueur, et Ginisty aux abonnés absents

Posted on 01.02.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[en]If ever you’re in France, at the Festival de Romans, and you bump into Christophe Ginisty, would you do me a favour and remind him that his company (Pointblog SàRL) still owes me money for an article I wrote roughly … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged article, Blogosphere Interest, christopheginisty, cyrilfiévet, Events, facture, festivalderomans, gillesklein, ginisty, magazine, mandat, Media, netizen, pige, pointblog, rappel, romans, société, Venting, Vie de la blogosphère, Wanted | 18 Comments

Airport Security

Posted on 15.01.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Je déteste les procédures de sécurité dans les aéroports. Devoir enlever ses chaussures systématiquement, déjà, en signe d’humilité et de respect devant la “sécurité de la nation” (les responsables qui se couvrent en cas d’incident, plutôt), et maintenant, être en … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged airport, bags, flight, heathrow, security, staff, story, Travels, Venting | 24 Comments

Biofrais: ça suffit!

Posted on 28.12.2006 by Stephanie Booth

09.01.2007: Le responsable de Biofrais a partagé avec moi son inquiétude quant aux répercussions négatives que cet article pouvait avoir sur son commerce. Je voudrais préciser que le mécontentement que j’exprime ici concerne uniquement la politique éditoriale du site internet. … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate | Tagged article, biofrais, Blogosphere Interest, Blogs et entreprises, censure, Citations, commentaires, copyright, creativecommons, effacer, erreur, étiquette, forum, impolitesse, reproduction, secondlife, Venting | 32 Comments

Flying Home Tomorrow With Easyjet. Or Not?

Posted on 22.12.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Vu la situation (brouillard) à Londres et l’impact que ça a sur les vols, je crains un peu de me retrouver coincée à Londres demain soir. Surtout qu’Easyjet est injoignable par téléphone entre 20h et 8h et que leur site … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged cancelled, customer, delayed, e-mail, easyjet, feedback, flight, gatwick, geneva, london, phone, problem, support, Travels, Venting, website | 9 Comments

Le Web 3 et Sarko

Posted on 12.12.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Not impressed by what Sarkozy said. I tried translating in the IRC backchannel. Seemed mainly like electoral blah-blah to me. Note to conference organisers: don’t do this. Don’t mess up the program for last-minute political celebrities who won’t take questions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged blogging, Blogosphere Interest, elections, Events, france, leweb3, nicolassarkozy, politics, Politics / World News, politique, sarko, sarkoweb3, sarkozy, Venting | 24 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