La simplicité est une chose merveilleuse, dans la vie, dans les objets qu’on utilise tous les jours, mais surtout chez les gens qu’on côtoie tous les jours. Etre avec des gens qui sont simples, dans leurs interactions avec les autres, rend la vie plus agréable. Une ancienne connaissance m’a expliqué que l’interface de l’iPod était vraiment compliqué et difficile à comprendre pour elle. Je me suis rendu compte dans son cas, qu’elle tentait de rendre compliqué son quotidien, sans doute par habitude, jusque dans son interaction avec son entourage. C’est quelqu’un de compliqué qui dira souvent que les autres sont compliqués, sans doute comme mécanisme de défense. C’était un signe, mais c’est aussi une tendance, de vouloir toujours rajouter des fonctionnalités dans un produit, rajouter des signes de connaissances ‘intellectuelles’ dans une conversation, porter des vêtements extravagants pour ne pas paraitre simple, être différent etc.
Pensée du jour…
One of the best French TV series I have seen in years has just started with a second season in France. My sister is watching it with her future husband and gave away the premise for the new series : something is found burnt up in the boot of a car. Well if you watch the trailer below you will get more information than that (so beware the people that like me don’t like giveaways) :
The BBC had bought the series (first season in 2006) and do not often buy French series so shows how good it is as the BBC can do some great series themselves : http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/spiral.shtml
Can’t wait to start watching the second season !
:)
A few nights ago I discovered that the whole station at Angel had been redecorated by Magners and it was a pretty impressive experience. Not just because I must admit I quite like the drink on the rocks !
Yes I know, another late night at work 
The series “Saving Grace” from TNT who are behind the other great series “The Closer” has a great soundtrack to it from Everlast. While it lasts here it is on YouTube sorry GoogleVideos… :
The series stars Holy Hunter and is one of the recent ‘original’ series that survived the Hollywood scenario strike and rightly so. Even if it can be considered gritty and one can question the need for so much boozing and smoking to give a realistic shine, it is a great show !
The heroine’s strong character can be an addictive initiation but her troubled and unconventional relationships have her leading a pretty solitary existence even though she may be surrounded by friends. It’s only when the story unravels that you realise that her torments are well and truly a dark burden that would drown ‘many a man’, resonating her strength and determination, not just a self pitying and lost soul.
The song that you can listen to in the video clip above is really successful provide the series with a ’soul’ !
Extract from lyrics :
One time around the block
Two times around the clock
Three times don’t cross the little ladySo pretty, and oh so bold
Got a heart full of gold on a lonely road
She said I don’t even think that god can save me…
One time around the sun
Another year older and my work ain’t done
It’s time for me to write the final chapterDeal the cards, and roll the dice
Sex, drugs and rock & roll are my only vice
Tryin to figure out just what’s hereafter
Enjoy !
iMedaConnection has an article that proclaims that the likes of McDonalds and Burger King should be on your Desktop and although the article is surounded by adverts for a company that creates Desktop applications it is interesting to read how the current websites aimed at Kids are just too complicated for kids !
Mylo, handheld Wifi device from Sony
Published 1 year, 1 month ago in Tech, Marketing and Handheld. 0 CommentsSony has announced that the “Mylo”, a wifi handheld device, should be available from September at around $350. It has been presented in black and ‘white and orange’ (as seen below).
You can find out more from the press release published at Sony’s site.
Using AJAX properly, the way Google likes it
Published 1 year, 1 month ago in Tech, Design, Code and Web. 0 CommentsA very interesting article has been posted over at SoftwareDeveloper.com about using AJAX so that your site isn’t hiding content from the likes of Google : How to : Get Google and AJAX to play nicely.
The article gives some good examples of what to avoid doing and alternative methods to those generally used that will probably be more efficient. AJAX is a great addition to have, just make sure that you are not blinding the search engines from reading your content when you use it !
Does an Entrepreneur lose flair over time ?
Published 1 year, 7 months ago in Trend, Business and Marketing. 0 CommentsBill Nguyen, a serial entrepreneur explains in a CNN Money article why he feels that his experience has pushed him to be less bold in his approach and thus probably takes off an edge he would have had on ‘the market’, the first time round :
“Here’s what I think about the whole serial entrepreneur thing: Every time I do something, I suck a little bit more,” Nguyen says.
“Experience teaches you to be less bold, more concerned. All these life experiences teach you to be afraid. I have to try so much harder now not to be the sum total of my experiences.”
Unusual honesty and an interesting read…
Just came across a very interesting blog and article explaining that a recent study demonstrates beyond doubt that hospitals were employees systematically wash their hands decrease deaths due to infections. The article explains how “the current New England Journal of Medicine reports on a study conducted in Michigan hospitals” :
And it worked, big-time. “The results are pretty breathtaking,” Dr. Peter Pronovost, a Johns Hopkins researcher and the lead author of the study told the Baltimore Sun. “The numbers of infections went down quickly and they stayed down.”
What a nice little video 
How to cheer people up, bringing a bit of happiness into their lives. Check out the switch from black and white, to colour…
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