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Green, environmentally friendly and trend setting: The Economist

Published 1 year, 11 months ago in Trend, Advertising, Society and Writing. 0 Comments

The Economist is carbon-neutralized. The magazine decided that for its 16 page ‘Green’ section it would make a difference, not just in words, but in actions.
The idea sprang to life in the latest edition of The Economist, with a special environment section called “A survey of climate change”. The latest issue of the magazine […]

Web 3.0

Published 1 year, 11 months ago in News, Trend, Writing, Français, Translation, Web and Web 3.0. 0 Comments

Je viens de terminer la traduction de l’article ‘Web 3.0′ de Jeffrey Zeldman publié en janvier sur ‘A List Apart’. Il n’existait pas encore de traduction de cet article fort intéressant pour les francophones, voilà chose faite. Je voudrai remercier Jean Tournier pour sa relecture et ses remarques précieuses. Je souhaite aussi remercier Erin Kissane, […]

Multi-browser site testing

Published 2 years ago in Tech, Design, Writing and Web. 2 Comments

I have just published an article that covers the subject of testing your site/pages and the compatibility with different browsers, several different services and solutions exist. I aim to cover as many solutions as possible in the article.
The main areas of the article are :
- Hardware based solutions
- Software based solutions
- Standalone solutions
- Remote Testing […]

AJAX Write and Sketch and Tunes

Published 2 years ago in Experimental, Music, Writing and Web. 0 Comments

Well I just came across this AJAX based Word Processor system called ajaxWrite that can actually read and write MS Word documents and several other formats. It is AJAX based so it just works directly in your browser, it’s really cool !

But I then realised that this was just the tip of the iceberg. There […]

The fight of the free in Newspaperland

Published 2 years ago in News, Trend, Society and Writing. 0 Comments

London is the place to be for free newspapers. Soon there will be three free newspapers for Londoners to choose from !
The Guardian’s opening paragraph :
Newspapers are dying, but no one can accuse them of going quietly.
London is home to a “free frenzy” in Newspaperland. Next month there will be three free newspapers for commuting […]

Web 2.0 Bubble and Star Bubble

Published 2 years ago in Thoughts, Trend, Writing, Web and Film. 0 Comments

So what do film stars and Web 2.0 have in common ? Read on to see why value is not always where you think it is !
While checking out CNN I came across an article called “Beware the return of the Web Bubble”, which turned out to be about media companies potentially spending too much […]

Je me demande à quoi sert ce bouton ?

Published 2 years ago in News, Writing, Software, Français and Translation. 0 Comments

Mon premier article en français n’est pas de moi. Il s’agit de la traduction d’un article très intéressant en français, écrit par Mike West ! Mike évoque tout l’intérêt d’utiliser le logiciel Subversion pour gérer le contrôle des versions de fichiers dans la gestion d’un projet avec workflow. Il a été publié par le prestigieux […]

News is new for 36 hours…

Published 2 years, 1 month ago in News, Trend, Society and Writing. 0 Comments

An article in the New York Times covers a study by Albert-László Barabási of the University of Notre Dame called “The Dynamics of Information Access on the Web,”. The study concludes that an article once published will generally be read by half the total readership it will get within 36 hours…
This has supposedly surprised many […]

Why contribute online ?

Published 2 years, 1 month ago in Trend, Blog, Society and Writing. 0 Comments

From a link on boing boing I came across an article on citimedia’s blog. The post covers a recent study from Harvard University called “The Hype vs. Reality vs. What People Value: Emerging Collaborative News Models and the Future of News“. Even though the study itself is not a short blog post it is really […]

A new blog every second !

Published 2 years, 4 months ago in Trend, Blog and Writing. 0 Comments

A new article at emarketer, based on the latest Technorati report illustrates how the blogosphere is now at over 35 million blogs. The average rate at which new blogs are created each day means that a new blog is created nearly every second of the day ! In August 2003 there were 0.5 million blogs […]