Tuesday, April 28 2009

Peau neuve

This post exists also in English :)

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New skin

Pour une fois, ce billet va être écrit en français aussi :)

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Wednesday, January 28 2009

Choosing a Name: The Last Name

scan_passport_emma.jpg

Choisir un nom de famille pour son enfant. Il fut un temps où la chose était plutôt simple, mais la loi et les mouvements migratoires font de ce qui pourrait être une aventure simple un parcours du combattant. Entre le double nom et les doubles tirets, donner un nom de famille à notre fille aura été une vraie gageure.

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Wednesday, December 10 2008

Wikimedia Fundraiser: Donating Close to Home

Ever since I have been working within Wikimedia, I have tried to understand what the best way to conduct a fundraising was. I mean, what are the tools and definitions people need in order to give and feel safe that they have given in a way that is close to them? For the first time this year, there  […]

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Tuesday, November 4 2008

Think Globally Small or You Won't Be Global

My talk at Shift [1] was a success, at least according to my own little standards. It rambled about culture as the next challenge for companies, but also for social web services and even plain websites. The idea is that if success comes through making the user feel at home when they come and visit  […]

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Wednesday, October 29 2008

Immigrants, What Countries Are Importing People?

International immigrants map

It's interesting to see how people are migrating across the globe. I came across this map thanks to Alexandra while we were socializing at the Frankfurt Girl Geek Dinner. International immigrants The size of each territory indicates the number of international immigrants living there. The United  […]

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Wednesday, October 15 2008

Trick Question: Where Do You Come From?

I arrived yesterday afternoon in sunny Lisbon, Portugal for the Shift Conference where I am giving a talk. Lisbon, for what I have seen so far (the modern part), is a very beautiful city and I'm already loving it. As I arrived, I joined up with a few Shiftians and we started introducing ourselves.  […]

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Wednesday, October 8 2008

The Bowl Theory

from Langenscheidts Großwörterbuch - Deutsch als Fremdschprache

I'm being lazy today, and I am just translating an article I wrote quite some time ago on my other (dead) blog, which explores the way words are interpreted with a cultural filter. The full title for this post was The Bowl Theory, or The Dictionary Has its Reasons Which Reason Does Not Know [1] Let  […]

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